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Process Mapping: getting the right information to target the key processes
How do you know you are mapping the right processes, and getting the right information when you do so?
Posted: 26 Aug 2010
Tags:
  • Process Map
  • Performance Focus
  • Change Capability
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Kaleidoscopic Thinking and the Nine Personality Traits That Shape Innovation
Thomas Edison promoted the idea of Kaleidoscopic Thinking and believed it was necessary for true innovation. But how do you identify those people who have the right mindset?
Posted: 19 Aug 2010
Tags:
  • Learning Culture
  • Product Design
  • Human Resources
  • Sales
  • Product / Service Development
  • Research & Development
  • Strategy & Planning
  • Leadership & Executive Ownership
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The seven dimensions of strategic innovation
Innovative thinking doesn't end with products and services; it can also be applied to the strategic planning of an organisation to create new opportunities and boost market performance.
Posted: 13 Aug 2010
Tags:
  • Product / Service Development
  • Media
  • Government
  • Operations
  • Marketing
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The three key drivers to effective innovative leadership
In a turbulent economic environment, both the business and its leaders must be flexible enough to respond to the changing conditions effectively and with enough of a focus on innovation to ensure sustainability and growth.
Posted: 09 Aug 2010
Tags:
  • Leadership & Executive Ownership
  • Six Sigma
  • Change Capability
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The Problem with Leaders: a good one is hard to find
Why it is so hard for companies to find great leaders? And can we create a system for identifying them in the early stages of their development?
Posted: 29 Jul 2010
Tags:
  • Employee Engagement
  • Sales
  • Operations
  • Retail
  • Strategy & Planning
  • Leadership & Executive Ownership
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Improving Business Results Through Process Management
Business processes constitute a significant portion of an organisation's operating costs, and the more bureaucratic an organisation is - the greater the potential to reduce operating costs....
Posted: 27 Jul 2010
Tags:
  • Human Resources
  • Process Map
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Service excellence in a technical environment: a marriage in heaven, or a road to hell?
In order to achieve world-class performance, technical companies who make great products should be equally adept at providing excellent customer service. This article explains why.
Posted: 15 Jul 2010
Tags:
  • Human Resources
  • Lean
  • Sales
  • Six Sigma
  • Product / Service Development
  • Customer Services
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Delivering the Delight Factor: Net Promoter Score Conference
Whether you call it customer focus, experience, satisfaction or anything else, there is little doubt that in these difficult times putting the customer at the centre of everything you do is vital to a successful organisation. This conference set out to show how the most successful organisations then go one step further...
Posted: 07 Jul 2010
Tags:
  • Net Promoter Score
  • Employee Engagement
  • Telecommunications Services
  • Retail
  • Europe
  • Marketing
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Leading a Lean Project: common mistakes and how to overcome them
Tips for avoiding common pitfalls when implementing and sustaining Lean
Posted: 02 Jul 2010
Tags:
  • Lean
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Education
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Leadership: the pursuit of Continuous Improvement
As the business world has changed, so have the attributes that make a successful leader at all levels of an organisation. This article examines how the key is to remove the "I" and always be looking to improve...
Posted: 28 Jun 2010
Tags:
  • Human Resources
  • Sales
  • Retail
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Education