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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

Curious Cat

The Purpose of an Organization (2005). One factor at a time (OFAT) Versus Factorial Designs (2011). The aim of leadership is not merely to find and record failures of men (2011) *. Deming and Software Development (2014) *. 6 posts were new to the top 20 list this year (posts from 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013 [2] and 2014).

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2015

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The Purpose of an Organization (2005). One factor at a time (OFAT) Versus Factorial Designs (2011). Edwards Deming Institute Blog in 2015 – Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Comments Blog – The Most Popular Photos on the Curious Cat Travel Photos Blog in 2015. 94% Belongs to the System (2013).

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10 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2014

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The posts were published in 2010 (4 posts), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2005 (1) and 2012 (1). The Purpose of an Organization (2005). Deming and Software Development (2014). In the next 10 most popular posts 5 were from 2014 (2010 had 2 and 2008, 2009 and 2011 had 1 each). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010).

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

SMED your SME journey applying Deming principles – guest post by Luciana Paulise. Edwards Deming Institute [The Institute makes 5 travel grants available each year to study the Deming Collection at the Library of Congress. I was also invited to attend to the Deming Institute Annual Fall conference in Los Angeles.

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The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products

Harvard Business Review

More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. In 2005, when the demand for the iPod Mini remained huge, the Nano was launched, effectively destroying the revenue stream of an existing product. Back in 2009, there were just four companies that fit the bill.

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Decades Later The USA Health Care System is Still a Deadly Disease for Our Economy

Curious Cat

Edwards Deming named 7 deadly diseases of western management. I wrote about this in 2005: Excessive Drug Prices in the USA (and several times since then, Drug Price Crisis [2008] – it is a long term, huge economic problem for the USA). Decades ago W. One of those was excessive health care costs. was developed at a U.S.