The speed of the change that digitalization is bringing is dizzying. It is forcing companies to think hard about the very meaning of the way they do business. Old models are no longer valid and businesses need to catch up fast or lose market share and opportunities. Consolidated experience that had a high value suddenly […]
Resources for the Perplexed: What’s New This Summer at Intelligent Management
Summer 2016 is one that few of us will forget. Events so far have been life-changing and violence, divisiveness and chaos have been rife. Never like now do we need to keep a grip on our thoughts and emotions to produce the kind of work that will make a positive difference. At Intelligent Management we […]
In Management? Why You Need Theory of Constraints for Your Organization Today
The world is full of tips on how to do things better. The problem is that without some solid theory behind you, those tips are just patches. Theory, you say? But we need something practical, don’t we? Well, here’s the thing. There is no such thing as good practice without solid theory to back it […]
Make Profit or Do Good – Solving the Conflict
When you think of making a profit versus doing good as a conflict, you can quickly get to the root of the problem. Much of it has to do with the way we think about what profit is. When we challenge our understanding of profit, all kinds of new possibilities arise. How do we do that? The […]
How to See the Future with Science – Part Two on Predicting Process Behaviour
In Part Two of this article on predicting the future with science, we look at the tool from Statistical Process Control that helps us understand behaviour patterns in our processes so we can make more informed decisions. When is a process predictable? We say that a process is “predictable” when it is in a […]
When a band-aid costs hundreds of dollars – a USA healthcare experience
The cuts healed in a few days, but months later, I am still dealing with the insurance aftermath and a lawyer. This is my recent healthcare experience in the USA that left me truly non-plussed. On a visit to Reno in May this year, I had a close encounter with a wickedly sharp grater […]
Network of Networks (continued): The Intrinsic Risk of Super Hubs
When an enterprise is successful and grows in size, there is inevitably an increase in the number and quality of interdependencies, i.e. exchanges with other parts of the network of enterprises it is part of. These can include information, money, manpower, and goods etc. This leads to a double level of complexity: one level is […]
