More evidence of governmental bungling and great example of poor governance and poor project management. George Runner, my California Senator, writes in his weekly Report:
….raise taxes, meddle with the free market and impose more onerous regulations on businesses. Assembly Bill 2716 essentially does all of the above. The bill, which passed the Senate Labor and [...]
Just read an article that Miki at www.leadershipturn.com pointed me to in her post on Sarbox Welcomes Carbox. Whether or not you agree with the level of intrusion of both Sarbox and Carbox (SOX laced carbon emissions reporting)- and I don’t- the article accurately sums up the benefactors of such overbearing and sometimes ridiculous (in [...]
Continual improvement can be defined in many ways. My new category now groups those posts for you. Here’s my list of the new entrants.
Continual improvement can be applied to many areas that are extremely valuable to a company:
With an eye toward protecting against quality “drift”:
http://www.projectmanagement411.com/efficiency-might-be-an-enemy-to-quality/
To your personal and project management:
http://www.projectmanagement411.com/calendaring-and-preparation-fight-bad-multi-tasking-on-projects/
To governance processes:
http://www.projectmanagement411.com/continual-improvement-projects-require-excellent-governance/
To balancing action with [...]
Very interesting issue popped up the other day as I was speaking with a food manufacturer. They are very high quality and taste is everything. They therefore cringe when talk of continual improvement comes along because they do NOT want to mess with the process of food preparation even though they are a manufacturer and [...]
I love to hear from consultants with practical experience. Consultants, who know what they are doing, are great because they are truly knowledge brokers. By this I mean they have many experiences with many industries and thereby can assist in innovation. They have plenty of practical suggestions on how to innovate; the problem is usually [...]
Becky at www.myorgnanizedbiz.com recently wrote about the value of calendaring your “biz” and your life. One thing that stuck out was her proposal to try a two week experiment that could change your life:
Becky: Try this for the next two weeks: each day, figure out the five most important things that you need to accomplish [...]
An older post on what governance boards want is garnering some attention this month. In it is a great example of a CEO dealing with HIS upper management: the board. It turns out that they didn’t want his detail financial analysis until they saw how a proposed acquisition linked with corporate strategy. Projects must be linked [...]
Alan Wilensky’s comments on projectmanagement411.com are full of reality and, because he is a “tell it like it is” consultant, right to the point. His comment related to my June summary post (more specifically the “business epiphany: I wouldn’t have hired you” write up) bears repeating:
Alan: I always offer a 2 step contract in two [...]
Just wanted to share some thoughts with you on the fourth- our country’s birthday. I’m extremely thankful for the country I live in. For those of you who aren’t, please take a trip to another country and understand what you have here. The key for me is complete freedom. As you have read here, freedom [...]
The McKinsey Quarterly is good for saying the obvious:
Why do many companies competing in supposedly high-growth sectors fare so poorly? Bad execution is one obvious possibility, but McKinsey research into the recent growth histories of more than 200 large corporations around the world shows that while the ability to execute is essential, it isn’t the [...]
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