Productivity
Productivity
In the fiercely competitive world that exists today, every possible advantage is needed. However, digital technology has produced such crushing workloads that everyone is forced to cram more and more into days that are...
If knowledge is power, then knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied. For many years, the knowledge that Buckman Laboratories, an international specialty chemical company in business since 1945, brought to its...
Everyone in the auto industry is so familiar with Toyota’s dramatic business success and world-renowned quality that, as Liker points out, many consider the company to be “boring,” with its steadily growing sales,...
Often, leaders speak, their constituents applaud on cue, and the illusion is formed that communication has occurred. Unfortunately, this disconnect only breeds communication static that, over time, pushes leaders to...
Co-authors Mickey Connolly and Richard Rianoshek do something extraordinary in the introduction of The Communication Catalyst. They make a promise. If readers take the time to read, understand, and...
According to Kanter, winning creates a “halo” effect, which encourages positive behavior, and positive behavior, in turn, makes further wins more likely. In addition, the probability of future success makes it easier...
According to George and Wilson, when companies rely solely on Lean and/or Six Sigma improvement initiatives, the amount of profit they are able to generate is severely limited. It is a ceiling on profit that comes from...
Written by Jill Nemiro—an expert in organizational and team creativity—Creativity in Virtual Teams offers readers a model for achieving high levels of creativity in a virtual environment. As a result of global...
- The book discusses a framework that enables a company to optimize utilization of its resources by directly involving all of its manpower in the enhancement and...
Marketing is in crisis mode, for the model for marketing, as it stands today, is obsolete. Customers have developed a resistance to marketing that is only going to grow. The crisis spawned by consumer resistance...
