Soft Metrics and Hard Culture Centre for Business Performance I wrote last week about hard metrics and soft culture, which is a good description of...Read More Sep 26 62
Hard Metrics and Soft Culture Centre for Business Performance Cranfield is in the process of introducing a new faculty contribution system as part of the...Read More Sep 19 40
Black Box Thinking, or Learning from Failure Centre for Business Performance We were just reflecting at the latest Round Table on Matthew Syed’s book “Black Box Thinking”...Read More Sep 6 55
Owen Green’s balanced performance system Centre for Business Performance Owen Green’s obituary appeared last week in the Daily Telegraph. He was the Chief Executive of...Read More Jul 11 23
Benefits of Performance Reporting Centre for Business Performance David Anker has been blogging about the shortfalls of performance reporting. His argument is that performance...Read More May 24 50
Cranfield School of Management’s 50th Anniversary and 50 years of management Centre for Business Performance http://www.cranfieldsom50.com/ Maury Peiperl’s recent blog about the origins of the school in a work study group...Read More May 22 16
How the energy market fails us all Centre for Business Performance “Anger as energy bills rise by 37%” That is the headline in the Telegraph this morning...Read More May 9 20
Wombats, natural selection and survival Centre for Business Performance Above is the picture I took of a mother and her baby in Australia, but the story...Read More Mar 21 173
How we treat our workers Centre for Business Performance The BBC is publicising their story about the treatment of drivers in the Ikea supply chain....Read More Mar 15 20
Quality assurance issues at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and systems thinking Centre for Business Performance Last year the quality care commission put Addenbrooke’s Hospital into special measures after their inspection. The...Read More Jan 27 38