Boards of Directors, ably supported by their Executive Teams, have as their purpose building tomorrow’s companies. But in the case of service organisations, are they inadvertently stunting that growth through the way they think about value? Why manufacturing is a poor model for maintenance Most industrial models are based on manufacturing, it’s easier to see [read more...]
Strategy
The art of value creation…
“The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.” Albert Einstein Putting clinicians into management roles should be regarded as a strong move to reintroducing organisational hygiene in the health sector. How so? Because the root cause of the problems in most of the health [read more...]
You’ve attended the latest strategy workshops, learnt all there is to know about leadership and returned to your Not for Profit organisation all fired up and ready to go. Now what? Implementing strategy is probably the most perplexing problem facing organisations today. There are vast fields of business school research investigating why it is so [read more...]
Apr 282011
Why rationing prolongs a scarcity mentality Stephen Hay and Andrew Hollo War rationing conjures up images of mending clothes, stretching meals, generally making-do with what you have available. Medical triage was invented during wartime: there are those who can wait, those you can save (if you act right now), those you can’t – and, of [read more...]
Apr 222011
Why growing pains are a symptom of unhealthy growth Stephen Hay and Andrew Hollo Every child goes through it, especially during adolescence. They eat you out of house and home and grow until their bones hurt. Then just as suddenly, the growth spurt stops and life goes back to normal. This is healthy growth. So [read more...]
