Centre for Business Performance
Justin Case and Risk Management?
Have any of you come across this ubiquitous fellow “Justin Case”? He seems to raise his ugly head every time someone suggests trying something new. “Oh, we can’t change that process, Just-in Case the regulator gives us ...
Visual Control Systems Connected to the Real World!
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if the Visual Control Systems we use to run our businesses were as simple as that in the picture above! Obviously businesses are a little more complex than driving a truck ...
Are we using old fashioned methods to measure performance?
Does it matter? Would you like to explore what new methods should look like? In his “Principles of Scientific Management” written in 1909, Frederick Taylor proposed the idea of standardising methods and enforcing their use. ...
Perspectives on performance – The nervous system
Perspectives on performance – The nervous system How we think about the performance measurement system in our own organisations affects the way we use it and the way we respond to it. In this blog ...
Why Mrs May’s tactics are as likely as any to work in the current Brexit Chaos – and the Cynefin Framework!
“No deal Brexit ruled out by MPs in all circumstances as chaos deepens”, the Daily Telegraph told us last week. “UK Parliament in chaos over orderly Brexit”, Der Welt Akademie explained. “Britain in Brexit chaos”, ...
Why Complex Projects Fail – the Cynefin Framework explains why!
Why is Crossrail so late? Why is HS2 twice the cost? Why is there a £42bn spending gap in the MOD? On our travels, we have seen organisations wrestle with Portfolios of large Projects, using ...