Managing Customer Value
In a recent podcast, Does Decentralization limit Growth?, with Dean Meyers one of the original proponents of running shared-services organizations within companies as businesses within a business, we discussed the topic of Decentralization. Along with many other things, Dean has written seven books to include, The Building Blocks Approach to Organization Charts and Decentralization: Fantasies, Read More …
I first came across Dean Myer several years ago reading two other books,The Building Blocks Approach to Organization Charts and Decentralization: Fantasies, Failings, and Fundamentals. I had re-read them due to my recent foray into those two subjects and sought out Dean about his thoughts and he responded by sending me his latest book. I Read More …
In this enlightening podcast, N. Dean Meyer discusses his new book, Internal Market Economics. Don Tapscott said it was “essential reading for executives interested in maximizing shareholder value or in running effective shared-services organizations.” Dean offers a fresh vision of empowered, entrepreneurial organizations, and practical solutions to a host of pressing financial and management challenges. Read More …
This is a response to a recent LinkedIn thread, What do we have to do to have Lean survive a leadership change?. This is part 2 of 2 my response. The first blog post, Is Lean Playing to Win? Part 1 of 2. If a leadership change occurs, the first challenge is to grow revenue. Read More …
In a recent LinkedIn thread, What do we have to do to have Lean survive a leadership change?, I found most of the comments following the age old line that the reason for Lean failures can always be summed up in one word, leadership. I even left the following comment; “My first thought when I Read More …
If you can build a culture of PDCA, a culture of learning, growth becomes part of everyone’s job. It is this aspect I believe that separates good companies from great companies. There is not an internal factor that will be more limiting or more expansive than the people within the organization. Building a learning culture Read More …