Centre for Business Performance
Organising for performance
A recent incident gave me cause to reflect on how we deliver performance. A lot of what people do is focused around KPIs and targets, but sometimes it is just so much simpler to organise ...
Performance Measurement Systems: Why Trust Matters
If, in an idle moment, you google performance measurement you will find plenty of useful articles on KPIs and how to set targets, on what to measure and how to measure it. What is less ...
More Resources Must Mean Better Outcomes – Right? Or How Variation Can Catch You Out! Part II
Introduction This is the second part of a two-part blog around Variation and the way it can catch people out when attempting cost-cutting exercises or providing additional resources and looking for evidence of benefit. In Part I, we looked at ...
More Resources Must Mean Better Outcomes – Right? Or How Variation Can Catch You Out! Part I
Introduction This is a two-part blog around variation and the way it can catch people out when attempting cost-cutting exercises or providing additional resources and looking for evidence of benefit. In Part I, we’ll look ...
Failing to Plan, Planning to Fail
Failing to Plan, Planning to Fail Planning isn’t all about what we want to achieve. The biggest problem is actually implementing something that can be achieved and in a way that this will deliver the ...
Performance Reporting Measures vs Performance Management Measures – Part 6 of 6
You may have read my previous blogs comparing Performance Reporting Measures vs Performance Management Measures. Performance reporting is littered with measures that may appear to carry meaning for some people, but in our observations, have ...