Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford About the Reference Adapt reveals the power of adaptive trial and error in solving the most difficult organizational challenges. Tim Harford illustrates the benefits of performing small, non-threatening trial projects to determine optimal product features, service options, or process performance. Further, he shows how such […]
An organization’s culture, its collectively shared values system, profoundly impacts what work is performed, when work is performed, and how work is performed. And the culture driver has as much if not more influence on the results achieved as does the organization’s land, labor, capital, technology, and intellectual property resources.
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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.” Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. Pioneered satyagraha – resistance to tyranny through mass civil resistance
As a recent special issue in the Harvard Business Review points out, failing well is a critical skill that differentiates organizations that can learn and even benefit from failures. But most companies I work with fall victim to one or more of these barriers to making the most of the failures they have. About the […]
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Hasty hiring brings eventual firing. These wise words should be the mantra for every organization hiring from today’s overcrowded job market. Especially if your company’s current hiring process consists of putting out a job posting, sifting through résumés, and hiring the first person who doesn’t throw up a major red flag during an interview, it’s […]
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Projects introduce new products and services, processes, applications, and standards to the organization. Regardless of the change, individuals within the organization will not possess the same level of familiarity and proficiency with these new item(s) as they had with those already existing. Subsequently, productivity will drop in magnitude and duration correlating to the change preparation of the organization.
There isn’t an organization anywhere that doesn’t have a problem with some type of personnel turnover problems. Depending on the study you look at, the impact of turnover ranges from three months of salary for a low level employee who leaves to as high as 400 percent of the annual salary of an upper-level person […]
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In order for any change to occur – whether it’s a decision to purchase a product, or an implementation to add new technology – whatever touches the ultimate solution must buy-in to the change. Often our focus is on getting the end-result we think we want. We forget that without buy-in from the necessary people […]
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America and the world are still recovering from the global economic crisis of 2008. And with unemployment rates above 9 percent, many wonder if the market turmoil will ever end. PBS NewsHour Economics Correspondent Paul Solman talks to Charles Ferguson, director of Academy Award winning documentary, Inside Job, a film that raises red flags about […]
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Recommended Resource – Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
/in Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenAdapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford About the Reference Adapt reveals the power of adaptive trial and error in solving the most difficult organizational challenges. Tim Harford illustrates the benefits of performing small, non-threatening trial projects to determine optimal product features, service options, or process performance. Further, he shows how such […]
Corporate Cultures – Culture’s Impact on How Work Gets Done
/in Corporate Cultures, Premium/by StrategyDrivenAn organization’s culture, its collectively shared values system, profoundly impacts what work is performed, when work is performed, and how work is performed. And the culture driver has as much if not more influence on the results achieved as does the organization’s land, labor, capital, technology, and intellectual property resources.
Leadership Inspirations – Continuous Learning
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.” Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. Pioneered satyagraha – resistance to tyranny through mass civil resistance
4 Ways to Fail at Failing
/in Management & Leadership, Strategic Planning/by Rita McGrathAs a recent special issue in the Harvard Business Review points out, failing well is a critical skill that differentiates organizations that can learn and even benefit from failures. But most companies I work with fall victim to one or more of these barriers to making the most of the failures they have. About the […]
The TKO Interview: Five Ways to Fire Before You Hire… and Find the Right Person for the Job
/in Management & Leadership, Talent Management/by Dave AndersonHasty hiring brings eventual firing. These wise words should be the mantra for every organization hiring from today’s overcrowded job market. Especially if your company’s current hiring process consists of putting out a job posting, sifting through résumés, and hiring the first person who doesn’t throw up a major red flag during an interview, it’s […]
Project Management – Post Implementation Productivity
/in Change Management, Premium, Project Management/by StrategyDrivenProjects introduce new products and services, processes, applications, and standards to the organization. Regardless of the change, individuals within the organization will not possess the same level of familiarity and proficiency with these new item(s) as they had with those already existing. Subsequently, productivity will drop in magnitude and duration correlating to the change preparation of the organization.
Fire the Slugs! And Other Great, No-Nonsense Ways to Retain Your Best People
/in Management & Leadership, Organizational Accountability/by Jeff KortesThere isn’t an organization anywhere that doesn’t have a problem with some type of personnel turnover problems. Depending on the study you look at, the impact of turnover ranges from three months of salary for a low level employee who leaves to as high as 400 percent of the annual salary of an upper-level person […]
A Technology Case Study: Implementing What the Customer Wants
/in Change Management/by Sharon Drew MorgenIn order for any change to occur – whether it’s a decision to purchase a product, or an implementation to add new technology – whatever touches the ultimate solution must buy-in to the change. Often our focus is on getting the end-result we think we want. We forget that without buy-in from the necessary people […]
Leadership Inspirations – Well Done
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“Well done is so much better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) Founding Father of the United States of America
Inside Job – Unveiling Economists’ Ties to the Financial Sector
/in StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective/by StrategyDrivenAmerica and the world are still recovering from the global economic crisis of 2008. And with unemployment rates above 9 percent, many wonder if the market turmoil will ever end. PBS NewsHour Economics Correspondent Paul Solman talks to Charles Ferguson, director of Academy Award winning documentary, Inside Job, a film that raises red flags about […]