Managing for Continuous Improvement

Continuous improvement is generally considered to be a journey in pursuit of perfection and is regularly associated with the concept of lean manufacturing.
Continuous improvement is generally considered to be a journey in pursuit of perfection and is regularly associated with the concept of lean manufacturing.
Using a novel capability to reason about shape, function, and attachment of unrelated parts, researchers have
Flying sharks, waterfalls in the lobby, in-house top chefs, and dogs in the workplace. These are just a few tangible examples of experience design reimagining organizations beyond the traditional scope of organization design.
When Deloitte wanted to get people excited about employee training, the company decided to adopt a gamification strategy for its online training portal.
From carrying food in from the field, to shipping processed products, to assembling a supermarket display, packaging matters.
Illustration by Rachel Sender for APM Reports
When Keenan Robinson started college in 2017, he knew the career he wanted. He’d gone to high school in a small town outside Atlanta. His parents had never finished college, and they always encouraged Robinson and his two older siblings to earn degrees.
This story was originally published by MIT News.
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine.
It’s 1 p.m. on a sunny afternoon in July—smack dab in the middle of summer break—and a perfect 75° outside, but Jonathan Park is laser-focused.
Soldiers develop attachments to the robots that help them diffuse bombs in the field. Despite numerous warnings about privacy, millions of us trust smart speakers like Alexa to listen into our daily lives.
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