Entries by StrategyDriven

StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Government as Owner and Regulator: The Ultimate Conflict of Interest

What would it be like to have the ultimate home court advantage? How about: Defining the rules of the game; Changing the rules of the game, in your favor of course, at any time after the game has started; Refereeing the game and being allowed to choose when and when not to penalize your team […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 33 – An Interview with Larry Myler, author of Indispensable By Monday

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 33 – An Interview with Larry Myler, author of Indispensable By Monday explores […]

Standards and Expectations Warning Flag 1 – Standards Creep

Have you ever been confronted by a customer’s challenge that your product or service quality just isn’t what it used to be? Or notice the number of quality defects in your products or services has somehow increased over the past months, quarters, or years? Or felt so much pressure to get something done that you deemed the quality to be ‘good enough for government work?’

All of these are signs of standards creep; not a beneficial raising of the bar but rather an allowance of ever worsening performance.