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Tag Archives: WSJ

When good data go bad.

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Dan
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Bob Lutz, longtime car guy who held senior leadership positions at GM, BMW, Ford, and Chrysler, tells a story about the feedback that David Davis, an auto industry expert, received on a speech he delivered at GM: Sometime in the … Continue reading →

Posted in TIMEBACK BLOG | Tagged 5S, Culture, WSJ | 1 Reply

Does the internet make you smarter or dumber? Yes.

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Dan
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Friday’s Wall Street Journal ran an interesting feature: side-by-side articles on whether the internet makes you smarter or dumber. Clay Shirky advocated smarter, while Nicholas Carr (who’s in the news for the release of his latest book) argued for dumber. … Continue reading →

Posted in TIMEBACK BLOG | Tagged Communication, Multitasking, WSJ | 2 Replies

Four tools for making work visible.

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Dan
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In general, I’m not a big fan of fancy time management hardware or software. As the saying goes, automating a broken process gets you a faster (and more expensive) broken process. Far better to use a simple system to fix … Continue reading →

Posted in TIMEBACK BLOG | Tagged Visual Management, WSJ | Leave a reply

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