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Five whats and a how – solution-focused method to make team progress

Mike Cardus

AND you need Five Whats and a How to catalyze innovation. When you’re thinking about improvements or a process of things you want to enhance or innovate, generally, you start with defining some of the best hopes you want to achieve. The client brought up to five whys. 5 whys work pretty well. What are the opportunities?

Team 183
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NOISE Analysis, an alternative to SWOT. Strategic Planning

Mike Cardus

Working with companies and developing strategic plans everyone seems to feel that the default method is a SWOT analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. Scaling Question: Currently the department, organization, team (choose appropriate) operates at X, what does X + 2 look like? NOISE Analysis. How would you know?

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HR Value Delivery: Power of HR to Transform Organizations

HR Digest

These capabilities, such as agility, innovation, and collaboration, directly impact the organization’s ability to deliver value to customers, investors, and communities. Managing Internal Talent: Nurturing and Retaining Key Assets Internal talent management is critical for organizations to maintain a competitive edge.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. Discipline I.

System 98
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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. Discipline I.

System 85
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PRIMO-F Model for Business Development

Rapid BI

PRIMO-F the Business Growth Model Often in organizations we use a SWOT analysis as a way of identifying priorities and areas for improvement. We tend to use a SWOT based on our experiences, rather than the actual situational needs. While theSWOT is a wonderfully flexible tool, it is too easy to miss out key elements. As […].

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Free Business Plans for Small Business Owners and Start-ups

Strategy Driven

It walks you through getting started, marketing, product, competitive analysis, SWOT, and more, with a window below the input fields to show you the plan as you work away at it. It contains 10 broad sections, including market analysis, management and organization, etc., Reflect your goals in the day-to-day operations of your business.