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2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl – Need Any Country be Poor?

Deming Institute

2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? Roger starts by discussing some areas of Deming’s work that are not getting the focus they deserve. For those of you that have read Out of the Crisis, Deming asks in that book: Need any country be poor?

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything. Thanks for sharing Peter.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I love the way you have clearly differentiated between strategy and tactics – so many people get them confused and end up playing checkers instead of chess… Thanks, Landon Creasy [link] [link] Roger Martin Mike: This is an excellent tool. It is as comprehensive for leadership traits as I’ve seen in many other assessments.

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Market Correction? Try Perma-Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Why does everything we try to fix this crisis seem not to work? I suggested, instead: a historic, generational crisis — not just a crash, but a titanic reconfiguration of the global economy. What kind of banking crisis is this? Is this a liquidity crisis? Is this a solvency crisis?!"

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Fixing the Game: What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

Leading Blog

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. That theory, says Roger Martin, “had the unfortunate effect of tightly tying together two markets: the real market and the expectations market.”

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. Share an ah-ha moment, an experience, a process, but share…This post can be a game changer to many people if those who read it are willing to share their collective wisdom.

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

Unfortunately, the financial services sector hasn''t been doing a very good job in these realms as they lurch from one major financial crisis to another. These institutions are already feeling their license come under threat from increasing regulations as the government attempts to address the causes of the latest crisis.