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Service Blueprint

Service represents an intricate, multi-tiered procedure encompassing numerous individuals and technologies that collaborate harmoniously or encounter issues.  In order to foster Innovation and enhance Customer Satisfaction, visualizing every step and participant, from customers to third-party vendors, is essential. This is where Service Blueprints play a crucial role.  Just as the name implies, the Service Blueprint […]

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McKinsey’s Three Horizons of Growth

Organizations undergo different phases of development.  Some reach maturity and then decline over time, whereas others just fade away in the startup phase. A few businesses, however, evade collapse and maintain growth for years.  They keep surprising their customers with novel product or service offerings.  They accomplish this by allocating dedicated resources, investment, time, and […]

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Jobs-to-Be-Done (JTBD) Growth Strategy Matrix

Competing in this cutthroat environment demands unique strategies. After identifying a customer group, organizations have to decide which of them they should target and how.  There is a need to ascertain the full range of customer jobs that have to be completed (including both their underserved and over-served needs). Leadership should now consider and select […]

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Jobs-to-Be-Done (JTBD) Theory

Most Innovation efforts fail because of a lack of understanding of customers’ needs. The enormous amount of data available today should have made it easy for organizations to capture what customers hope to achieve.  However, this is not the case.  Almost everywhere, data is being used to find correlations instead of causation. The Jobs-to-Be-Done (JTBD) […]

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Agile Talent Acquisition Strategy

As organizations develop rapidly, recruitment becomes a new problem. Recruiting is failing to stay up, even though its reputation depends on its ability to quickly react to changing business demands. Thus, recruiting executives must be adaptive in a very dynamic firm. We can use this 3-phase approach to construct agile procedures that are more responsive […]

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The Viable System Model

Traditional organizational structures and management practices are characterized by a hierarchical model in which control and direction come from the top.  These structures and practices have become obsolete and cannot adapt in response to volatile market conditions.  Another issue with this traditional hierarchy is inadequate and sporadic communication between the various tiers of the organization. […]

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BU-driven Organizational Workforce Planning

HR leaders excel at Workforce Planning at the business unit level, but face obstacles when it comes to effectively integrating their insights. By understanding the complexities of how business unit input is incorporated into the creation and implementation of workforce plans, HR leaders can gain the ability to steer a unified and effective organization-wide Workforce […]

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The OODA Loop

Decision Making is critical for every business.  Military strategists apply their training and experience to devise battle plans and make quick decisions aimed at achieving specific objectives.  Military strategies, concepts, and practices have found widespread application in businesses as well as everyday life.  Writings, memoirs, and experiences of famous military historians and strategists—such as Sun […]

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Consulting Competencies Circle (CCC)

Each year, a large number of business professionals make the decision to leave their corporate jobs to pursue independent consulting.  To them, a career in independent consulting means having a flexible schedule, being one’s own boss, or a way to realize their real potential.  For some people, independent consulting implies doing what they are truly […]

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Organizational Elements Model

Organizational Analysis is critical for improved Performance and growth. The Organizational Elements Model provides a systematic approach to Organizational Analysis.  It is a potent tool to evaluate an organization, comprehend its competitors and their strengths, and track problems. The Organizational Elements Model provides a way to view an organization holistically.  The model facilitates in examining […]

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Dual Innovation Ecosystem Strategy

When new technologies and competitors disrupt markets, many enduring organizations exert to keep going.  Possible reasons for disruption may be multiple but one of them is inadequate preparation to develop new products and services during uncertain times. In order to manage disruptions some businesses partner with others.  Productive partnerships comprise of having the right people, […]

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Capabilities-driven Growth Strategy

A business remains viable as long as it keeps growing.  However, forecasting how much the business will grow in a year, or in a certain period of time, is a difficult proposition for any business leader.  Likewise, it isn’t easy for the leaders to envisage the following scenarios: How much growth is necessary for their […]

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