2017 Business901 Podcast of the Year: The Lean Strategy with Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a management thought leader and advisor on applying lean, process thinking to every type of business across the world. He is the founding Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, dedicated to pushing forward the frontiers of lean thinking and helping others with its implementation. He is also the co-author of the Read More …

The Power of Tribal Thinking

Christine Comaford believes we can do well and do good, using business as a path for personal development, wealth creation, and philanthropy. Her newest book, Power Your Tribe: Create Resilient Teams in Turbulent Times, will be released January 2018 but if you pre-purchase the book through her website there is an amazing collection of free Read More …

The Oxford Review Post-it-Note #1

Are you focusing on talent issues? Developing Supportive Leaders? What if your next strategic “brainstorming” session included peer-reviewed,  evidence-based post-it-notes to guide your conversation?  The picture was created from the overview section of an Oxford Review Briefing.   We are offering a complimentary briefing from The Oxford Review: How to get groups and organizations to support Read More …

Your Path to Differentiation

What is your path to differentiation? Do you have a logical way to get there? [arve url=”https://youtu.be/jmENWlec6Nc” /] Inspired by the work of Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom by Carl An Tomlison and Tonya R. Moon – Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2kDRJ59 Jobs to be Done by Anthony Ulwick – Amazon Link: http://amzn.to/2AYb1NR

Making Better Strategic Decisions

Most of our decision making and problem-solving uses this 4-step process: Problem – Clarification or defining the problem we are trying to solve Problem – Looking for causation, 5 Whys Solution: Brainstorming different ideas, evaluating and selecting Solution: Implementing, testing and reviewing results A similar type of effort is made in about every decision making effort Read More …

Conducting Research Using The Oxford Review

David Wilkinson is the Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Review. He is also acknowledged to be one of the world’s leading experts in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty and developing emotional resilience. David teaches and researchers at several universities including the University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division, Cardiff University, Oxford Brookes University School of Business and many Read More …