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This now serves as a blog to collect some of the comments I make on other blogs related to management improvement (Deming, lean thinking, six sigma, leadership, systems thinking, respect for people...). Read my main management blog: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog

Friday, November 28, 2008

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog

This is just a reminder that the current address for the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog is http://management.curiouscatblog.net. Popular posts (since our last post here) include:


  • Global Manufacturing Data for 2007

  • Motivate or Eliminate De-Motivation

  • Creating Jobs

  • USA Spent $2.1 Trillion on Health Care

  • Toyota's Commitment

  • CEOs Plundering Corporate Coffers

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