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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

“The 85/15 Rule” emerged from decades of root cause analysis of service/quality breakdowns. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. What’s Your OS (Operating System): Is Technology Supporting or Controlling?

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At the Crossroads: Piecemeal Programs or Culture Change?

The Practical Leader

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.

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Integrate Analytics Across Your Entire Business

Harvard Business Review

One of the reasons analytics is working for the companies in this select group is because they tend to deploy analytics technologies and expertise across the breadth of the enterprise. Develop a robust root cause analysis capability. They are not left alone to develop root cause analysis insights in a vacuum.

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Integrate Analytics Across Your Entire Business

Harvard Business Review

One of the reasons analytics is working for the companies in this select group is because they tend to deploy analytics technologies and expertise across the breadth of the enterprise. Develop a robust root cause analysis capability. They are not left alone to develop root cause analysis insights in a vacuum.

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Can GM Make it Safe for Employees to Speak Up?

Harvard Business Review

“The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.” First, Maryann Keller, a former auto analyst, notes that, historically, GM hasn’t invested in root-cause analysis.

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How Companies Are Using Machine Learning to Get Faster and More Efficient

Harvard Business Review

The technology can pick out kinds of people — mountain climbers, for instance — to help advertisers more efficiently match ads to the videos. The company’s natural language processing technology learns how to write reports by scanning texts and determining relationships between concepts. Market monitoring.