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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

I’ve blogged about some of the problems and chaos on my blog before. Speaking of continuous improvement, my GM plant also had a very traditional “suggestion system,” not a Kaizen-style approach to improvement. Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus.

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Why Dr. Deming’s Work is So Important to Me

Deming Institute

My co-workers and I didn’t understand why we had to be motivated to sell video game systems during the holiday shopping season, since that’s what we already enjoyed doing ( read more about it in this post from my blog ). Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Think of Charles Darwin, the ultimate disruptive innovator. An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets.