Duncan Alexander will be presenting a case study together with Jeff Thomas of PZ Cussons at the forthcoming Institute of Business Forecasting’s Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning Conference to be held on November 15th and 16th at the Radisson Blu Amsterdam Airport Hotel. http://www.ibf.org/conferences.cfm?fuseaction=conferenceDetail&conID=354
Tag Archives: Capability
Control and Growth – Tipping the Balance in a ‘VUCA’ World
We Live in Dynamic Times Natural disasters, technological disruptions, transitory advantages, fractured markets, multifarious competitors, increasingly demanding customers and fickle consumers. Thanks to the military, we have a useful descriptor for the conditions and environment these drivers create; ‘VUCA’ – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity… … Read More →
A Liberating Structure…
Do you have a strategy? And what are your chances of executing it? Is it based on penetrating insights and clear choices about direction, or is it endless analysis or superficial PowerPoint template-style presentations? Is there a rich dialogue taking advantage of the full spectrum … Read More →
Putting the ‘T’ into Leadership
No, it’s not an example of our bad spelling; it’s a way of overcoming ‘silo thinking’ and looking at a critical leadership quality necessary for establishing joined-up thinking and behaviour. Beyond the Function… Most big, positive changes in business – for example, bringing to life … Read More →
The Transformation Roller Coaster – Grandma’s Advice
Grandma is on to something. Despite the rhetoric – annual reports, internal pronouncements and management fads awash with the platitudes of ‘transformational change’, ‘breakthrough performance’, ‘step-change results’, et al – most organisations still choose, consciously or unconsciously, the merry-go-round. In many ways this is understandable … Read More →