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CMI Highlights – 14 February

Chartered Management Institute

Daisy Hooper , CMI’s head of policy and innovation, appeared in BusinessGreen last week, pointing out the key role for apprenticeships in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Assessing Leadership and Management in Local Government report , published in partnership with the Social Market Foundation. CMI members always see more.

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CMI Hong Kong: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

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Management Quality and Productivity, under competent leadership

Mike Cardus

He gave 35 lectures in the summer of 1950 to engineers and to top management. Few people in top management in America understand their responsibilities and know that they must serve a life term on quality and productivity from now on, under competent leadership. Edwards Deming Institute 3rd Quarter 2005 Newsletter. My Thoughts.

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Pixar’s Competitive Advantage? A Connection Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Instead, it was an understated, bespectacled, computer engineer named Ed Catmull. And because they are more engaged, Pixar employees put more effort in their work, are more trusting and more cooperative, all factors that affect productivity, quality and innovation. And rightly so.

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Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision? Five Keys to.

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision? Engineer Blogs January 31, 2011 at 10:54 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } Duncan Brodie January 25, 2011 at 3:07 am Hi Kevin Excellent blog post.

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Does Change Happen to You or with You?

CO2

Think about being the engineer who came up with the zero-emissions car before our culture was ready for it. ” The innovators and adapters may get tired of hearing “No” and either stop proposing ideas or leave the organization. You might have failed miserably.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production. Suppressing Innovation.

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