The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

“The 85/15 Rule” emerged from decades of root cause analysis of service/quality breakdowns. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. What’s Your OS (Operating System): Is Technology Supporting or Controlling?

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System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

The Practical Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

This too shall pass” From Bolt-On Programs to Built-In Culture Change Hundreds of studies over the decades have shown that 50 – 70 percent of improving customer service levels, restructuring, mergers/acquisitions, introducing new technologies, performance management systems, leadership training, and the like fail.

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Root Cause Analysis Mission Statement Travel Restructuring 52

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Much of my work focuses on involving people in activities and decisions about their work and how it will change as the technology they use changes. Many years after the curtain came down on my Camelot project, I was asked to lead the process / organization side of a large technology project. And so, I relented. So, that’s what I did.

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Project Deming Root Cause Analysis RACI 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

The technology can pick out kinds of people — mountain climbers, for instance — to help advertisers more efficiently match ads to the videos. The company’s natural language processing technology learns how to write reports by scanning texts and determining relationships between concepts. Root cause analysis.

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Efficiency Company Root Cause Analysis Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

“The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.” First, Maryann Keller, a former auto analyst, notes that, historically, GM hasn’t invested in root-cause analysis.

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Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8