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Announcing the article series - “QUALITYtweet”

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Here is an excerpt from the article: Economists say that the best way to get good return from the stock market is to have an investment timeframe of a few years and not a few months. The first one “ Quality is a long-term differentiator &# is already up for you to read. Same principles apply to your quality improvement initiative.

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12 Critical Competencies For Leadership in the Future

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In recent years, we have seen disruption of market leaders like Kodak and Nokia amongst many others. The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has gone down from 67 years in 1937 to 18 years in 2011. First, let us look at these shifts. that we used otherwise.

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15 Key Lessons On Managing Change

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market forces) and internal ones (e.g. Every change has its settling time and that depends on you/your organization/your context. Change eliminates (on a long run) those who don’t adapt. Remember what Charles Darwin said ? Changes are driven by external factors (e.g. internal re-organizations, initiative to change etc.)

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Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder

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In the current competitive market we should not only focus on the scope, time and budgets, quality but also needs to provide some value adds to the customer. This was a nice post to share on weekend!Thanks Thanks Tanmay and have a great weekend. Regards, Jay Chhaya By Anil Kumar, July 30, 2010 @ 8:42 am Perfectly said.

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No Pain, No Gain. Life Lesson on Endurance

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He was a marketing executive with a large pharmaceutical company when he decided to pursue his calling and start a fitness center. One day, in a very casual moment, I asked the instructor, “Isn’t this too much to loose only a few kilos?” “ You get almost nothing without going through some kind of pain, unless you win a lottery.”,

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Quality & Improvement: From “Experience” to “Advocacy”

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So, quality is a moving target – each time a customer comes back to you, you need to deliver similar or better quality (of products, services and experience), you need to demonstrate improvement, care enough about them, stay on top of market trends and keep changing the rules of the game (innovation).

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Too Much Celebration Around Failure?

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Arthur Rock, one of Apple’s board members, said, “The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost” (Isaacson 2011). And just because failure is marketed well does not mean we should buy it as easily. Successful entrepreneurs and role models tell us that failure is good. Your thoughts?