Projet Six Sigma chez CSX

En réduisant la quantité d'essence consommée par les locomotives, ils ont sauvé plus de 28 millions en 3 ans.

IT in Health Care

J'aimerais être aussi productif que ce blog qui parle des défis IT dans le monde de la santé.

La réforme

À l'encontre de la réforme scolaire québécoise ?

“The motivation behind this research was to examine a very widespread belief about the teaching of mathematics, namely that teaching students multiple concrete examples will benefit learning,” said Jennifer A. Kaminski, a research scientist at the Center for Cognitive Science at Ohio State. “It was really just that, a belief.”

Myers-Briggs

My type: Active INTJ

Moderate towards Introversion (vs Extraversion).
Clear towards Intuition (vs Sensing).
Moderate towards Thinking (vs Feeling).
Moderate towards Judging (vs Perceiving).

INTJs are typically innovators in their fields. They trust their inner vision of how things fit together and relentlessly move their ideas to action. They would rather spend time on what they believe is important that on what's popular with others.

INTJs are independent and individualistic, and others may see them as stubborn at times. They move ahead with or without the support of others, and they have a single-minded concentration.

They like using logic to solve complex, challenging problems. Routine, everyday tasks bore them. They analyze and attempt to fit pieces together into a coherent whole.

Although INTJs are usually organized and follow through, they may sometimes ignore details that do not fit their vision of the future. If these details are important, their ideas may not work as well as they would like.

INTJs are likely to be most satisfied in a work environment that values their insights and ideas and lets them work independently. People can count on them for their vision and innovative solutions to problems in their field.

De la politique

Sommes-nous prêts pour un gouvernement qui nous présentera exactement la réalité économique et sociale et des choix qui en découlent ? J'en doute et la comparaison des programmes démocrates et républicains de la politique d'assurance maladie aux États-Unis en est un bel exemple.

EVA

Au lieu d'évaluer le EVA d'une seule entreprise, les capacités de traitement d'informations actuelles permettent maintenant d'évaluer le EVA de tout le marché ! (via Fortune)

Gérer la charité

Kiva.org, une façon de gérer ses dons et de suivre la situation choisie par la suite. Le donneur - consommateur (via Fortune).

Élever un enfant

Her grandfather, a retired judge, scrutinized report cards, presided over homework, and in his later years prepared her in advance for all the theorems in her geometry book to be sure she'd be able to excel if he were to die before the school year ended. Every night at dinner her mother would present a world problem to Nooyi and her sister and have them compete to solve it as if they were a President or Prime Minister. Though her family is Hindu, Nooyi attended a Catholic school, was an avid debater, played cricket, badgered her parents (and the nuns) until she was allowed to play the guitar, and then formed an all-girl rock band - the first ever at the Holy Angels Convent.

Portrait d'Indra Nooyi, CEO de Pepsi, dans Fortune.

Ah les jeunes

Article de la revue Commerce qui titre : Cessons de blâmer les jeunes.

Ce vide sur le plan des valeurs dans la grande entreprise a un impact sur les PME : il leur donne l'occasion de le combler en offrant un environnement plus stimulant à l'échelle humaine, où l'on peut s'identifier à de vraies valeurs. Voilà qui devrait amener les grandes entreprises à faire un certain examen de conscience. Alors, ne soyons pas trop sévères avec les jeunes. Les employeurs que nous avons connus étaient bien plus inspirants que ceux que nous leur proposons aujourd'hui.

Free

Après le Free Culture de Lawrence Lessig et son Long Tail, Craig Anderson, rédacteur en chef du magazine Wired, traite de la gratuité des ressources informatiques dans son article Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business.