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. has a unique and powerful mix of leadership skills in both the military and business worlds.

Six Sigma 57

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

There are many explanations for this abysmal failure rate, but a 10-year longitudinal study on executive leadership conducted by my firm showed one clear reason. A full 61% of executives told us they were not prepared for the strategic challenges they faced upon being appointed to senior leadership roles.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Budgeting Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

The company lost its leadership of the very industry that it had invented back in 1973. The Future of Operations. It was as though they’d never heard of Walmart, whose profitability depended on selling products from overseas factories with lower quality standards.). So it was easier to see the negatives than the positives.

Organization 8

Organization Engineering Technology Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Different operational skills. Even within a discipline there are differences in core operational strengths: often highly technical businesses will have more than one highly technical co-founder, but one of them will, for example, be a terrific architect while the other will be excellent at R&D or engineering. Similar work habits.

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

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Learning-by-Doing 41

Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

One member of the RSC Facebook group told us that participating in RSC provides “collaborative input on my own patients and cases from ‘experts’” and reveals “operative options that I hadn’t considered.”

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The Old Became the New Again… The original speed for phonograph records, as invented in 1888, was 78-RPM, which engineers determined to be the most ideal for sound quality. Corporations have become extended families, thus embracing dysfunctionality, changes, modifications and learning curves. Stores closed on Sundays.

Planning 68

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 68

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values benefiting other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. by Hank Moore.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. High Costs, Learning Curves.

Ethics 61

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 61

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Printer makers have solved a variety of quality, cost, and speed problems to the point where printers can compete with conventional manufacturers at volumes of tens or even hundreds of thousands of units. Organizations will gradually revamp their operations to take advantage of its flexibility and versatility well beyond the factory floor.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Software Learning Curve 8