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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wages), and smart investments result in higher labor productivity. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. And wages are stagnant.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

They are experts on something but they don’t care much about the structure of the company, they lack the knowledge about planning, accounting or even human resources. In any case, this is an indicator of wasted resources, and wasted dreams. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. Steve Schulze, CEO Nekter Juice bar.

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