Recognizing the Performance System. “The fact is that the system that people work in and the interaction with people may account for 90 or 95 percent of performance.” W. Edwards Deming.
Archive for July, 2009
The Value of Understanding Process
Posted in Process Improvement, tagged Demming, performance, process, systems on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
3 Key Rights of the worker
Posted in Management, tagged Leadership, Management, staff on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For those involved in management. Keep these 3 rules in mind: I know what to do I know how to do it I know how I am going against targets set for me
Business Process Improvement
Posted in Process Improvement, tagged BPI, Business Process Improvement, lean, lean six sigma on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found this great review of this book: Business Process Improvement: The Breakthrough Strategy for Total Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness (Hardcover) on Amazon. Streamlining suggests the trimming of waste and excess, attention to every minute detail that might lead to improved performance and quality. Streamlining provides a smooth flow. With streamlining, the process will operate [...]
Warren Buffett on Reading
Posted in Musings, tagged books, reading, warren buffett on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I don’t think I have any original ideas. Certainly I talk about reading Graham. I’ve read Phil Fisher. So I’ve gotten a lot of ideas myself from reading. You can learn a lot from other people. In fact, I think if you learn basically from other people, you don’t have to get too many new [...]
Project Communications
Posted in Avoiding Mistakes, Leadership, Marketing, tagged Leadership, Management on July 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A Breakfast Anecdote: In a breakfast of eggs and bacon there are two stakeholders, the chicken and the pig. Both are required to make the breakfast. The difference between the two is the chicken has an interest whereas the pig is committed. Moral of the story – identify your chickens and pigs, keep the chickens [...]
How To Develop a Winning Strategy 10/10
Posted in Video on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This 10 part video series “How to Develop a Winning Strategy” was filmed at National Speakers Association Australia event in Adelaide. I will post the 10 video’ here each Friday. You’ve got a burning passion and you want to share it with the world. The current economic conditions pose opportunities and threat. You need a [...]