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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

Consultants love a gap-closing program almost as much as they love a SWOT analysis. However, the gap-closing process falls apart quickly when the company compels employees to change their behavior in order for the company to arrive at its future desired culture.

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Navigating the NOISE analysis: Harnessing Exceptions for Organizational Growth

Mike Cardus

In today’s dynamic business environment, traditional models like SWOT analysis often fall short in addressing the complexities of organizational development. Opportunities: What potential avenues exist for future innovation and growth? It’s within these exceptions that true innovation and emergent ideas flourish.

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Skill and talent analysis using NOISE

Mike Cardus

When I developed the NOISE analysis is was to present a solution-focused alternative to SWOT. Having a process to see Strengths, Needs, Opportunities, Improvements, and Exceptions that was known by most people created a shared language for change and learning within the company. Skill and Talent NOISE Analysis.

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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. To begin with, this behind me is a frame that originated from a book called Toyota Kata and starts with the following process. How the individual situation, process structure ought to be operating, and what those aspirations look like. The client brought up to five whys.

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Flow of NOISEanalysis

Mike Cardus

or easier to add upon the other during the thinking process? I made NOISEanalysis to be solution-focused as opposed to SWOT, which feels problem-focused. Exceptions are perhaps the weirdest, and what separates NOISEanalysis from SWOT. I happen to like the order as written. ” Sean Lewis. Exceptions.

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NOISE points to bright spots to support change

Mike Cardus

An often used strategic planning process is SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats). SWOT is used alone, with a team, or multiple teams, to determine the current environment and gather various perspectives. . The problem with SWOT is that is can lead people to feel that all of the issues are overwhelming.

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Using Creativity During SWOT Analysis

Chartered Management Institute

The SWOT analysis can be a rather dry (but very important) part of the strategic process for most managers. The OODA Loop Can you force innovation? The OODA Loop Can you force innovation? They give the exercise lip service, and that ends up lowering the validity of the exercise. How can they do a better job?

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