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Stu Hunter Discussing Bill Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters and EVOP 27 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm

In this clip, Stu Hunter talks about Bill Hunter (my father, and no relation to Stu Hunter), Statistics for Experimenters and EVolutionary OPerations (EVOP). Stu mentions Bill Hunter’s work with the ...

You are a Fool if You Do What I Say 21 Aug 2013 | 11:14 am

Guest post from Mark Graban There’s an interesting quote from Taiichi Ohno in “Taiichi Ohno’s Workplace Management,” which I was re-reading today… “You are a fool if you do what I say. You are a gre...

Management Improvement Carnival #198 2 Aug 2013 | 11:06 am

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival has been published since 2006. The carnival, has been published twice a month – but will now be published once or twice a month depending on how things ...

Design of Experiments: The Process of Discovery is Iterative 30 Jul 2013 | 01:52 pm

This video is another excerpt on the design of experiments videos by George Box, see previous posts: Introduction to Fractional Factorial Designed Experiments and The Art of Discovery. This video look...

Your Online Presence and Social Networks for Managers 17 Jul 2013 | 06:13 pm

This month Paul Borawski asked ASQ’s Influential Voices which social networks do quality professionals use? TL;DR My bottom line suggestion is to first start with blogs (get a feed reader and subscri...

Management Improvement Carnival #197 16 Jul 2013 | 08:31 am

Mark Graban is hosting the 197th edition of the Management Improvement Carnival on his Lean Blog, highlights include: Michel Baudin’s Blog – “The Toyota Way 2001: the Necronomicon of Lean“: Michel wr...

Stated Versus Revealed Preference 10 Jul 2013 | 07:12 am

My father provided me a good example of the flawed thinking of relying on stated preference when I was growing up. Stated preference is, as you might deduce, the preferences voiced by customers when y...

Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival #196 1 Jul 2013 | 07:09 pm

The Curious Cat Management Improvement Carnival is published twice each month. The posts selected for the carnival focus on the areas of management improvement I have focused on in the Curious Cat Man...

What is the Explanation Going to be if This Attempt Fails? 25 Jun 2013 | 07:37 pm

Occasionally during my career I have been surprised by new insights. One of the things I found remarkable was how quickly I thought up a new explanation for what could have caused a problem when the p...

Getting Known Good Ideas Adopted 19 Jun 2013 | 02:39 pm

This month Paul Borawski asked ASQ’s Influential Voices to explore two questions; first, what is the most important challenge the quality community faces in ensuring that the value of quality is fully...

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