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What if the Miracle Question Worked with Corporate Teams?

Mike Cardus

The team and I had spent 3 days working through root-cause analysis and struggling to determine what was causing a certain screw to vibrate lose during flight. Things are rough and I am not sure what innovation and problem-solving methods + models I can throw at you. Then you do what you normally do after work.

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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

How to apply the model. Root cause analysis. Improvement and Innovation. 19) Celebrate innovation. Guest post by Luciana Paulise, see part 1 of these thoughts: Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. After the two months, extra meetings to follow-up on the action plan are optional.

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Debriefing: A Simple Tool to Help Your Team Tackle Tough Problems

Harvard Business Review

In business, debriefing has been widely documented as critical to accelerating projects, innovating novel approaches, and hitting difficult objectives. If there’s lack of clarity here, the rest of the debriefing will be of little value because you won’t know how to judge your success. What caused our results?

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6 Ways to Screen Job Candidates for Strategic Thinking

Harvard Business Review

How to Create an Exponential Mindset. I’m often asked by executives what percentage of employees in a firm should be strategic thinkers, leaders, and innovators. You and Your Team Series. Thinking Strategically. Mark Bonchek. 5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For. Freek Vermeulen.