Curious Cat

JANUARY 5, 2016

This is a list of the 20 most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog last year (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). The Purpose of an Organization (2005). How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010).

Blog 40

Blog Management Deming Software 40

Curious Cat

JANUARY 6, 2015

No True Lean Thinking or Agile Software Development (2010). The Purpose of an Organization (2005). PDSA Improvement cycle graphic from my book – Management Matters. In the next 10 most popular posts 5 were from 2014 (2010 had 2 and 2008, 2009 and 2011 had 1 each). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010).

Blog 40

Blog Management Deming Software 40

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Let’s face, I think communication is a major part of ANY sound (and successful) project management team! Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. Try it out!

Project 56

Project Management Newsletter Diversity 56

Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2011

The result is that talented people lose motivation and the organization suffers “brain drain” as they look for opportunities elsewhere. . Talented people join and stay in an organization to have an impact – to do work that matters to them and to make a difference. Bad complexity slows an organization down,” says Mr. Kesler.

Development 112

Development Bureaucracy Globalization Middle Management 112

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

There are many so-called management gurus in today’s politically correct world who would take great exception to what I’m putting forth in today’s post. It is the ability to stay mentally focused on achieving the mission at hand, regardless of circumstances, that will help you take your organization to that next level.

Brand 302

Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 302

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

They explored data across 28 different industries in 17 countries over a period spanning 1970 to 2011, during which 71 economic recoveries occurred. It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs.

TCO 74

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 74

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

While it is clearly not necessary for an executive to have military experience to be an effective leader, I would submit that today’s business leaders would do well to possess the characteristics of a warrior in their pursuit to become better leaders and to build better organizations.

Leadership 284

Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. When an organization stops learning they begin dying. it is also an illusion to think that the higher you go in an organization the more control you have hence the decisions should be somehow easier. Great insights Susan.

Blog 332

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 332

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Organizations that fail to continuously revise assumptions about their operating environment (i.e. Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. The Debrief Imperative is a culmination of over a decade of teaching and practice in Global 1000 organizations. market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance.

Short-term 64

Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 64

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth.

Agility 8

Agility Innovation Metrics Middle Management 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. 2) Make Virtue an Organizing Principle -. The 5 building blocks of collaboration.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market.

Six Sigma 57

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2018

Unfortunately, my research shows that there is rampant incivility in most organizations. In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998. So what can a manager do to ensure that people on their team or in their department treat each other well? You and Your Team Series.

Team 8

Team Franchising Hammer Training 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Unless we also design new ways of talking about ideas and exploring the future, those product and service innovations will never be embraced by the organization and never make their way out into the world. John Shuttleworth, a member of BTFG’s Executive Management Team, is responsible for Platforms and Investments.

Commitment 14

Commitment Banking Proposal Video 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

” Today we face a set of unprecedented disruptions under the “sustainability” banner that are driving deep change in organizations (indeed, the HBS paper is mainly about the rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer). Resource constraints mean organizations have to use less stuff. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. For example, its members asked why every design change in a car required a dozen signatures and managed to cut that number in half.

Engineering 8

Engineering Mass Marketing Automotive Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

For a number of reasons, the size, complexity scale and symmetry of risk are vastly different in 2011 than 1991. How to successfully deal with a new radical state of uncertainty will require leaders to reset their organizations, reframe their perceptions of problems and opportunities, and, most important, rethink the way they think.

Uncertainty 13

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

How talent management is changing. As organizations grow and become more global, it’s crucial that they develop these skills in their local talent so that they can work effectively across cultures. Formal training programs can teach high-potential leaders the competencies they need to think globally and manage cross-culturally.

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

Most organizations want to hire employees to perform a set of tasks. We have found that most organizations’ entry, or “onboarding,” processes share a common goal: to inculcate the organizational culture and teach new employees the job requirements. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture.

Power 8

Power Outsourcing Self-aware Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

No longer passive audiences, they can organize to overturn even the most strategic initiatives. It is a simple matter of the big and strong (but often too slow) being unable to manage, or even see, the small and weaker (but fast and agile) threat. We call this new dynamic "customer insurgency." What does this mean for leaders?

Brand 16

Brand PR Strategy Politics 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

That’s not just a hunch — among public companies since 1990, returns to shareholders were three times greater at firms where the founder is still part of the management team. But it is striking how few organizations are actually set up to deliver that promise.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

Yet the reality is that data centers are essential — not just to tech businesses but to any organization that uses the internet to operate (that covers nearly all of them, doesn't it?). It's still about efficiency, it's still about flexibility and agility," he said. We all face the same problems, it's just a difference of scale.

Energy 14

Energy Efficiency Industry Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

This means that many organizations and their leaders are running as fast as they can to quickly build their software capabilities. CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

There are jobs today that didn’t exist 10 years ago — data scientist, social media manager, app developer — and in five more, there will be new roles with new requirements that don’t exist now. Over the past decade, business has changed dramatically. As a result, workforce skills and requirements have also changed.

Education 8

Education Industry Technology Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. This laser-like focus implies a commitment from the top management team and prevents the risk of scattering managerial attention among different strategic challenges.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

” For example, one of Berlin’s clients, a Fortune 25 company, has integrated mindfulness techniques into its high potentials program with the goal of creating agile and flexible mindsets as a foundation for leadership. The trading desk was an organized riot. ” You and Your Team. Mindfulness. ” Archana says.

CEO 8

CEO Emotional Intelligence Cooper Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2018

You need to add the word ‘no’ to your management vocabulary.” At the time, in 2011, we already had over 300 non-U.S. Could we do both at the same time—align our organization around a single market and launch internationally? “But it’s backfiring in scale-up mode.

P&L 15

P&L Strategy Press Release Marketing 15