Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It is a new, more advanced way of studying environments, making decisions, building cultures, and operating on a day-to-day basis. “Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” It becomes how we operate on a day-to-day basis. ” -Sun Tzu.

Agility 90

Agility How To Decentralization Morale 90

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The case study details problems encountered by the company and those are very common: resistance to change (by everyone including executives) etc.

Case Study 28

Case Study Deming System Company 28

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

That’s because the primary obstacle is invisible: the internal resistance that all human beings experience, often unconsciously, when they’re asked to make a significant change. The consultant has a solution: decentralize. We’re too decentralized. Empower more people to make decisions.

Skills 12

Skills Decentralization Agility Resistance 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

“We want to be the number one or number two in all the markets in which we operate” is one of those. For example, consider “We want to increase operational efficiency; we will target Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; and we will divest business X.” Many so-called strategies are in fact goals.

Strategy 15

Strategy Bottom-up Balanced Scorecard Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

They might focus on how incumbents cope with the rapid obsolescence of their old capabilities, say, or with internal resistance to inevitable change. In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

They had to work in sequence, meaning they had to streamline the operation first — before they could launch their new growth effort. The underlying trouble had been McDonald’s working from an inside-out perspective: what fit with its current infrastructure and operations.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Decentralization Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization. The company’s more than 80 operating subsidiaries have complete independence and minimal oversight from headquarters, which requires little else besides regular financial statements and the return of excess cash that is not needed to sustain and grow the business.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Supply Chain Ethics 8