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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! No technology or rote process can give you the “correct” plan – BUT a solid process for planning can guide you to the best plan for your team and you. A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.".

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Healthcare, Paradigm Shifts and the Influence of W.E. Deming

Deming Institute

I blogged about my experience in healthcare back in 2011 and described how my “hope level” for improvement in healthcare has gone up and down like a sine-wave pattern over the last 20-30 years. Dr. Deming is cited several times in the book, and the reader will find evidence of Dr. Deming’s thinking throughout the 180 pages of the book.

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Restaurant Week (An elementary look at quality culture fundamentals)

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming, the father of the quality movement, defined quality as “pride in workmanship.” Deming said that competition squeezes out intrinsic motivation while collaboration nurtures intrinsic motivation, curiosity and joy in learning. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. References. Liker and James K.

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

Your reference to gaps in the lateral movement of work reminded be of Frank Voehl’s post on the Deming Learning Network - “Managing the White Space&#. I sometimes wonder about an organization with a loose and nimble structure with a solid work-flow and technologies that enable such an efficient work-flow. Vamsi´s last blog.

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Deming’s Ideas Applied at Intermountain Healthcare Since 1988

Deming Institute

I like to share interesting articles (and other resources) that provide examples of organizations applying Deming’s ideas in practice. Here is another of those articles: How Intermountain Trimmed Health Care Costs Through Robust Quality Improvement Efforts by Brent James and Lucy Savitz (2011). That is due to systemic failures.

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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

The concept of inclusion in business started when Quality gurus like Deming asked Americans to drop the ‘product-out’ mentality and instead practice a ‘customer-in’ mindset. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Traditionally, a rainmaker has been understood to be a great a salesperson.

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

Harvard Business Review

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users. The same holds true for growth.