Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Align Systems ). Discipline I. Discipline I. Decide What's Important ).

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Deming Institute

JULY 6, 2020

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the seventh post in our Deming on Management series. View our previous Deming on Management posts , including: Leadership , Appreciation for a System and the PDSA Cycle. Edwards Deming’s ideas. Blog posts.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 20, 2020

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the sixth post in our Deming on Management series. View our previous Deming on Management posts , including: Appreciation for a System, the PDSA Cycle, and Psychology. Leadership and Management.

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CO2

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As people grow used to a volatile and fast-paced world, executives’ concerns surrounding organizational change management have shifted. Managing change today entails building systems that successfully bring people together and empower them to work quickly and effectively towards a common goal.” Tell a story.

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CO2

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As people grow used to a volatile and fast-paced world, executives’ concerns surrounding organizational change management have shifted. Managing change today entails building systems that successfully bring people together and empower them to work quickly and effectively towards a common goal.”. Tell a story.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 3, 2017

These posts were the most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog in 2016 (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *. 94% Belongs to the System (2013). Increasing the Adoption of Management Improvement Ideas in Your Organization (2010).

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Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. Dr. Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) consists of 4 components: appreciation for a system, knowledge of variation, theory of knowledge and psychology.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In 2004, there was a severe earthquake and subsequent tsunami that resulted in profound effects to several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. In addition, machine learning can be used to manage warehouses more efficiently. These were followed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the U.S.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). On the importance of viewing the entire organization as a system: The committees were setting their own goals, they were doing what they thought they needed to do, but sometimes it would conflict with a different committee.

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CO2

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Fostering Systemic Transformation: The goal is to assist leaders in embodying the change they envision, ensuring that transformation is not just a personal journey but a systemic evolution. This approach enhances problem-solving skills and encourages adaptive strategies in the face of evolving challenges.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). But using those tools well within a well designed management system provides great value. Of course it is better to fix the system so that you don’t burn toast and don’t create irate customers.

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CO2

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Here’s how: Coercive Influence : In instances where managers apply pressure or manipulate situations, employees may be influenced to align their recollections with the narrative presented by those in authority. The balance of power can sway how we remember events, leading to the creation of false memories. Source : Kassin, S.

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Deming Institute

MAY 20, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Barbara does a good job of explaining how copying the most visible aspects of companies applying Deming’s management methods doesn’t allow you to transform another organization. ” – W. Edwards Deming.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). But I now realize this was really just the low hanging fruit…We weren’t able to see the importance of all the components and their relationship within the system, including outside suppliers and customers.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

When building a business, we’re often so focused on the parts that make up the system of our business that we forget that our business is itself a part of a bigger system. Would that be a short term sacrifice that would benefit the bigger system and thus ultimately the business itself? Why might this be?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. In 2004, Forrest received the prestigious Crosby Medal from the American Society for Quality for his earlier book, Implementing Six Sigma.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Additionally, interpersonal judgment and social evaluation tends to elicit strong stress reactions with cortisol levels in our system being elevated fifty percent longer when the stressor is interpersonal versus impersonal ((Dickerson, S. & Kemeny. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 355-391)). Kenneth Nowack, Ph.D.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

Electronic medical records add extra work hours to most physicians’ days due to unfriendly user interfaces and lack of interoperability, putting information management on the list of their responsibilities. It can be disheartening to work in a broken healthcare system where patients still struggle to have coordinated care and basic needs met.

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P&L Stress Self-aware Human Needs 150

Deming Institute

MAY 20, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Barbara does a good job of explaining how copying the most visible aspects of companies applying Deming’s management methods doesn’t allow you to transform another organization. ” – W. Edwards Deming.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). In a previous post, Four Days with Dr. Deming I discussed the impact the 4 day seminar had on many attendees (and also mentioned the excellent book Four Days with Dr. Deming: A Strategy for Modern Methods of Management ). Motivation.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 8, 2016

My wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in 2004, a year after being treated for breast cancer. By combining Value in the culture along with sound management practices, Dr. Pardes and his leadership team turned around the hospital system. This damage weakens the immune system and promotes rapid aging.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. It includes the board of directors, the management team, subject matter experts, and consultants.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. It is important to develop these apps, and the techniques associated with applying them, but what about the operating system that runs them? A 2001 study by the Hay Group indicated a 2.5x

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 19, 2010

“In a 2004 study, men limited to only four hours of sleep a night reported increased appetite and showed hormonal changes consistent with increased hunger…sleep loss can wreak havoc with a person’s endocrine system, the hormones that control appetite and metabolism.&# You need both to be healthy.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Interestingly, the answer seems to be yes, as when political misalignment occurred between 2004 and 2019, cost overruns were around 8% higher than when the procurement officers were aligned politically with the president. “In

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 13, 2011

The Toyota Way Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill (2003) To understand Toyota’s success, first understand its DNA I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker’s explanation of Toyota’s management principles and lean production values have held up.

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Lean Production Books Review Productivity 80

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Variation appears in how well the parts are eventually integrated into a system and, how well the system performs, day after day. To Shoichiro Toyoda’s chagrin, the best Toyota’s quantity-based production system could offer was immediate trouble-shooting. Once again, quality is about use.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

” There is an implicit hope that when people – especially managers – hear great words, they will start to exhibit great behavior. The executive’s task was not to talk about compensation or other perks of J&J management; it was to discuss living the company’s values.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

At times, multiple languages and multiple software systems, assisted by translators, might provide a more systemic solution. That is, a more economically viable solution, in which the investment is off-set by the systemic savings. Systems theorist and educator Russell Ackoff also offered an explanation of this phenomenon.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Five Reasons to Make Discomfort Your Friend How to Get Lazy People to Work Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday Ten Ways to Make a Great First Impression Five Minutes - a Key to Successful Time Management Kevin Eikenberry: Thanks Dave!Kevin I reprise it today for three reasons. Please read this and take the message to heart.

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Steve Farber

MAY 7, 2011

I spent 6 years as Vice President of The Tom Peters Company , whose founder and namesake is arguably the most influential “management guru” of our time. I’ve taken broad, creative license with the story and the characters in it in order to create an entertaining delivery system for ideas and practices that are anything but fictional.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable sales rep will earn 40% more than an equally educated or experienced counterpart. It comes from Tim Sanders and his great blog – in a post a few weeks back. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 7, 2018

In 2004, in a book called, The Future of Competition , changes like the ones described by buyers in our research study were predicated by C.K. Calvert : The good news is that the behaviors of leadership don't require any special knowledge, skills, systems or permissions. And, what primarily drove the change?

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

The result of the poor leadership and management includes mismarked graves, unmarked graves, split graves and at least four burial urns that somehow ended up in a landfill. The mess at Arlington reminds me of three truths that are critical to the effective management of any organization. When everyone's in charge, no one is.

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Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

You dont have to give up because youve been down a lot of times.&# - Ray Charles, American singer-composer (1930-2004) Once you give up, the game is over. I’ve been in the learning and development business for over 35 years, and CEO of Performance Support Systems, Inc., But hanging in there isnt easy. since 1987.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

But Chrysler was in bankruptcy, and we didn’t know whether our Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership that we opened in 2004 would survive the ax of the bankruptcy court. It seems like just about the time we felt like we had things dialed in, something would come along to throw our system out of whack. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 256

Deming Institute

JULY 16, 2018

The Mind at Work: Valuing the intelligence of the American Worker (2004) looks at the mental dimension of work that is often dismissed as mindless. Like Dr. Deming, Professor Rose is not afraid to move between academia and the world outside and seek a broader systems view.

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