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Checking for Simplicity

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Friday, July 23, 2010

Topic: Organizational Management

Reference: Ashkenas, Ron. “Yes, You can Simplify Your Organization.”Forbes.com.http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/17simplify-organization-complexity-leadership.managing. August 20, 2009.

I find that it is extremely helpful to ask why products, offerings, or processes are so complex. There are those who actually believe that more complexity means inherently more quality. In many cases organizations and processes are hopelessly complex because no one has seriously revisited the issue, asked enough why questions, or really paid attention to customer use, processing outcomes, or other related issues.

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Transformation Done Right

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Thursday July 8, 2010

Topic: Executive Management

Reference: Kotter, John P.”Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” http://nicic.org/blogs/norvalmorris/archive/2009.

If you are ever tasked with doing a transformation project on a business unit, company, or organization, then you know how challenging the work can be. Getting teams to understand the risks of staying put, failing to see outside the scope of their limited environments, or to recognize the winds of change can be a severe challenge. Usually, the initial mindset starts with a negative proposition-it can’t be done; that is not how we do it; it is not broken!

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