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On Disrupting Yourself

QAspire

During 2001 dot com bubble, one of my friends, a competent software developer, was laid off because of lack of business in the technology he worked in. He was smart enough to understand that the company needed people in a new project that was to be developed on a totally different technology. Related Posts at QAspire.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Read on to learn how procrastination might be killing your productivity.” No technology or rote process can give you the “correct” plan – BUT a solid process for planning can guide you to the best plan for your team and you. Have you ever thought about how it affects you? ” John R. There is no do, only be. ”

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Janna Rust presents Procrastination and Productivity posted at Purposeful Leadership , saying, "What are you procrastinating with right now? Read on to learn how procrastination might be killing your productivity.". Have you ever thought about how it affects you? To get them to speak the truth, be willing to hear it.".

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Jobs to be Done

Deming Institute

To me this is a great example of extending Deming’s ideas with a great deal of useful content on how to effectively become more customer focused. Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). When we buy a product, we essentially “hire” it to help us do a job.

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process In quest of better outcomes (efficiency, results, productivity, improvements etc.), Your reference to gaps in the lateral movement of work reminded be of Frank Voehl’s post on the Deming Learning Network - “Managing the White Space&#.

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The Value of Professional Conferences. Also Why Has There Been So Little Innovation?

Curious Cat

I took this photo after presenting a Deming 2 1/2 day seminar in Boston (at the Boston Fine Arts Museum – see more photos ). So I doubt it would be hard to rethink of whatever I had thought of back then and new technology would increase the possibilities. The benefits they bring are very hard to calculate.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Edwards Deming : the former an industrialist who equated machines and human beings (both to be managed for maximum output), the latter a humanist who saw the individual as internally motivated to do good, meaningful work. The contrast was driven home by a full-blown reenactment of Deming’s famous red bead experiment.

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