Centre for Business Performance
Visual Control Systems Connected to the Real World!
Cranfield University2021-09-16T16:40:28+01:0011/06/2019|
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?
Cranfield University2021-09-16T16:12:12+01:0007/05/2019|
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
Cranfield University2021-09-16T15:50:50+01:0029/03/2019|
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!
Cranfield University2021-09-16T15:50:25+01:0029/03/2019|
“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!
Cranfield University2021-09-16T15:48:27+01:0018/03/2019|
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 ...
“GBO” – Why executives and senior leaders are so busy?
Cranfield University2021-09-16T15:47:48+01:0018/03/2019|
In a previous job a long time ago, I was sharing a late-night beer with the Chairman of our company, at that time based in Austin, Texas – the gun capital of the USA. As ...