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At the Crossroads: Piecemeal Programs or Culture Change?

The Practical Leader

Their two main routes are piecemeal programs to “fix the frontline” or a long-term cultural change process. But few are willing to pay the price to make the long and winding road to culture change. Lay low long enough, and they’ll soon be on to another flavor-of-the-month. It’s broad and well-used.

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5 Concepts That Will Help Your Team Be More Data-Driven

Harvard Business Review

It will take decades for the public education systems to churn out enough people with the needed skills — far too long for companies to wait. Rather, based on my experiences working with companies on their data strategy, these five concepts offer the biggest near-term bang for the buck. Nor is my intent to make people experts.

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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

Applying SMED, the theoretical sessions would act as the external activities that operators have to perform before a changeover, and actually implementing them in a running business would be the internal ones. Root cause analysis. 12) Consider your supplier as a long term partner. Leadership. Just in time.

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