In a previous article, we discussed the level of change management required for a company to achieve true transformation. Just as a reminder, the mutually inclusive elements include: Employing an Enterprise Change StrategyDeveloping Your Change Management FrameworkEnhancing Your Change Leadershi... Read more...
There is no doubt that digital transformation (DX) has become and will continue to be a primary driver of change in organizations for the foreseeable future, and that it requires executives to think about change differently. DX is not about introducing a single change. Rather, it is about catalyzin... Read more...
Operating in a Global Economy is not for the weak. Organizations need to be fit. Fit for the sprints. Fit for the marathons. Fit for the heavy lifting that comes with a perfectly primed pipeline of raw materials from strategic sources, WIP between plants and finished goods ready for customer... Read more...
Strategic planning enables an organization to determine how its vision and objectives will be met through its resources and capabilities. Ultimately, the goal of strategic planning and road mapping is to determine how the business will win, what capabilities are needed and how the leadership will pr... Read more...
My family can tell you that I consider myself one of the great armchair innovators. Among the many things I believe I invented before they were actually invented is the Keurig coffee dispenser, Netflix (streaming AND original content), and the Amazing Race. The problem I always told myself was that ... Read more...
Post ERP implementation blues are problematic for a number of reasons not the least of which is the decline of the collaborative and empowered culture that the implementation tends to create. A common cause for ERP sub-optimization is that most companies do not plan sufficiently to sustain the cultu... Read more...
The digital future for your company is right now. In all industries and businesses, we have reached the point when systems are no longer just tools to automate processes and drive efficiencies. They are also core components to achieving business strategy and are integral to establishing customer r... Read more...
Two summers ago, my family and I went on a backpacking trip in the Olympic National Forest in Washington state. The trip started as a potential idea, then we did a large amount of research to determine the most interesting trails to hike, and we mapped out a path. We created a packing list and d... Read more...
Purpose driven strategies are more adaptive and more successful. The challenge for leaders is how to actually instill purpose into the organization and make it meaningful. Many companies have sought to establish their purpose (or pay consultants to do it) only to spend weeks wordsmithing a watered-d... Read more...
One key trait of a transformational leader is the realization that they cannot go it alone, that distributed intelligence is exponentially greater than centralized intelligence. The people at the top must be willing to suspend ego and be brave enough to seed the organization with leaders who also ex... Read more...
One of the greatest challenges of helping organizations with Change Management is that they often believe they are already doing it. After all, if you have a good leadership team that communicates with employees, they must be capable of leading change. But when you dig down and ask the leaders wh... Read more...
Cyber warfare is real, is here, and America is losing. Military personnel, law enforcement, and private security use bulletproof vests to protect themselves in hostile zones. These vests minimize injury and provide a means of security and safety of life. Additionally, they use intensive training, mi... Read more...