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Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

Harry Hertz “The Baldrige Cheermudgeon”

boss and innovator

The Boss and the Innovator

I feel like I should start this blog post with something like: "An innovator and a boss walk into a bar..." But, I don't have a punch line to follow it, so I
future worker

Back to the Future...Baldrige Style

We have made it to 2015 and there has been much recent news coverage of the 2015 predictions from the Back to the Future 2 movie. And interestingly enough, many
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What Comes After Teaching Leadership?

Business schools today have placed a renewed emphasis on teaching leadership. Dawn Bailey explored this topic in a recent Blogrige post. As Dawn stated, one of
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A Cheer for Getting Older

Some of my friends commented that Harry the "Cheermudgeon" was too "mudgeonly" in my most recent Blogrige post. So, I decided it was time to cheer. Here is a
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Why Is the "Good Guy" Always Victimized?

Have you ever pondered this question? I didn't in a global sense until recently. I've had the same experiences you have with having my car hit and then feeling
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I Would Rather Shop at a Restaurant

One of my regular Blogrige readers and harshest critics, my wife, complained that my recent posts have been too pedagogical and lacked my storytelling instincts
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Of Jurors, Students, and Patients

I wasn't going to write about my recent experience, but further reflection compels me to share some thoughts. I recently fulfilled part of my civic
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The Baldrige Approach to Innovation

The Baldrige Excellence Framework, as a systems perspective, has taken a holistic approach to the important topic of innovation. This perspective comprises a
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