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(Value Stream) Map Your Way to a Better Post-Covid Future

Markovitz Consulting

Value stream maps (VSMs) show both the material and the information flow in any kind of end-to-end process such as order to cash, or new product introduction. Here are three examples of how their maps have helped them see into their processes more clearly and make changes to become more efficient. What is value stream mapping?

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Combatting COVID-19 in Emerging Markets

Tom Spencer

When the COVID-19 crisis became evident in South Africa in mid-March, the South African government put strict lockdown measures in place, including school closures and store lockdowns which were accompanied by reducing the output of production facilities. Unfortunately, households are not the only ones feeling the brunt of NPI’s.

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The Ansoff Matrix

Tom Spencer

THE Ansoff Matrix (referred to by some commentators as the Product/Market Expansion Grid) was developed by a Russian-American mathematician named Igor Ansoff , and first explained in his 1957 Harvard Business Review article entitled Strategies for Diversification. What is a Product-Market Growth Strategy? Background.

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. At the core was building an agile organization – shifting mindsets, creating processes, and developing capabilities. “The Develop a Team of Teams. Build Agility.

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What U.S. CEOs Should Do with the Money from Corporate Tax Cuts

Harvard Business

But, for most companies, outsize returns are likely to come from three other sources: Investing in productivity-enhancing capital. In a world of tight labor markets, where recruiting and retention are at a premium, investing to make frontline employees more productive should be a priority. Investing in true innovation.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. The company failed on multiple fronts. Autopsy #2 – Hummer. Autopsy #4 – Kodak. What do you think?