Lean Knowledge Management Helped Change NASA's Culture and It Can Do the Same for Your Organization. NASA suffered three human spaceflight tragedies and Lean Knowledge Management was a major tool that helped NASA management implement massive cultural changes. Traditional knowledge management is too often regarded as overly complicated or a wasteful bureaucratic exercise, but Lean Knowledge Management can become a critical component for your organization...

Today, your online reputation doesn't follow you-you follow it. In an increasingly virtual world, your digital presence defines who you are even before your physical presence. For business leaders, whether you're an executive, manager, consultant, or entrepreneur-this reality has created incredible opportunities, of which few leaders have taken advantage. There is no better way to do so than through social media tools and the underappreciated power...

Named one of "10 Must-Read Career and Leadership Books For 2022" by Forbes The ultimate guide to the essentials of strategy and management, from one of the world's top business thinkers. Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. From the beginning, he noted that almost every executive he talked to had a "model"-a framework or way of thinking that guided their strategy and activities....

The must-read summary of Jonathan Low and Pam Kalafut's book: "Invisible Advantage: How Intangibles Are Driving Business Performance". This complete summary of the ideas from Jonathan Low and Pam Kalafut's book "Invisible Advantage" explains how every business has intangible assets, such as customer loyalty or brand equity, which do not appear on financial statements but add significant value to your company. In their book, the authors demonstrate...

ADB's corporate strategic framework Strategy 2030 calls for strengthening of its country-focused approach and promoting knowledge management to apply innovative approaches in the bank's operations. This manual outlines the necessary steps for preparing the dynamic country knowledge plan to deliver demand-driven knowledge and ensure options for "just-in-time" knowledge support consistent with the country partnership strategy. The manual elaborates...

The true qualities of leadership In many leadership books, the lessons have come from overseas studies and examples. From a New Zealand point of view it is easy to find concurring examples in our own industry. This has led to an interesting question. Where do we differ? The answer is simple – our culture. Our culture is influenced by the large number of different races that make up our work force. New Zealand has an abundance of Polynesian employees...

This complete summary of the ideas from Bill Gates' book "Business @ the Speed of Thought" shows that competitive business advantage in the 21st century will revolve around an organisation's ability to adapt to changing circumstances rapidly. To achieve this, information needs to flow within the business enterprise efficiently. The best way to achieve this is by building a Digital Nervous System. A Digital Nervous System combines personal computer,...

Make. More. Future. Artificial intelligence, big data, modern science, and the internet are all revealing a fundamental truth: The world is vastly more complex and unpredictable than we've allowed ourselves to see. Now that technology is enabling us to take advantage of all the chaos it's revealing, our understanding of how things happen is changing--and with it our deepest strategies for predicting, preparing for, and managing our world. This affects...

Why would you want to persuade anyone about anything? • Do you lead, manage or supervise others? • Do you find suppliers, sub-contractors, or colleagues challenging? • Do you want to increase sales from your advertising or marketing? • Do you find getting your ideas across effectively in meetings difficult? Persuasion is a skill – part psychology – part human relationships – part communication. Can you turn someone around to see things...

Strategy 2030 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recognizes the "increasingly diversified and sophisticated" needs of its clients. The bank commits to "customizing its approach to meet the varying needs of its diverse client base" and "supporting innovative financial products and facilitating a culture of innovation and responsiveness to changing client needs." ADB Client Perceptions Survey 2020 probes on these evolving needs and whether ADB is meeting...