Category Archives: Quality

Risk management: Part 2

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

More on risk management: [Part 1] Part 2 [Part 3] Risk management plan One common approach to risk management is to create a risk management plan. The process of creating such a plan can be fun, as a whole bunch of … Continue reading →

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Risk management: Part 1

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Risk management and other buzzwords ‘Risk management’ has joined the growing lexicon of management terms being bandied around to make the speaker sound impressive and knowledgeable, while the original meaning has been steadily eroded. When people start latching on to … Continue reading →

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Measurement 101

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

I love measuring things. Maybe it’s because I was deprived of good quantitative data during my formative years studying a liberal arts degree. Or maybe it’s because the first thing I ever seriously tried to measure was my own work … Continue reading →

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The Balanced Scorecard

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

The Balanced Scorecard (BSC), created by Arthur Schneiderman and popularised by Kaplan & Norton, is a commonly used framework for setting organisational performance measures along four dimensions: How do customers see us? What internal processes must we excel at? How … Continue reading →

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Mental health part four – ideas

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

The story so far: part one described an application of Open Space Technology for community consultation on the subject of mental health. Part two proposed a thought experiment: wouldn’t it be great if the mental health profession could cure all … Continue reading →

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Mental health part three – “help is the sunny side of control”

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

Parts one and two described an application of Open Space Technology for community consultation on the subject of mental health, touched on possible vested interests within the structure of the mental health marketplace, and proposed a thought experiment: wouldn’t it … Continue reading →

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How big is my family?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

I just came across a short article by Sharon McGann, with a consulting firm called A Passion for Results (which is a great name, isn’t it). The title of Sharon’s article is: ‘Teaching our kids life literacy – we owe … Continue reading →

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