Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

In one of his conversations found on YouTube and posted on January 11, 2010 (the year following his death), Dr. Ackoff provides the following insight about leaders doing the “right and wrong” things in the systems they lead: Peter Drucker said “There’s a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.” 2010, January).

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Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Energy Information Administration notes that between 2010 and 2012, 14 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired capacity was retired and that a total of 60 GW will be retired by 2020. Bloomberg reports that the American solar industry had a record first quarter in 2016, and for the first time, it drove the majority of new power generation.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Training 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

” Certified farms then comply with auditors and participate in worker-education programs to “ensure farm workers have the right to work without violence and the opportunity to create a workplace of respect and dignity.” A 2010 study showed that 80% of farm working women report experiencing sexual harassment.

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Supply Chain Power Report Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

women’s participation in the labor market has nearly doubled, from 34% of working age women (age 16 and older) in the labor force in 1950 to almost 57% in 2016. Looking at Census data from 1980 to 2010, I studied how women’s participation in the workforce influences wage growth in approximately 250 U.S. In the U.S.,

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Participative Trends GDP Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. As it turned out, providers blew past that milestone as early as 2016. PM Images/Getty Images.

Succession 8

Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

of firms had adopted it in 2010, whereas 7% had by 2016, which is an annualized growth rate of almost 50%. not just in one region — albeit with heaviest and earliest adoption in urban and educated areas. The chart below shows the rise of cloud computing since 2010, the first year the database started recording this.

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Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 10