Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Operational Excellence is a systematic approach to improving business processes and performance. The Significance of Talent in Modern Business High performers are crucial to any organization’s success. Employee Empowerment: A core aspect of operational excellence is empowering employees to contribute to continuous improvement.

Operations 120

Operations Loyalty Efficiency Human Capital 120

The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. ” Many organizations induce learned helplessness. Is the team managing human capital or leading people?

System 52

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations. Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed. Netflix, for instance, shifted from DVD rental to streaming.

Competitive Advantage 59

Competitive Advantage Kaizen Technology Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

” Human capital champions in higher education and industry typically prize knowledge over skills. So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. That scares me.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

. “Managing as if Tomorrow Mattered” (1982), coauthored with Robert Hayes, certainly did that, looking in detail at how manufacturers’ use of “hurdle rates” to judge investment possibilities led to systematic underinvestment in both plants and human capital. Sound familiar?

Management 9

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9