Posts tagged: improvement

Will China Change the World on Its Economic Ascent?

Will Chinese industry forge a new path to turbocharge their economic growth the wayJapandid in the 1960s through to the early 1990s with their world-changing focus on quality improvement? Or will Chinese industry simply adopt the concepts and models developed by others in the West and inJapanand present the world with the same-old, same-old? Chinese [...]

Tuesday August 16th, 2011 in , , , | Comments Off

Fewer Meetings Plus Better Meetings = More Productivity

I don’t know about you, but I get my best work done at the office between 4pm to 7pm. I don’t like having to stay until 7pm, but I find that’s the best time that (a) matches my own physiological rhythms, and (b) when there are very few interruptions, if any. Meetings, in particular, can [...]

Friday November 26th, 2010 in , , , , | Comments Off

Unfairness + Encouraging Minimalist Performance: A Surefire Way to Lose Your Employees

Leaving the unexpectedly late from work a few nights ago, I thought back to an experience early in my working life. I had been taught all through my childhood to work as hard as possible, and that working late is to be expected. I was taught to believe that good things happen when you push [...]

Friday November 19th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

You Decide Whether To Feel Fear or To Experience Excitement

The mind is a wonderful thing. It is through the conscious mind that the same experience for one person may be gut-wrenchingly fearsome, and for another, an absolutely exhilarating thrill. Physiologically-speaking, arousal is arousal is arousal. Your body is primed for action when aroused. The adrenaline that courses through your body when you’re scared is [...]

Tuesday October 12th, 2010 in , , , | 3 Comments »

Ever Considered Not Using an Office Chair at Work?

I’m getting old enough now that I actually spend time thinking about how to take better care of myself. One thing that’s been bothering me lately has been my chair at the office. Simply put, the one I use right now sucks, the one before it sucked worse, and the one before that was about [...]

Tuesday May 4th, 2010 in , , , | 1 Comment »