First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 23, 2013

First, every employee would be noticeably more productive. Imagine you had enough money to hire a one-on-one companion, a coach, for every employee. What would happen? Second, every employee would stretch to become better. You would have someone saying, all the time, to each and every employee, “you did this well, and this is what [.].

After Action Review 122

After Action Review Review Team Productivity 122

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we reach (or beat) our goals, do we conduct a robust ‘after action review’ to get to the bottom of what went right? And I believe it can be as productive as – and even more energizing and fun than – focusing on failure. Success is rarely the product of a one-man show.

Succession 155

Succession After Action Review Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 155

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Some knowledge transfer methods to consider are mentoring, social networks, Communities of Practice, After Action Reviews, and storytelling programs. Become a Facebook fan for discounts on Baby Boomer products and more Trackbacks Check out what others are saying about this post. Thanks for sharing!

How To 62

How To Tacit Knowledge Mentor Intellectual Capital 62

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

product pricing, operational efficiency, customer service, etc.). As one person noted in her after-action review, “By doing our experiment at one site instead of implementing at all 30 of them at once, it took the pressure off. We could see what the data said, and it was all right if it wasn’t perfect.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Supply Chain 8

QAspire

APRIL 14, 2013

Here are some common pitfalls that should be avoided in any form of reflective exercise: No Actions, No Results: In many other methodologies and cultures, Hansei is termed differently, like retrospectives in Scrum and After Action Reviews in American Culture (developed by US Army).

Kaizen 152

Kaizen After Action Review Quality Bottom-up 152

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2016

Steve Jobs, after reviewing hundreds of projects when he returned to Apple, famously focused all of Apple on creating and delivering just four great products – consumer and professional versions of a portable (what became the iPhone and iPad) and a desktop (what became today’s Macs).

After Action Review 50

After Action Review Rogers Contingency Plans Leadership 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Army uses after-action reviews to change course, as the Pascale article explains in excellent detail. On those grounds, he says, things look bad not just for Sears and all large chain stores, which before the war were considered a threat to so many Americans’ dreams of setting up their own independent local retail operations.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8