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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

Deming Institute

Rather than seizing this as an opportunity to develop a new theory on which I might improve student engagement and learning, I focused not on what was on the minds of my students but on improving my pedagogy; reinforcing, perhaps, how to continue to do the wrong things – things that had no relevance for my students – better.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Both Kaizen events and Agile sprints are investments in innovation and human capital productivity.