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GC29: GamifiKaizen: Using gamification for continuous improvement | with Gal Rimon of GamEffective

Engaging Leader

GamEffective strives to be the “Fitbit of work,” taking the place of traditional performance management, feedback, and even continuous improvement practices such as kaizens. Gal Rimon is CEO of GamEffective, […] Longtime listeners of Game Changer know that gamification isn’t about rewards and competition.

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5 Steps To Develop A Learning Culture At Work

The Horizons Tracker

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The first-generation of the learning organization reached its nadir with the continuous improvement movement launched by W.

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The Network is Your Customer

CEO Blog

I see a need for a bit of mass customization simply from a time management viewpoint. Now more than ever, Kaizen applies. Social media can be time consuming so devising ways to systematize it makes sense. 4 - Connect. Of course reach out digitally to your customers and prospect. 5 - Collaborate.

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True North Can Really Be “Management by Results” in Disguise

Deming Institute

Example: meeting budget, achieving 95% performance in the country on all quality indicators and, having all our staff members on Kaizen events. Many times this is due to requirements from outside agencies (the government or payers) but many times the additional KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are due to requirements from upper management.

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. When I first met then Southeast Airlines CEO, Herb Kelleher, we were both working the booth at the 1997 BookExpo at Chicago’s McCormick Center. The benefits were significant. Fun Leaders Are Real.

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

Deming Institute

Sadly, it didn’t take very long to realize that the plant had a very traditional management style, very traditionally combative labor/management relations, and a typical blame-and-shame, command-and-control environment that made people miserable and didn’t deliver quality to the customer or any of the right business results.

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Great Leadership for Challenging Times

Great Leadership By Dan

Another well known blogger said that if a CEO did this, it showed he was clueless. Don’t bad mouth your manager, your company, your competition, the government or your co-workers. Focus on what you and your team can do, and offer to help your manager and co-workers. Radiate confidence and optimism. I strongly disagree.

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