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	<title>Chasing the Rabbit by Steven Spear</title>
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	<description>Chasing the Rabbit - Steven Spear's Official Blog. Steven Spear is The Author of Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition and How Great Companies Can Catch Up and Win.</description>
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		<title>Continuous Improvement versus Innovation&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[decoding the dna of the toyota production system]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often confused are &#8220;continuous improvement&#8221; and &#8220;innovation,&#8221; as if one is merely the disciplined creation of order where there was chaos (e.g., by creating value streams with pull and standard work) and the other is the serendipitous inspiration of the blessed genius.
In fact, the evidence is that in the highest performing organizations, those that succeed [...]


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		<title>Innovation and Workforce Engagement in a High-Velocity World</title>
		<link>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/11/09/innovation-and-workforce-engagement-in-a-high-velocity-world/</link>
		<comments>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/11/09/innovation-and-workforce-engagement-in-a-high-velocity-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steven_spear</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[decoding the dna of the toyota production system]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Firms have to accelerate their speed of innovation to keep ahead of rivals, particularly as globalization whittles down in number and size the places free from intense rivalry. Innovation increasingly has to be a &#8216;team sport,&#8217; engaging the brains of many, as the complexity and sophistication of systems increase beyond what small groups can manage [...]


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		<title>&#8220;Chasing the Rabbit&#8221; wins National Best Book 2009 Award for Management and Leadership&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/10/28/chasing-the-rabbit-wins-national-best-book-2009-award-for-management-and-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/10/28/chasing-the-rabbit-wins-national-best-book-2009-award-for-management-and-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steven_spear</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Colleagues&#8230;
I&#8217;m pleased to share with you the news that Chasing the Rabbit: How Market Leaders Outdistance the Competition was winner of a National Best Books 2009 Award, sponsored by USA Book News, in the management and leadership category.
Chasing the Rabbit shows how market leaders generate and sustain high speed, broad based innovation [...]


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		<title>Incident Reporting Systems: Inadequate tool for quality and safety&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/10/21/incident-reporting-systems-inadequate-tool-for-quality-and-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/10/21/incident-reporting-systems-inadequate-tool-for-quality-and-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steven_spear</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[decoding the dna of the toyota production system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fixing healthcare]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[incident reporting system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lean manufacturing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[learn production]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[patient safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Incident Reporting Systems (IRSs) have been energetically engaged by hospitals seeking to emulate the aviation industry's record of safety.  According to safety expert, Dr. Bob Wachter, they cost too much and accomplish too little.  His complaint is backed by sound systems thinking.  IRSs gather and process data that is delayed and aggregated.  While useful for seeing trends and identifying hotspots, such data is not useful for diagnosis and treatment.  By the time there is a response, the conditions that caused the problems may have disappeared.  What is needed is real time, nested problem seeing and problems solving so systems can maintain their stability and responsiveness without overloading some central safety function. 


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		<title>Retail Sales Drop on Fall in Autos and the Role of Government in Economic Policy&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/10/15/retail-sales-drop-on-fall-in-autos-and-the-role-of-government-in-economic-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://chasingtherabbitbook.mhprofessional.com/apps/ab/2009/10/15/retail-sales-drop-on-fall-in-autos-and-the-role-of-government-in-economic-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steven_spear</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Auto Industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy recovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus Package]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cash for clunkers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I suggested public sentiment that government does too much but not enough is not contradictory.  It reflects a recognition that government does too little of what it should do, too much of what it shouldn&#8217;t.  Today&#8217;s news that retails sales were dragged down by a drop in auto purchases, a deflation [...]


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