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JANUARY 20, 2011

To deliver higher value to customers, business leaders implement complex strategies, restructure the organization periodically, lay out new initiatives, improve upon they existing processes, focus on sales, training, people etc. Somewhere, in this process of constant realignment and improvement, ‘waste’ is introduced.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

We write our processes to get certified against a certain standard. When we continuously meet these demands, adhere to processes and improve upon them, we build repeatability in our success. Processes given them a firm base on which they can build excellence. It is driven by external demands. Excellence is always intrinsic.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

It is a learned process. I once worked in a team that followed a well established process of doing structured retrospectives after every major product release. In this 2011 post , I recommended three rituals for constant alignment and learning – kickoffs, reviews and retrospectives. Related Posts at QAspire.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Leaders frame complex strategies, use heavy weight terminologies to describe their plans, set up complex processes and use a lot of jargons when communicating for a change. Simplicity is to know what to keep and what to let go , be it the complexity in your processes, or removing excessive clutter around.

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DECEMBER 23, 2012

Don’t expect applause: “If your work is filled with the hope and longing for applause, it’s no longer your work–the dependence on approval has corrupted it, turned it into a process where you are striving for ever more approval.”. Annual Management Improvement Carnival: Edition 1 (2011). Jamie Flinchbaug.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

They need handholding through this process. This event has happened in 195 cities covering 65 countries (as in 2011) and is helping people realize their ideas. They need other people who are passionate, who can validate their idea and help them in executing.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In 2011, Mark Dickinson was devastated to learn about the murder of his three years old grandson. Mark could not hold back his tears as he kept pleading to the staff members of Southwest Airlines to expedite the process and no one seemed to care. This story exemplifies the importance of living the values and purpose.

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JUNE 14, 2013

” Second quote comes from Luc’s 2011 interview with Boston Consulting Group , where he shares story of how Philips, a traditional electronics company, executed “new box” thinking to realize a new world of possibilities. This can only be done through careful preparation and communication.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Enjoy The Process We live in a hyper-competitive world. This anxiousness does not allow us to enjoy the process. We rush through the process to see if our efforts are delivering results. It’s necessary to enjoy the process and ways of attaining those results.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

So what does these lessons have to do with process improvement? This also means that when people implement change in their day to day work, there will be a lot of realignment and fine tuning in the process itself. Bottom line: Teaching, process improvement and change initiatives - they all involve people.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Delivering In software world, delivering is generally associated with painful process of testing, rework, defect fixing, perfecting, packaging and then shipping. We build our reputation as professionals by the stuff we deliver, quality of what we deliver and timeliness of our shipments.

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JULY 8, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Great Quotes: Be a Yardstick of Quality I love quotes because they inspire and ignite a thought process. Secondly as Tanmay said, Quality never has boundries, it’s always an ongoing improvement process. That’s what keeps an individual away from Comfort Zone.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

You can ask your team member to perform a task or you can ask them to complete a deliverable (complete with all product and process requirements). Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Establish operational procedures : You can now establish processes and methods to collect the data, frequency and consolidation mechanism. This is also a great way to ensure that all your operational processes are aligned to perform in a way that it satisfies at least one or more business objectives. RSS feed for comments on this post.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Clarity also demands a clear visibility in process, setting up right rituals, monitoring practices and responsibilities of the project team. Based on your experiences, you should be able to improvise your processes. That is where processes and FTR approach can really help. Clarity means openness in communication.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

That insight goes well with my own experience which suggests that all meaningful changes take time, demand persistent effort and are driven by strength of our belief that things will be better after a change is implemented, be it improving processes or getting in a better shape.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Zend Certification PHP 5 Sample Questions By Jay Chhaya, December 2, 2010 @ 2:38 pm Reading the post initially, I was just thinking why the author this time has deviated from the topics involving ‘Quality’,Process’,Management’ But Sir, later giving a thought post completing the post, I realized that you have still tried to show (..)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Life Lesson on Endurance What I learned from my daughter about “Persistence” Tags: Leadership , Persistence Leadership , Managing People , Managing Projects , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay September 13, 2010 No Comments No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post.

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

. - - - - - Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already !

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JULY 22, 2010

ad-hoc-ism and lack of process orientation? I noticed Dinesh Lakhi’s (The business owner) vision of putting efforts of making employee taking interest in not just doing what they are doing, but also making them understand how diamonds are formed and processed (which was of no use for them to know as far as his business was concerned).

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

The goal was to identify the opportunities for improvement in processes. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Leadership and Maintaining a Positive Outlook Conversations are at the core of good leadership and how/what a leader communicates reveals the personality of the leader.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Here is an excerpt from my latest article at ActiveGarage : Success of any process depends on 2 E’s – Efficient and Enjoyable. Same holds true for your review processes. I resumed my article series on ActiveGarage with my 13th article titled “ Reviews Can be Fun (if done right) ” published a few days ago.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Here is a list of articles already posted so far, in case you have not read them. The beauty of this series was that I came to realise the power of focused and theme-based writing. » #QUALITYtweet – Video Review — January 20, 2010 @ 1:19 pm QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Asking open ended questions helps people in opening up with their viewpoints and know their thought process on work related matters, situations and decisions. .&# Listening only helps when the other person expresses his/her views completely. Listening then would help you to understand/analyse their perspectives better.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

But structuring an area of work in form of processes, you are reducing dependencies and improving operational efficiency. Identify what needs to be done to address these pains and then execute the improvement actions. Track the progress and improve further. Sure, it is a hard work first time. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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JULY 4, 2010

Managing Communication , Managing People , Managing Projects , Process Improvement , Self Growth | Tanmay July 5, 2010 4 Comments By Tanveer Naseer , July 5, 2010 @ 7:12 pm Another great list of points, Tanmay. But yes its true that at least in the process we are open for the knowledge.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Whenever possible, involve people in planning process. communication, quality planning, scoping, reviews etc) only happens when enough thought process has gone into the planning phase. When plans are re-aligned, expectations management is the key. It is important to ensure that changes in plans are known to all.

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JULY 27, 2010

Delivering great experiences through people, processes and leadership comes with a cost, but that cost is far less than the cost of losing a customer and then acquiring a new one all over again. It is easy to fall in trap of compliance to standard processes and get boring. Check it out if you haven’t already !

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

These insights will help readers frame their quality strategy by effectively leveraging processes, people and leadership to build a customer-centric organization. This series will run for almost over two weeks with one article being posted everyday. The first one “ Quality is a long-term differentiator &# is already up for you to read.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

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JANUARY 12, 2010

It is almost easy to figure out “What” and “How” of processes once you have addressed “Why”. Being into processes, I am myself inclined to evaluate processes based on metrics, but sometimes, a hard-nosed focus on metrics can just prove to be counter-productive if qualitative aspects are overlooked.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Based on my experience in implementing organizational change through processes and people, here are a few key lessons I have derived: Change is difficult because it pulls us out of our comfort. Change challenges us to do things differently. Any meaningful change always comes with a set of associated pains.

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JULY 1, 2010

(You can also visit monthly round ups of Jan 2010 , Feb 2010 , Mar 2010 , April 2010 and May 2010 ) My writing at QAspire Blog I started the month writing about the best time to think about processes. Process culture best established when you are still small. In the race to win, we forget to enjoy the journey.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

You might also like reading my older post: Explicit v/s Tacit - Content v/s Process ) Have a GREAT start into the week! That is because most explicit knowledge is widely and freely available now. But to execute that knowledge well requires one to have implicit skills mentioned above.(You

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Tags: Leadership , Management , Training Improvement & Development , Leadership , Managing Communication , Managing People , Managing Projects , Process Improvement | Tanmay August 27, 2010 2 Comments By Anand, August 27, 2010 @ 7:55 am One more interesting post Tanmay.

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JULY 1, 2010

Enjoy the process of working on these activities without getting overwhelmed by the results. Execution is the key - and process gives direction to execution. We may have formal processes, or one can have a personal process (most artists do). Their version of process is not visible, but they invariably have a process.

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