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Personal Mastery to Continuous Improvement

Mike Cardus

Innovation and Continuous Improvement Come from Personal Mastery. Once you master then innovation inevitably happens.”. Innovation Comes From Standardization of Processes. For example, consider a new manager who has to set-goals, develop plans and delegate tasks BUT was never taught a method for how to do this.

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Ten Ways to Engage Your Workforce in 2012

Strategy Driven

Communicate, set timeframes, establish goals, and get out of the way. You just finished reading Ten Ways to Engage Your Workforce in 2012 ! People perform better when they and their jobs are in synch. Give feedback. Give each person whole projects instead of pieces or parts of a project. Grant authority and freedom to get the job done.

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Reflections on Dr. Deming’s Hospital Notes – What Has Changed Since 1990?

Deming Institute

I’ve seen many organizations progress from blaming those nameless jerks in another department to working together toward the goal of better patient care. Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus. Most hospitals and doctor’s offices today aren’t designed as a system.

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The Downside of Health Care Job Growth

Harvard Business Review

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the American Medical Association, my colleagues and I found that from 1990 to 2012, the number of workers in the U.S. Demand and supply are not growing in tandem: from 2002 to 2012, inpatient days per capita decreased by 12% while the workforce in hospitals grew by 11%.

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How Bayer Increased Diversity on Its Senior Team

Harvard Business Review

Our advice to others on this journey is: Don’t set overambitious goals. ’ Like any other business issue, it can’t be delegated to diversity experts or HR. ” In terms of nationality , the tracking only began in 2012.

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Huawei’s Culture Is the Key to Its Success

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, Huawei surpassed Ericsson – at that time the world leader in telecommunications and networks – in terms of sales revenue and net profit, and this trend continued in the fiscal year of 2014 when Huawei reached an all-time high sales revenue of $46.5 billion and net profits of $4.49 billion (both in U.S.

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15 Hours: A Common Sense Action Blueprint for Congress

Mills Scofield

Sam Gilman and Andrew Kaplan , college juniors started Common Sense Action in 2012 with one chapter. On Sunday, January 6, delegates from Common Sense Action (@CSAction) chapters across the nation gathered at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington to finalize the Agenda for Generational Equity, CSA’s foundational policy agenda.

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