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2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician

Deming Institute

2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. – 2012 ASA Deming Lecture by Dr. Jeff Wu on Quality Improvement from Autos to Nanotechnology – A Historical Look at Deming’s Career: Lecture by J. Stuart Hunter (2009 ASA Deming Lecture) – Thinking Required, Not Just a Recipe to Follow. That’s the way people understood Deming.

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A Guide to Conquering Loneliness at Work

HR Digest

Another study by Buffer of 1,900 remote workers around the world found that 90% intend to work remotely for the rest of their lives and 94% recommend off-site careers. IBM had 40 percent of its workforce working from home in 2009. Continuous loss in profitability forced them to reconsider remote working in 2017.

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Black History Month: Inspiration Women Leaders Who Changed the World

HR Digest

She started off in her career after she won the Amateur Talent Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934. Angelou received several honors throughout her career, including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work (nonfiction) category, in 2005 and 2009. . Rosa Parks (1913-2005).

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The Traits of Socially Innovative Companies

Harvard Business Review

The company committed to goals of being water neutral by 2012, carbon neutral by 2017, and ultimately zero waste. These innovations often emerged from employee-generated ideas and even through employee-led initiatives.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs.

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Technology Isn’t Destroying Jobs, But Is Increasing Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

The research examined the introduction of something as relatively mundane as broadband into Brazil between 2000 and 2009. In 2017 a report from the UK government explored both attitudes and access to adult education among those with low skill levels. What’s more, there is little sign that those skills are going to be developed.

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Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care?

Harvard Business Review

pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. A 2017 survey of roughly 900 locum tenens performed by Staffcare, a U.S.-based Nine of ten physicians surveyed had worked in permanent practice at some point during their careers, while 8% indicated that they had only worked as locum tenens.