Until business becomes the means for people to actualize their potential as human beings and not just the means for the wealthy to accumulate more wealth, there will forever be a downward push against labor. The notion that if we can get people to work for less then we can be far more profitable seems [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Beyond The Bottom Line
Posted in Economy, Morality/Ethics, Progress, tagged Business of business, Change, Economy, Ethical Principles, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress, Quality on May 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Corporate Overlords
Posted in Economy, Life, Morality/Ethics, Progress, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Development of Self, Economy, Ethical Principles, human spirit, Moral Values, Progress, Systems Thinking on May 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The testimony of the CEOs from America’s five leading oil companies before congress revealed their belief that the unit of survival is (solely) their organization. That is, the center of the universe is (literally) their corporation and industry and correspondingly that their importance both personally and corporately must not be questioned—they stand above it all.
Making Quality in America
Posted in Economy, Progress, Quality, tagged Economy, Leadership, Learning, management, Progress, Quality on May 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In his New York Times column, Paul Krugman, spoke of a hint of the return of American manufacturing. In this column Mr. Krugman mentioned that Michigan which had an unemployment rate of 14.1% in August 2009 is now experiencing the improved rate of 10.3%, and as Krugman noted “still above the national average, but nonetheless [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #25
Posted in Leadership, Systems Thinking, tagged Critical Thinking, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, partnership, relationships, Systems Thinking on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A New York Times interview with Dominic Orr, president and CEO of Aruba Networks, highlights the importance for a leader to understand the organization as a system and to relate to its’ employees as people. Together these two principles are essential for creating a workplace culture that affords high levels of performance.
Lean Understanding
Posted in Quality, Systems Thinking, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, Problem Solving, Progress, Quality, relationships, Statistical Thinking, Systems Thinking on May 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It is estimated that about 70% of organizations initiating lean programs don’t realize the promised or anticipated success. So it would seem that either lean is a bad idea or lean is not properly understood. Given Toyota’s notable success, I think we’ll go with the latter!
Replace Performance Reviews with Leadership for Quality
Posted in Leadership, Management, Quality, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, Quality, relationships, Statistical Thinking, Variation on May 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A recent issue of Knowledge@Wharton indicates, that while 91% of companies worldwide have performance appraisals only 35% to 40% do performance reviews well. The question remains, what does doing them well mean? What are the criteria for the performance of performance reviews? Can performance reviews (as we’ve come to know and love them) really be [...]
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