The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

“The 85/15 Rule” emerged from decades of root cause analysis of service/quality breakdowns. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. And like the pyramids, that structure is a good resting place for the dead!

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System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Leadership Freak

MARCH 15, 2012

Effective and efficient processes create platforms that enable, enhance, and evaluate both individual and organizational performance. Expedite efficiencies. Organizations without processes never thrive. What’s your systematic process for achieving breakthroughs, living transparently, and solving problems, for example?

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Process Efficiency Root Cause Analysis Examples 203

Leadership Freak

MARCH 15, 2012

Effective and efficient processes create platforms that enable, enhance, and evaluate both individual and organizational performance. Expedite efficiencies. What’s your systematic process for achieving breakthroughs, living transparently, or solving problems? Powerful processes: Eliminate drama. Prevent distractions.

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Process Efficiency Root Cause Analysis Power 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Although machine-reengineering is new, companies are already seeing striking results with it, particularly in boosts to speed and efficiency. The technology can pick out kinds of people — mountain climbers, for instance — to help advertisers more efficiently match ads to the videos. Root cause analysis.

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Efficiency Company Root Cause Analysis Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Eventually, the more you debrief, the more effective and efficient the whole process becomes. What caused our results? This is the root-cause analysis and should go deeper than obvious, first-level answers. If you don’t get to the root cause, you can’t create actionable learning for the future.

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Tools Root Cause Analysis Team Objective 8