Archive for the ‘corporate culture’ Category
Monday, March 8th, 2010
This is not really and either or proposition as the title suggests. I do find that many companies are seduced by the glamour and sexiness of innovation – coming up with new products that create the so-called Blue Oceans where little if any competition exists. Such was the case of ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Based on the buzz on twitter and other social media, I’m sure that most quality people have seen the report by the Avery Point Group, an executive search and recruiting firm for lean and Six Sigma talent. According to the report and based on on-line job postings, “lean now dominates ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Perhaps the most vexing problem facing any organization is the need and ability to handle change. We have all been in situations where someone has “moved our cheese” and our first reaction is to reject the change. We spend countless hours counter-arguing against the change instead of keeping our wits ...
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
We’re hearing a lot about innovation and its importance to the success of any organization. One of the stumbling blocks that I have encountered among managers is trying to understand how innovative products and services are discovered. After thinking about this for the last twenty years or so, I have ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
I found an interesting article “Can The Future Be Built in America?”. All interested in the issue of the future of American manufacturing may find this article somewhat informative. To me it was a little disappointing since it dealt mainly with what I would call “industrial policy” issues. In fact ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
The other day I was speaking to a Master Black Belt from a large manufacturing concern who was talking about the success of their Six Sigma deployment. During a lull in the conversation I tried to get her to talk about how they are using Six Sigma to grow market ...
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