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2) Joy at work
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Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit? Well, imagine no more.
In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the...
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The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. Many translations have been made, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than other martial artists and people across East Asia. For instance, some foreign business leaders find its discussion of conflict and taking the advantage to be relevant to their work in a business context....
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Get the Summary of Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy Bad Strategy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Good Strategy Bad Strategy" by Richard Rumelt dissects the essence of true strategic thinking versus the pitfalls of bad strategy. The book illustrates effective strategy through historical and corporate examples, emphasizing the importance of a unified approach that aligns actions with clear objectives. Apple's resurgence...
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Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit? Well, imagine no more. In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the...
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The attention strategic planning has attracted in the recent years is the proof that it is evidently used by successful businesses. Executives and managers alike plan their business objectives and the goals in a strategic manner. Various factors such as competitors, market capture, consumer expectations, etc. have to be studied in depth to take better decisions. Thus, strategic planning has gained importance. A strategic plan helps the business to...
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Summary of Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne | Includes Analysis Preview: Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant is the 2015 update to the classic business strategy text of the same name originally published in 2005. The text offers a practical handbook to business students and entrepreneurs who wish to rise above the fray of the competition, become...
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A common pitfall for organisations is that they – albeit often unknowingly and with the best intentions – create barriers for a successful execution of their strategy by implementing Key Performance Indicators (or KPIs). This comes at the expense of customers and fixing the mistakes takes a lot of time, effort, and money. KPIs don't generate the desired performance improvement and the daily delusions continue to rule the organisation. But working...
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Considerado como uno de los mejores libros de negocios de 2021 por The Wall Street Journal
En Japón se conoce como el "Shock Ghosn": la sorprendente detención de Carlos Ghosn, el multimillonario director general que salvó a Nissan y la convirtió en parte de un imperio automovilístico mundial.
Carlos Ghosn, uno de los ejecutivos más famosos del mundo, invirtió dos décadas en la construcción de una colosal alianza entre Nissan y Renault. Pero...
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What kills great strategy? A lack of implementation planning. As the business adage states, successful companies work on processes versus projects. Otherwise, seemingly urgent work gets in the way of real work that is needed to move the strategy forward. Better Implementation Now! shares practical ideas for achieving an implementation plan that leads to better results in a shorter time frame, with more profit and more engagement.
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Application of Lean principles to office processes is now established as an improvement method. However, it is tempting to take the approach that has been successful in the factory and apply it to the office without considering the nuances of this different setting. This book provides solutions to challenges such as:
• Lack alignment of strategy
• Understanding customer value as it applies to office processes
• Recognising personal benefit to...
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IS YOUR BUSINESS STAGNATING? DO YOU WANT TO KICKSTART GROWTH? HERE IS THE ANSWER!
Every company has growing pains. When you are the owner or senior management of a small to medium-sized business, just running your business can keep you from focusing on its growth potential and taking the steps to get there. In Size Does Matter: Grow Your Business, Thinking Big, Rony Pawar takes you on a step-by-step journey to set your business up for success and...
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The Blueprint to Conquer Complexity and Accelerate Results: Don't wait for your SOS moment before you attack the Complexity Monster. This book shows how you can build the organizational capability to perceive, plan, align around, and (amidst complexity) implement the highest-priority changes that will keep your business at the edge of its competitive max. With the advice in this book you can not only make your business system better today, but also...
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This is the sixth consecutive year publishing the Shaman's Journal. It is a compilation of best-read blog posts from the prior twelve-month period. The Supply Chain Shaman blog, now in its tenth year, has over 19,000 readers. The focus is to help business leaders drive improvements in supply chain excellence.
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Esta publicación es resultado de un trabajo colectivo entre diversos investigado-res nacionales e internacionales, articulados por el interés de reflexionar sobre el valor de los procesos relacionados con lo humano como elementos esenciales para el desarrollo organizacional y la calidad de vida laboral. El valor que repre-sentan las personas en cualquier tipo de organización las vuelve epicentro funda-mental para la competitividad y el fortalecimiento...
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In this comprehensive playbook, Strategy in the Digital Age: How to Disrupt or Respond to Disruptors, boards, CEOs, business leaders, executives, MBAs, consultants, incumbents, and startups will master the game-changing strategies for winning through rare insights, practical strategy and disruption frameworks -- such as "The Disruption Barometer for Strategic Responses" and "The Strategy Equation."
· Incumbents will discover the powerful tools for...
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If your business is stalled and you find you're spending more time solving problems than executing growth strategies, it's time to answer the 20 High Performance Questions. Honest answers will map your business' route to your new destination of high profit and durable value while leaving your company in the dust.
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Sightline spells out the why and the how of collaborative strategy building.
This is a book about strategic sightlines. It's about establishing a line of sight between where you are now and where your organization wants to be. And, it's about mapping a route to get there with a group. It's a book about collaborative strategic planning. After all, strategy is perhaps the most important sightline of all, and it's only as strong as your ability to execute...
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Good to Great by Jim Collins | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Preview: What does it take to make something-an activity, a work of art, a company-great? What are the factors that distinguish the merely good from the truly great? In Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't, Jim Collins offers insight into what makes a business truly great…
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