“Samazamano Koto omoidasu Sakurakana” – Many things, the cherry blossoms put me in mind of by Matsuo Bashou (the creator of Haiku) Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, the fleeting nature of life, and a time of renewal. The sakura, or cherry blossom, holds special significance in Japanese culture. While North American…
5 Key Considerations When Assessing Growth Potential
Growing a company can be exciting and fun. Launching new products, winning more customers and entering new markets is a real buzz for most entrepreneurs. For some lucky (or clever) individuals growth comes easy. They have an awesome product, customers find it, buy it and tell their friends. Boom – exponential growth. However, for most…
Do You Need a New Warehouse Management System?
Is it time to upgrade your warehouse management system? If yours meets the criteria on this list, the answer is likely “yes.”
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Feedback loops — a striking juxtaposition
I’m blogging here a little less frequently at the moment, but only because I’m busy onblog.agendashift.com and our Agendashift LinkedIn group, where I have been previewing new Agendashift functionality as it becomes available to its beta testers. I could easily have made this post there too, but there’s enough Kanban and Agile content here for me to show positiveincline.com some love. And why not!?
Predicting success or failure: Transformation Readiness
Over the last 25 years of advising executives on business strategy, organizational readiness and governance, Susan has uncovered leading indicators that predict exactly where organizations will fail in their ability to execute change. The goal of the presentation is to show ways to leverage Susan’s expertise to keep you, and your clients, successful.
Something You Can Work With
I am always grateful for the opportunity to share ideas & thoughts.
Not in any great big way. More in that as we share what we observe, the more likely it is that we will say something someone can use to make a difference. And we all want to make a difference – Right?
Are We Collaborating Yet?
It’s no secret—the modern business workplace has been overhauled in the past decade. Fax machines have disappeared, paper is going, the phone has left the desk and moved to the pocket or purse, walls are coming down, desks are clustered together, meetings happen in virtual space as often as in real space. Our technology lets us work in groups as easily as alone. But has this radical disruption in the technology environment created a more collaborative working experience for most of us?
Understand motivation for change
One piece of feedback I’ve received a few times on step 1 of STATIK (and therefore on chapter 18 of my book Kanban from the Inside also) is that “Understand sources of dissatisfaction” sounds rather negative. What about sources of satisfaction, pride, strength, and so on? Are those unimportant?
Should you always employ your employees?
So I have been having a think today about why some companies seek, almost constantly, help and advice on how to create change, whilst others just get on with it. And I think asking yourself if you want to employ all your employees might be part of the answer. Because it points to, as a business, having a constrictive or expansive core to your DNA
What Role In Transformation Can Customer Experience Play?
My Belief is that Customer Experience (CE) provides a blueprint to transform a business by combining two aspects, that for many businesses are diametrically opposed. ‘Drive shareholder value to make the business a more fulfilling place to work and a ‘delight’ to deal with for customers’.
