The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 6, 2020

When we started our coaching and consulting work with his leadership team, it soon became clear they were frantically implementing a partial and piecemeal effort. Leadership teams failed to guide the improvement activities and establish clear improvement priorities. Stand-Alone Projects/Programs. Bolt-On Change Programs.

Agility 124

Agility Organization Root Cause Analysis Letter 124

The Practical Leader

JUNE 14, 2023

Fad surfing in the C-suite often leads to dunking trainees in the training tank , slogans, improvement projects, marketing campaigns, motivational programs, educational fix-them efforts, etc. The main cause of those failures is a partial and piecemeal effort.

Root Cause Analysis 52

Root Cause Analysis Mission Statement Travel Restructuring 52

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A form of the Miracle Question: I tried a variation with a Project Team of Aircraft Engineers. The team and I had spent 3 days working through root-cause analysis and struggling to determine what was causing a certain screw to vibrate lose during flight. Also, this may help to establish goals. Wikipedia.

TRIZ 146

TRIZ Team Root Cause Analysis Team Building 146

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. When a change practitioner talks about data, typically that is qualitative information, generated by a root cause analysis workshop or similar.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In a 2013 Management Research Group survey , when executives were asked to select the leadership behaviors that were most critical to their organization’s future success, 97% of the time they chose being strategic. Every organization needs strategic thinkers.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Root Cause Analysis Tactics Industry 8