Evolving Excellence has been asked to host this issue of the Management Improvement Carnival. Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival.
- People Are Our Most Important Asset at Curious Cat. "One of the beliefs I try and get the organizations I work for to adopt is to truly value excellent people."
- Reducing Waste for Shoppers at Lean Blog. "The traditional grocery store is to spread out common items to force you to walk the whole store – that’s waste for the customer. Target is trying a new approach."
- Boring Wins Championships at Lean Six Sigma Academy. "... team’s like San Antonio win the same way companies like Toyota and Danaher win. It’s not flash, or fancy words, or even Michael Jordan."
- An Innovation in Value Stream Integration at Lean Reflections. "Here’s where the construction industry has come up with an innovation I have not heard mentioned in manufacturing – the integrated relational contract."
- 10 Common Misperceptions About Lean Manufacturing at Gemba Panta Rei. "There is nothing inherently Japanese about Lean manufacturing, nor are Japanese people naturally better at Lean than any other people."
- The Virtues of Authenticity vs. the Dangers of Hypocrisy at Bob Sutton. "If a leader pushes a philosophy, he or she better mean it, or the hypocrisy will become obvious to everyone, and breed cynicism both inside and outside the organization."
- Durable and Great at Six Sigma Blogs. "... innovation cannot be pursued in and of itself. Innovation is the complement to operational excellence..."
- Innovation is a 4-Hour Process at LifeDev. "They’ll work on the idea for 4 hours, and then evaluate whether they should continue or scrap it."
- The Holy Crap Reaction To Competition at Instigator Blog. "When you’re working on a stealth startup, moving at a 100 miles a minute to get to market, and you think you’ve got a killer idea worth millions, you can’t help but feel stunned when you discover new competition."
- Homegrown Ethnography at Shmula. "The Toyota Production System makes effective use of visual cues to mark location in time and space, boundaries, and to answer the questions "How am I doing?"
- Unanswered Questions at Edge Perspectives. "It’s appropriate to step back occasionally and reflect on what we don’t know, rather than simply sharing what we know."
- Why Startups Often Beat the Big Boys at Business Pundit. "... a leader must also make sure the vision doesn't become tunnel-vision."
- Be Careful What You Measure at Evolving Excellence. "Take the time to really understand what you are measuring, and whether a positive trend is really a positive."