Let's talk productivity and technology management...
Productivity is back on the agenda after a decade languishing behind growth. The Government began telling industry to get its house in order. Industry responded by telling government what it needs to do. Telling others to change seems simpler than changing ourselves. But it is much less effective.
Leadership lessons from Dockers' coach Ross Lyons
In the early 90s, Paul Keating remarked that every parrot in the pet shop was squawking micro-economic reform. Today those same parrots would be squawking productivity. While this is a multi-dimensional challenge, leadership plays a fundamental role.
Strategy execution and the PMO
The data on the failure rate of strategy execution has been widely reported and is no surprise in most organisations. The specific numbers reported vary, but the effectiveness in implementation of strategic initiatives is typically around 60%.
Against the flow - removing robots
In a reversal of an increasing trend toward use of robotics as a productivity tool in the auto industry over the last two decades, Toyota has deliberately displaced robots to reinstall humans.
The original 'High Performance' manifesto - Excellence
In Search of Excellence (1982) identified 43 companies that consistently beat their competitors over a 20 year period … does your organisation have a model to match that?