By Elisabeth Goodman and John Riddell, RiverRhee Consulting (Preview of a blog to appear on the APM website) A recent discussion thread on the APM (Association for Project Management) website focussed on the potential value of Lessons Learned and the failure modes that generally occur. We have edited the points made in the discussion thread into …
Lessons Learned – notes from an APM web briefing Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman My blog on employee engagement (Employee engagement – some interesting data and perspectives for Lean and Six Sigma practitioners) is, of all the blogs that I have written since 2009), the one that has attracted the most attention. I wrote it in response to an article I read in the business section …
Why is employee engagement such an important topic? Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman and Lucy Loh This is the fifth and last blog in our series on “Enhancing Team Effectiveness in a time of change” based on our recent publication in Business Information Review(1), and other publications and seminars in progress. We explore two last tools: Lean and Six Sigma in Change Management and Dilts’ …
By Elisabeth Goodman and Lucy Loh This is the fourth in our series of blogs on “Enhancing Team Effectiveness in a time of change” based on our recent publication in Business Information Review(1), and other publications and seminars in progress. In our first blog (Enhancing team effectiveness in a time of change – an introduction), …
By Elisabeth Goodman1 Adapted from the original NetIKX blog: Social Media – what next and what can we do with it? This was the 3rd of NetIKX‘s seminars on the theme of social media, a topic which sits in the group’s 2010-2012 programme framework for Information and Knowledge Management under “Harnessing the web for information and knowledge exchange”. …
The future of Social Media? Notes from a recent NetIKX seminar Read More »
By John Riddell Notes from a Cambridge Network talk by Eric Ries I attended the January Cambridge Network meeting, which was focused on a talk by Eric Ries, the author of a new book entitled “The Lean Startup”. Eric had developed the book based on the lessons learned by entrepreneurial start-ups of software companies that …
The “Lean Startup” approach to understanding customer needs Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman and Lucy Loh This is the third in our series of blogs on “Enhancing Team Effectiveness in a time of change” based on our forthcoming publication in Business Information Review, and other publications and seminars in progress. In our first blog (Enhancing team effectiveness in a time of change – an introduction), …
Tools for supporting teams during their journeys through change Read More »
By Sue Parsons1 When times are tough, some teams sink into lethargy, feeling anxious about the future. Alternatively, the business may have been restructured or downsized, with the remaining team members feeling vulnerable for their own positions. Whatever the cause, it’s exactly at these times, that teams need to feel valued and motivated. There are …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to …
Elisabeth Goodman’s 2011 blogging year in review Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman As a trainer and consultant on Lean and Six Sigma, I’ll find examples of the principles and tools in practice in every aspect of everyday life. The following blog illustrates the difference between ‘batch’ and ‘single piece flow’ that we might experience when the customer is what is being moved through a …
Customer pain and customer delight – the economy airline way Read More »
