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Book Review – Profit Beyond Measure

Deming Institute

Upon co-authoring his 2001 book, Profit Beyond Measure , (with Anders Bröms) he achieved this notoriety by dedicating himself to offering interested listeners and readers an alternative solution, which he refers to as Management by Means or MBM.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. Join me in THANKS and in prayer for our Patriots, both domestically and abroad, who continue to fight valiently for the Freedoms we all enjoy!

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

This list includes books that have been selected because they are either extremely popular, frequently referred to, or groundbreaking in business literature. It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. The Speed of Trust (2006) By Stephen M. A book that is a favorite among consultants. 6) Synergise.

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Subjective Understanding in the Workplace: Embracing Complexity and Fostering Collective Intelligence

Mike Cardus

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. This implies that a broken switch can be reset through a consultant, coach, or book intervention. However, human cognition is far more complex. Jossey-Bass. Stacey, R. Griffin, D., Shaw, P., & Mowles, C.

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March Madness and Productivity: The Real Story

Harvard Business Review

In a recent survey , more than 40 percent of IT professionals said that the spike in internet use has affected their office computer operations in recent years, in some cases causing their systems to grind to a halt. This year, estimates of lost productivity range from $175 million to $1 billion.

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Scaling: The Problem of More

Harvard Business Review

Since my Stanford colleague Huggy Rao and I decided several years ago to study scaling (it’s the topic of our forthcoming book Scaling Up Excellence ), we have heard about many others – so many that we thought, early on, that we might need to put a finer point on which form we hoped to shed light on.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

In 2003, then-HBR-editor Nick Carr wrote an article (and later a book) titled “IT Doesn’t Matter.” Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software. IT Does Matter.