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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Book Review)

QAspire

In less than 200 pages, the authors try to cover many things like ageing, food, yoga, tai chi, stress management, concept of flow state, stories about centenarians from Okinawa in Japan, resilience, meditation and antifragility. Artists know how important it is to protect their space, control their environment, and be free of distractions”.

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Deming Podcast with Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering

Deming Institute

Scott first encountered Deming’s ideas while an engineer at Proctor & Gamble in 1986. Deming training was rolled out to us. It provided some very innovative and realistic solutions to solve a lot of problems in the plant. He taught the Deming principles to his new company and they were readily embraced.

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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

The Horizons Tracker

Edwards Deming famously remarked that “in God we trust, but everyone else should bring data.” And certain production environments provide richer data due to the processes they use.”. Despite this huge outlay, research from Rotman highlights the profoundly mixed returns seen on that investment. Strong returns.

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Change the Situation – Get a Different Result

Deming Institute

David Langford’s presentation at the 2015 Deming in Education conference starts with a clip from Clare Crawford Mason’s PBS presentation on Mt. Deming was a champion of the individual. ” So why was Dr. Deming so tough on management (and especially executives)? Edgecumbe High School, in Sitka, Alaska.

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

We learned the quality lessons of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, and Phil Crosby as well as the lean thinking lessons of James Womack. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. And, with it comes the requirement for a work environment focused on reinvention and ingenuity. They drive fear out of the workplace.

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April 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Management changes, or our strategic plan is rebuffed, or people simply don’t perform the way we think they will. Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted Why Showing Appreciation To Your Team Makes A Difference. The best collaborative environments are situational in their approach to team decision-making.”

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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. Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed.

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