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

Deming Institute

Roger explores his work on the HIV/AIDS problem and how it relates to applying statistical and systemic thinking to improve people’s lives. There are many ways we need to fix our current economic system. Hunter: an Innovator and Catalyst for Quality Improvement. Related: A Historical Look at Deming’s Career: Lecture by J.

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Avoiding Catastrophic Failures in Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

These were all good things and to be expected after investing many millions of dollars on people, systems, and consultants. Engage the finance organization. Finance was on board at the company in our story. The system must be reviewed and validated by finance. What's it worth?

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What Cincinnati Could Teach New York about Hurricane Readiness

Harvard Business Review

But increasingly, at the local level, innovative approaches involving unlikely partners playing unlikely roles are disrupting the status quo and addressing seemingly unsolvable challenges like those posed by Sandy. Government must adopt innovation practices that mirror those used by leading entrepreneurial companies around the world.

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What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach Your Company's Future Leaders

Harvard Business Review

The question is how to equip employees with the skills to handle complexities such as creating innovative solutions to emergent problems, understanding new markets, and pushing back on the "status quo." In our experience, social entrepreneurs can be extraordinary role models in this regard. However, the core skills they need are different.

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Diet and Exercise Tips from Process Fitness Fanatics

Harvard Business Review

The stories of how they have kept their processes fit are less well known than those of famous process fitness fanatics such as Toyota, with its Toyota Production System (also known as Lean), and GE, with its Six Sigma program. The Danaher Business System drives the company through a never-ending cycle of change and improvement.