Entries by StrategyDriven

Leadership Inspirations – A Call for Innovation

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“To get what we’ve never had, we must do what we’ve never done.” Anonymous “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein Theoretical physicist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) Innovation, the act of introducing a new product, service, and/or method, […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 27 – Making the Mission Measurable

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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 posts on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 27 – Making the Mission Measurable elaborates on Strategic Planning Best Practice 1 – Make […]

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Project Management Best Practice 3 – Line Management Project Ownership

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Whether creating a new product or service or upgrading an internal process or software application, all projects fundamentally represent a change to the way an organization does business. This change is represented by two components, the technical object being added or altered and the emotional acceptance and implementation of the new technical object by the workforce. While each change component is equally important to the project’s success, it is the later that often poses the most risk of failure. To reduce this risk and thereby increase the project’s likelihood of success requires strong line ownership especially on the part of executives and managers.

Leadership Inspirations – Only Change is Constant

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“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish poet and playwright “Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.” Bernard Berenson (1865 – 1959) American art historian Seemingly harsh words, but consider… Consistency is an interesting word. We often think of it as […]