Tag: Gaming the Numbers

NBA, Olympic coach Chuck Daly dies at 78 I grew up outside of Detroit during the Detroit Pistons "Bad Boys" era so I spent a...

Why 'Quality' Care Is Dangerous - WSJ.com Yesterday's WSJ opinion piece by Dr. Jerome Goopman (author of How Doctors Think) and Pamela Hartzband caught my...

Family Business - WSJ.comIn today's WSJ, there's a review of a new book called Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting, in the mold...

Code red in the nation's hospital corridors | CLOSE UPThanks to Michael from New Zealand for pointing this story to me. The link above...

Why Incentives Are Effective, Irresistible, and Almost Certain to Backfire | Fast CompanyJust about when I start thinking "Is Fast Company magazine relevant anymore,...

Baylor Rewards Freshmen Who Retake SAT - NYTimes.comBaylor Newspaper ArticleShow me a ranking system and I'll show you a way to "game the system"...

Updated 11/17/08 10 PM central If you have WSJ access, check out today's article "Stores Count Seconds to Trim Labor Costs". I thought, oh no...

The BBC morning news show had a story about what they call "Accident & Emergency" here in the U.K. There's a lot of discussion,...

The Associated Press: FAA tries again to fix cover-up of air safety errors:It's always disturbing to hear about cover ups and systemic problems related...

If there was any value to the Industry Week commentary that tried to link Deming and Obama, it was that it prompted me to...

Starbucks Gossip: Howard Schultz apparently hasn't put the brakes on warm sandwiches Following up on last week's post on Starbucks operations, I found an example...

Blundering hospitals 'kill 40,000 a year' - Britain - Times Online:Ah, gaming the numbers... everyone's favorite pastime. It certainly is here in the State,...