Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

QAspire

APRIL 14, 2013

Here are some common pitfalls that should be avoided in any form of reflective exercise: No Actions, No Results: In many other methodologies and cultures, Hansei is termed differently, like retrospectives in Scrum and After Action Reviews in American Culture (developed by US Army). Photograph By: Tanmay Vora.

Kaizen 152

Kaizen After Action Review Quality Bottom-up 152

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

To show how different it is, we have special words to describe them such as " Master Black Belt ," " DMAIC ," " Kaizen ," " A3 ," and " SIPOC.". To understand the strengths and weaknesses of different process religions, develop a network of people with experience in each one. No one has looked at things quite this way.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 15, 2011

Under her leadership, the firm has become a leading international public relations and financial communications consultancy with offices in New York, Connecticut and London. Jennifer Prosek is the founder and CEO of CJP Communications (CJP), where she leads many of the firm’s key accounts.

Public Relations 80

Public Relations Consultative CEO Leadership 80

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

The SEALs leadership recognized that technical excellence—better shooting and better shots—didn’t go nearly far enough in addressing the complex environments and demands that would be made upon sniper teams in wartime deployments in multiple theaters. A kaizen—continuous improvement—ethos is one thing.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

QAspire

JANUARY 27, 2013

This book also touches upon applicability of essential lean concepts including Gemba and Kaizen in building a high performance organization. Organizations are not machines – they are fundamentally and irreducibly made up of people.”. Not only that, the book has impressive research behind it and the research sources are very generously shared.

Organization 149

Organization Kaizen Review Bottom-up 149

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. The nature of technology development might also provide some pointers as to how learning at work should change.

Competitive Advantage 53

Competitive Advantage Kaizen Technology Learning-by-Doing 53

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners. Celebrate and reward frontline heroes.

Company 10

Company IPO Price Loyalty 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

When complaints to elected officials started mounting from property developers dissatisfied with delays, Girard pulled together a team from many divisions to address the problem. Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement. Change management Execution Leadership' Implementing the change.

Middle Management 14

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 14