A couple of weeks ago, we looked at whether organisations are actually applying “Command & Control” in the way they manage their processes and staff, or whether in fact they are just employing poor management ...

We’ll continue our story about Mission Command vs Command & Control next time. But following on from the previous blog where we introduced the idea of making employees accountable (fix the blame) without responsibility (fix ...

A few weeks ago we looked at the way the military works and concluded that they do not practice what is commonly regarded as “Command & Control” – but instead use something referred to as ...

As a supplier to the public and private sector there appear to be some significant idiosyncrasies associated with public sector procurement! No this is not a long list of frustrations experienced by private sector companies ...

 You may recall our previous blog “New Operating Models – do they deliver the claimed benefits (Or never place rocks next to hard places!)”https://cranfieldcbp.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/new-operating-models-do-they-deliver-the-claimed-benefits-or-never-place-rocks-next-to-hard-places/   That blog considered organisations changing their target operating models. We’ve ...

On our travels, we often see organisations declaring they’re using new operating models (or they’re about to). Someone, somewhere will have done some calculations, simulations or forecasting and arrived at the conclusion “we need to ...

I was watching a webinar the other day with various luminaries adding weight to a subtle sales pitch. Two of them were talking about future trends – one claiming data democratisation (Google it!) was spreading ...

So in our previous blog, we mentioned that we come across challenges like - “We’re going to do ‘Demand Management’ using Method ‘X’”. Per previous blog, our usual response is to unpick this requirement statement ...

How many times has a senior executive approached you and said, “We’re going to use Method ‘X’ to improve our business processes”? What flies through your mind when you hear this: “I didn’t know our ...

Something that I often find  troubling is people tell me, “David, you have to show people information in a way they can best consume it”.  My initial reaction was, “No, they have to understand the ...