Curious Cat

JANUARY 6, 2015

No True Lean Thinking or Agile Software Development (2010). 94% Belongs to the System (2013). 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). The Purpose of an Organization (2005).

Blog 40

Blog Management Deming Software 40

QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

What key actions will help me to align myself to those values and belief system? Spread awareness of your quality beliefs and systems by designing e-bulletins or newsletters. Set up a reward and recognition system to promote right behaviors with respect to quality of products/services delivered to customers.

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Quality TQM Directory Belief Systems 122

QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

But to enable them for better performance, to make them effective, a system needs to be created. A system comprising of interconnected processes that act as a tool people use to execute their work. In my view, when we create a system, it automatically addresses process, information flow and work flow.

Process 130

Process Deming Restructuring Efficiency 130

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

Because the culture at Geneca encourages personal and professional development and there was buy-in from the leadership team, the preconditions for innovation already were in place. Financial Projections – including cost to develop/build. ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. The Innovation Group is Born.

Innovation 130

Innovation Incubator Brand Document 130

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

This means that many organizations and their leaders are running as fast as they can to quickly build their software capabilities. CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

QAspire

AUGUST 29, 2010

Isn’t it better to take a more detached view of work; to see that you are only part of a bigger system? Then, seek to fully play your part in improving that system for the benefit of your customers? If I identify myself with my job and then lose that job through redundancy, what happens to my identity?

Maturity 149

Maturity Blog Follow-up Project 149

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

John Hunter’s quick tip : Change How Your Business Changes where he shares, “ The key to good management systems is how rapidly improvement is achieved, not that improvement is being made. Nope, I’m A Writer by Terry Starbucker: Terry goes over the roof top and says that he is a writer, not just a blogger. He says, I do it because I love it.

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Directory Conference Blog Compliance 94

QAspire

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Bottom line : You form a strategic reward system when you integrate performance (results) and behavior (how those results were achieved). So the critical question is: “Is your performance management system driving the right behaviors for the organization?” I am worried about “strategic reward systems.&# Share feedback.

Quality 103

Quality Directory Blog Project 103

QAspire

AUGUST 1, 2010

While all these things were known and read somewhere, a lecture like this with successful people helps a great deal in reinforcing them to your belief system. I am inspired on this Monday morning, and you too have an upbeat start into the week. - - - P.S: Check it out – some great ideas waiting to be explored!

Quality 179

Quality Blog Management AIDA 179

QAspire

AUGUST 5, 2010

We grow up on stories, so do our belief system and our world view. Stories reinforce the belief system. Megha By Conor Neill , August 6, 2010 @ 12:34 pm Storytelling is a skill - it can be developed with practice. The stories I heard in my childhood, and the messages therein, are still afresh in my memory. Show them the future.

Quality 155

Quality Blog Storytelling Management 155

QAspire

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Culture of a team or organization forms an eco-system for people to deliver great results. Thoughts and deeds of a leader set examples and precedence for others to follow and emulate. Long after a leader is gone, these examples and precedence stay on. Hence, culture is at the very core of a quality oriented culture.

Review 84

Review Directory Quality Blog 84

QAspire

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

An excerpt: The purpose of any quality management system is to build a quality oriented culture (internal goal) and deliver exceptional value for money to customers (external goal). The beauty of the short “micro” entries is that in many cases they are designed to invoke our own thought processes about the topic instead of just instructing.

Leadership 84

Leadership Directory Blog Quality 84

QAspire

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin, Beating the System In some cases, a system can be beaten by rigorously following its rules and regulations. Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality. The usual way of doing things often gets in the way of doing things. Link ) - Russell L. Link ) - Russell L.

Blog 84

Blog Directory Quality Project 84

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Regards, Jay Chhaya By Conor Neill , September 3, 2010 @ 1:33 pm Barbara Minto was the creator of a system of communication that is now the “norm&# at most top consulting companies. Thanks again for sharing that system of communication. It’s just the way we share and take them, that matters. Have a nice weekend ahead!

Minto 154

Minto Construction Blog Learning-by-Doing 154

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Setting up a Criteria Ranking System There are different ways to set up a system. When choosing your system put them all on the same scale 1 to 3, 1 to 5, 1 to 10 so that you can better align each factor with each other. They have videos on the developers site that will take you three minutes to learn the tool.

Executive Coaching 79

Executive Coaching Brainstorming Tools Decisionmaking 79

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Setting up a Criteria Ranking System There are different ways to set up a system. When choosing your system put them all on the same scale 1 to 3, 1 to 5, 1 to 10 so that you can better align each factor with each other. They have videos on the developers site that will take you three minutes to learn the tool.

Executive Coaching 68

Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Brainstorming Execution 68

QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Here are a few reasons I could think of: Checklist can be a progressive database of your knowledge on building certain type of systems. Checklists are indispensible in a business setting, specially when dealing with production systems that demand consistent outcomes. Howard at Wall Street Journal. " My Learning?

Process 84

Process Management Quality Tools 84

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. Social Nation sets forth the foundations for this new way of doing business. And it’s a good thing, too.

Media 66

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 66

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Joel Barker says you can innovate faster, cheaper and with less risk by developing innovations at the verge. What kinds of opportunities?

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

QAspire

JULY 20, 2010

Use productivity tools, reminder systems, whatever. Keep Commitments : Consistently meeting your commitments is a great way to build trust. Clients love it when you ship on time. People love it when you keep your promises. But keep your commitments. Give Respect : Trust and respect go hand in hand.

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Blog Project Directory Commitment 155

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

We forget that without buy-in from the necessary people and policies that maintain the status quo, we face the high cost of the resistance emanating from pushing change into a system that believes that it’s fine, thanks. The systems designers were able to elicit the right data and develop the exact right design the first time with no redos.

Case Study 50

Case Study Technology Resistance Project 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Worse still, Bob’s behavior and the accolades he receives simply reinforce the notion that everyone should work around the system. No one seems to grasp that if the system were fixed, there would be no need for heroes like Bob. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

As the Chairman and CEO of Mzinga, a company that provides social software to businesses. When you stop to think about it, you’ll realize that your fans and followers are essentially volunteering their time and energy to serve as developers, sounding boards, and advertisements for your company. Not too many would.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets : Why buyers can’t buy and sellers can’t sell and what you can do about it by Sharon Drew Morgen Every day, business people face critical buying decisions – from new software to revamped website design to employee training programs. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture.

Tourism 9

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy. Then read on for eight etiquette lessons—rules that will help you successfully develop a community of supporters who will help your business relationships prosper: Pretend you’re offline.

Media 57

Media Learning-by-Doing Newsletter Blog 57

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

Intellectual Capital 13

Intellectual Capital Library Project Competitive Advantage 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

Intellectual Capital 13

Intellectual Capital Library Project Competitive Advantage 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Both associations managed their brands and ran the clearing and settlement systems for banks that issued cards or helped merchants accept cards. A recent study found that SSOs published more than 200,000 standards between 1975 and 2011. Thousands of companies belong to them and many belong to several.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Establishing a personal brand carries even more weight when you’re responsible for developing and leading others. I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership. In 2011, he was signed to Ellen DeGeneres' label, eleveneleven. Czar "I rescue troubled companies.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These revolutionary developments required equally revolutionary changes, including more truly global firms, whole new industries, new ways of organizing enterprises (think first GM and then GE), new ways of working (email, virtual global teams), and more. Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

The best software developer at Apple, for example, writes nine times more useable code each day than the average software engineer in Silicon Valley. Unfortunately, most HR systems fail to provide leaders with this vital information. But we may not fully recognize just how much better they are. Manage team member egos.

Team 12

Team Management How To Productivity 12

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. When most of us think about innovation, however, we think of new products that take years and years to research and develop. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. All rights reserved.

Tools 56

Tools Black-Scholes Magazine Rogers 56

Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Recent data shows the majority of companies worldwide (71 percent) don’t have a clearly defined strategy for grooming and developing women as company leaders, according to a 2011 Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer. gaining experience in the many facets of workforce planning, development and analytics.

Career 247

Career Company Software Handbook 247

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. The new rivals revolutionized customer expectations, causing Nokia’s Symbian operating system to become outdated.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

developers has long been to help humans be more productive. This ambitious goal envisioned a software program that learns by ‘observing and learning from the past, acting in the present and anticipating the future.’ and by 2010 was acquired by Apple and launched as part of the iPhone operating system in October 2011.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Technology Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

We've extensively analyzed the applications to the Echoing Green fellowship between 2006 and 2011, and built a rich dataset that allows us to rigorously study trends in the field of social enterprise. Take, for example, the issue of economic development.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 14