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How consultants can help clients fail fast – to succeed quickly

Chartered Management Institute

The fast-paced and innovative nature of the tech sector necessitates rapid experimentation and adaptation. But perhaps one of the healthier ideas to emerge is the “fail fast” principle – an emphasis on the importance of quickly identifying and addressing failures or shortcomings in order to learn from them and make necessary adjustments.

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The Difference is the Point of Interaction

Mike Cardus

Contact Mike make your team and leaders better. The image on the right reflects the ‘ Cascade-of-Planning ’ model or in Lean Manufacturing the Hoshin Kanri used in the Toyota Production System. Improvement in decision making and problem solving leads to improved innovation and work of the team. What do you think?

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Using Big Data To Map Supply Chains

The Horizons Tracker

That these global supply chains manage to underpin lean manufacturing systems where seconds count is one of the more amazing feats of modern life. ” the team say. The process of leaving the European Union has perhaps shed fresh light on the inherent complexities of supply chains that increasingly span the globe.

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Delivering Your Innovative Ideas

Harvard Business Review

I'd been asked to run an innovation workshop for Procter & Gamble's R&D group because of a book I had written. While I disagreed with some parts, this was a fascinating glimpse into P&G's innovation aspirations. I immediately grasped that P&G's innovation vocabulary was far more important to my effectiveness than my own.

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Why People Lose Motivation — and What Managers Can Do to Help

Harvard Business Review

Even today, when we extol the virtues of creativity and innovation, we still see bureaucratic job titles, inflexible roles, and standardized evaluation systems that generate anxiety instead of excitement and self-expression. None of us wants to just perform pre-programmed behaviors again and again. Experimentation.

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Collaboration Will Drive the Next Wave of Productivity Gains

Harvard Business Review

The ways individual companies achieve these straightforward goals fall in two basic categories: developing and adopting new management practices (such as total quality management, lean manufacturing, reengineering, and employee engagement), or adopting new technology and integrating it into the way work is done.

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How We Revolutionized Our Emergency Department

Harvard Business Review

If it were a Toyota vehicle-manufacturing plant, a key enabler would be a rope strung along each production line above team members, the Andon Cord. The cord can be pulled by anyone encountering a quality problem or needing assistance from the team leader. Leading Health Care Innovation.