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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 3 – An Interview with Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics : Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard.

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What's Holding You Back? A Call for Gutsy Leadership

Leading Blog

Management that doesn’t confront problems and make the necessary tough decisions to change, typically ends up with a culture focused on pride in the past and the protection of old procedures. I think we are seeing too much of this core issue and what we end up with is operational complexity and lack of innovation and forward momentum.

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Quality Team and Leadership Development

Mike Cardus

Capitalizing upon the innovation and motivation of the people who work along with you to complete the work. How to determine strengths and constraints in other leaders and what to do about it. Outcomes Include: Enhanced accomplishment of goals on-time within quality specifications and within budget. Learn More.

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The 6 Most Common Innovation Mistakes Companies Make

Harvard Business Review

The executive team of a consumer healthcare company had concluded that the rise of new competitors meant the company needed to up its innovation game. The company had spent the past two decades focused on implementing Six Sigma processes across the enterprise and it was primed to execute on the best and smartest ideas.

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Fix the Handful of U.S. Hospitals Responsible for Out-of-Control Costs

Harvard Business Review

When we applied the techniques of Six Sigma analysis to the CMS data, we found that just 32 hospitals — less than 1% of the hospitals in the data — accounted for about 25% of the excess accepted charges. government and the hospitals themselves should consider engaging in a Six-Sigma-type analysis every year for continuous improvement.

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Mind the (Skills) Gap

Harvard Business Review

People across industries and job segments need hyper-specialized skills to thrive in this environment, and both white and blue-collar jobs will need to innovate to remain relevant. Time and cost constraints limited these options. Project Management and Lean Six Sigma certifications both center on hands-on learning.

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Five Power Skills for Discovering Radical Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Innovation starts with new and novel ideas. When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Frugal innovations require frugal thinking — an ability to engineer cost?

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