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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. That’s a lot of bending!

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. Trying to improve productivity in a process by 25% on first try is (generally) a recipe for failure and frustration—notwithstanding Byrne’s success with that approach. You build your way up to those levels. then two minutes, then three, etc.

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A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions

Harvard Business

Consider the experience of one of the world’s largest footwear manufacturers, whose leaders engaged in an exercise that others can use to revamp the way they make decisions. In its fast-changing industry, big challenges loomed on many fronts. Disagreement emerged about which decisions fell within the specified time frame.

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How Atrius Health Is Making the Shift from Volume to Value

Harvard Business

A team of engineers, designers, operations specialists, and clinicians was assembled and led by an experienced, well-respected physician “chief engineer” whose vision for the future of care was disruptive. The innovation and operations teams must work together and negotiate the use of these resources. Protect the work.