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5 Concepts That Will Help Your Team Be More Data-Driven

Harvard Business Review

It will take decades for the public education systems to churn out enough people with the needed skills — far too long for companies to wait. Rather, based on my experiences working with companies on their data strategy, these five concepts offer the biggest near-term bang for the buck. Nor is my intent to make people experts.

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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

The SME deck is to be developed in two months, with weekly two hours meetings, on-line or face to face depending on the location of my clients. Root cause analysis. 4) Develop an org chart to assign responsibilities and communicate it to everyone. 12) Consider your supplier as a long term partner.

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To Handle Increased Stress, Build Your Resilience

Harvard Business Review

According to the International Labour Organization, workers in developed and developing countries are facing increasing strain at work. Managing stress over the long term requires cultivating your own resilience skills before seeking external solutions so that you can turn changes, stresses, and challenges into opportunities.

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Debriefing: A Simple Tool to Help Your Team Tackle Tough Problems

Harvard Business Review

In my experience, number one never works, and number two doesn’t help in the long run. Only number three can drive the growth of your team and company over the long term. What caused our results? This is the root-cause analysis and should go deeper than obvious, first-level answers.

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