Soft Metrics and Hard Culture
I wrote last week about hard metrics and soft culture, which is a good description of...
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Hard Metrics and Soft Culture
Cranfield is in the process of introducing a new faculty contribution system as part of the...
Black Box Thinking, or Learning from Failure
We were just reflecting at the latest Round Table on Matthew Syed’s book “Black Box Thinking”...
Owen Green’s balanced performance system
Owen Green’s obituary appeared last week in the Daily Telegraph. He was the Chief Executive of...
Benefits of Performance Reporting
David Anker has been blogging about the shortfalls of performance reporting. His argument is that performance...
Cranfield School of Management’s 50th Anniversary and 50 years of management
http://www.cranfieldsom50.com/ Maury Peiperl’s recent blog about the origins of the school in a work study group...
How the energy market fails us all
“Anger as energy bills rise by 37%” That is the headline in the Telegraph this morning...
Wombats, natural selection and survival
Above is the picture I took of a mother and her baby in Australia, but the story...
How we treat our workers
The BBC is publicising their story about the treatment of drivers in the Ikea supply chain....
Quality assurance issues at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and systems thinking
Last year the quality care commission put Addenbrooke’s Hospital into special measures after their inspection. The...