This post is, inexplicably, number one month after month. Maybe it was stumbled a few times; could be it is simply great advice that was passed around. The simplicity of “go and see” IS remarkable. Don’t miss it.
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I am very pleased that this one is well read- it indicates a realization that what corporate boards want is important AND reveals a clear link to excellent governance and PMO processes. This is the clearest, simplest advice I’ve written about.
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The link of continual improvement and governance is becoming the focus of my most current research on continual improvement programs in the process industries. Invevitably those good at CI are good at governance and PMO-like functions that result in excellent prioritization of projects and execution of strategies.
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Politics and suppressive organizational cultures are the enemies of innovation and strategy execution. Sometimes nothing can help these kinds of companies; but occasionally an upstart, tell-it-like-it-is consultant can have a tremendous impact. Read this and see how. My thanks to Alan Wilensky for his great blog and comments on my posts.
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I’ll no longer be part of the b5media family as of July 31st. It’s a combination of not being able to devote the time I would like to devote to this blog and simply raw economics. Don’t fret, I may return soon in a different form. For now however you can still find me on […]
I read with some pain, but also a chuckle or two, CFO on-line’s sloppy spreadsheet practices article. I like to be organized, send files with naming conventions (source, date, and revision numbers), and like to assist the user of my excel files by using borders, bolded titles, and generally making them readable and printable. Amazingly, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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