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tl;dr: GE’s 1950s “Blue Books,” created by Peter Drucker for CEO Ralph Cordiner, promoted stewardship, shared responsibility to stakeholders, and mature leadership. These ideas contrast sharply with later, short-term, numbers-driven management–and raise the question of whether today’s GE still recognizes…
I stumbled across an article from the Inc. magazine archives from 1987, so it’s today’s “Throwback Thursday.” In 1987, I was starting high school and that was probably right about the time when my dad, an engineer for General Motors,…
To the left is a young baby me. I don’t think I was thinking about Dr. Deming as a baby, but thankfully my parents had a lot of intrinsic motivation to take care of me! One of the many things…
Mark’s note: Today’s post is by a good friend in the lean healthcare world, Mark Welch (no relation to Jack). Today’s post is thought-provoking in terms of finding the balance between efficiency and building relationships in today’s workplace. He also…
