Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In a career change away from engineering R&D for gas turbine engines, my interest was to develop an expertise in the tools and techniques of continuous quality improvement. As with reformed cost-accountant H. per million opportunities. Edward Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge.

Six Sigma 37

Six Sigma Deming System Quality 37

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. The financial risk of a career in entrepreneurship is the chance of spending 20 years in startups with nothing to show for it — neither money nor an impact on the world.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Steve Jobs , Mark Zuckerberg, and Michael Dell make fine fodder for commencement speeches, but when parents and career counselors thrust graduates into the job market, the default isn't entrepreneurship, it's corporate serfdom. Lots of things, actually.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

I remember my first taste of social networking — a 2004 invitation to join Friendster. From a professional perspective, the opportunity cost is just too great. Participating in social media may still look like a choice to the Swiss students I spoke with — just as I felt it was a choice I could decline back in 2004.

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Word of Mouth Marketing Media Brand Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

A mid-career crisis can happen to anyone. Mid-career crises are, in fact, a widespread regularity, rather than the misfortune of a few individuals. In short, a mid-career crisis does not discriminate. Mid-Career Crisis. We may not climb up the career ladder as quickly as we wished. What are the causes?

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Crisis Career Bottom-up NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

If you are a business leader at the very top of your game, it will help you avoid career stagnation. Governor Mitch Daniels (elected to Indiana's top office in 2004 and 2008, and former CEO of Eli Lilly in North America) told me, "This job has been a positive surprise for me. Those benefits far outweigh the costs. Regrets? "

Leadership 12

Leadership CIO Politics Career 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

When you borrow talent, you obtain what you need more cost effectively than hiring it and without making a long-term commitment; and when you lend talent you’re offering your stars and high-potentials new opportunities for growth and development that they might not otherwise get within the confines of your organization.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2013

Year Up is empowering urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support to move them from poverty to professional careers in one year. Social entrepreneurs worry about increasing their cost-per-client or convincing donors to fund these areas, but this has too often meant that they are unable attract and retain the best employees.

Attrition 9

Attrition Entrepreneur Insurance Career 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

You’ve recently launched your brainchild — maybe a new business, a new career path, or a new role inside your existing company. In 2004, Bravo launched Project Runway , the competitive reality TV show for aspiring designers. But things aren’t off to a roaring start. Or is it just…well…a flat line?

Metrics 8

Metrics Godin Short-term Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

.” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

But as Apple’s profits multiplied from 2004 through 2011, it was clear that, as you now call it, “ return of capital ” to shareholders was not a pressing priority for Mr. Jobs. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. You clearly have a different point of view on distributions to shareholders.

Innovation 9

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

When Facebook was founded in 2004, it began with a seemingly innocuous mission: to connect friends. In my last post , I noted that Facebook and social media are major contributors to career anxiety. But this new world of ubiquitous connections has a dark side. But this new world of ubiquitous connections has a dark side.

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Comparison Media Tactics Sports 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2010

With more than 5 million users to serve and somewhere over 180 million bookmarks to store , the cost of running the Delicious servers alone must be mighty fierce. I stored my first bookmark on October 14, 2004, on the day I wrote my very first blog post. is well within its rights to shut down the delicious service.

Media 15

Media Competitive Advantage Software Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. The Innovator''s Network Dilemma A study by University of Chicago sociologist Ron Burt demon­strates the cost of inbred networks. 2 (2004): 349–399. There’s no other way to put it. 3 (2000): 425–455.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Leaders who succeed at the job usually do so by combing through the company in search of noncore assets to shed, businesses to sell, activities to stop, functions to eliminate, and product lines to simplify, as Steve Jobs did when he took back the reins at Apple in 1997, and as Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, the CEO of Lego, did in 2004.

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Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

And as AI and robotics increasingly supplement and replace the work of humans, the expectations of leaders — truly understanding the work, how it can be executed now and in the future, and the cost, capability and risk implications of current and future work options — are increasing exponentially.

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