Most organizations have some level of a leader development program; few are truly pleased with the investment or outcome. Companies develop leaders for one reason: for their business to succeed. This commonsense perspective and operational focus make our leadership development approach unique. The one-size-fits-all model of most corporate leader development training – while efficient to deliver […]
Full story »Offset Strategy in Healthcare
The Army and healthcare systems actually have a lot in common, at least organizationally. They share many of the same characteristics – labor intensive organizations facing life of death decisions, they place a premium on repeatable processes, performed by cross trained crews … and conversely on the other side of the ledger each can be […]
Full story »Preparing Your Organization for Artificial Intelligence and Technology Adoption
AI and machine learning proliferate the news. Predictions about breakthroughs in multiple fields such as radiology and diagnostics abound. If you accept the central thesis behind Moore’s Law and that exponential improvements in price, size, speed and capability of technology will continue – combined with the knowledge that we’ve been on this path for over […]
Full story »Achieving Organization Agility Through Decision Rights and Governance
Proper organizational structure is one of the most critical enablers to any successful strategy implementation – but it is only one part. Clarity in decisions rights – who gets to decide what – and the governance processesthat support those decision rights – are fundamental to nimble executive management and allowing the organization structure and strategy implementation to work […]
Full story »Honoring Proven Project Principles
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” That is what we heard, more than once. But the conclusion we reached was simple: change management principles should not be compromised for sake of expediency. The reality is you don’t always know at the outset of a major initiative what new information might complicate project […]
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