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		<title>The Promise of Going &#8216;Lean&#8217;: Increasing Government&#8217;s Capacity to Do More Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concepts of lean manufacturing can have an extraordinary impact in government once we get past the jargon and embrace its powerful way of increasing our capacity to do more good.]]></description>
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		<title>The Crazy Cycle: The Crushing Effects of Backlog and How The Golden Arches Can Help You Avoid Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there are so many things we'd like to do in our organizations, we can't because all of the things we still haven't done.  And the more we get behind the more headaches it causes as customers keep calling us wanting to know where their thing is - leading to the explosive growth of phone centers and tracking systems.  How do we handle all this backlog?  Simple.  Never get behind in the first place.  This article shows you how.]]></description>
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		<title>A Mug Full of Change: Employees Don&#8217;t Need Another Mug With A Catchy Slogan.  They Need Context.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managers continue to jump for the latest fad.  Whether it's lean, six sigma, or the balanced scorecard employees view each as a new flavor of the month.  It is the job of leaders to create the context for each new initiative - showing the role of each and how they integrate to move the organization forward.]]></description>
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		<title>Competing Interests: What Toothpaste and Tax Forms Can Teach Us About Simplifying Government For Citizens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customer satisfaction in government is a complicated topic, especially since we rarely have one customer.  The challenge in government is that we have multiple customers with competing interests - satisfying one customer dissatisfies the rest.  How do you know which group should get the priority? This article shows you how to wade through the competing interests and ensure you are listening to the right people.]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Government Makeover: What We Can Learn From The George Foreman Grill, Southwest Airlines and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a loyal reader of this column, you probably noticed that I missed last month. I had planned on writing it from the comfort of my new home office. My homebuilder, however, had different plans.
Like many masochists in our society, my wife and I thought it would be a good idea to build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WelcomeMat to Your Culture: Your Hiring Process May Be What&#8217;s Keeping Your Organization From Improving</title>
		<link>http://kenmillerblog.info/2009/05/improve-your-hiring-process/</link>
		<comments>http://kenmillerblog.info/2009/05/improve-your-hiring-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As executives search for ways to make their organizations faster and more responsive, they continue to miss the fact that their slow, unresponsive hiring processes reinforce the existing culture to all new employees.]]></description>
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