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If You Don’t Think Strategic Thinking Counts, Think Again

Contributed by Dr. Mary Lippitt on September 20, 2016 in Strategy, Marketing, & Sales

Leaders easily handle routine decisions and events by relying on past practices and habit. However, today leaders face complex decisions and unprecedented conditions requiring thoughtful analysis instead of conditioned reactions. Instead of being “safe,” conventional thinking is dangerous. The fast pace of changes requires sound strategic thinking practices. If leaders fail to consider all aspects, […]

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Flevy’s Definitive Guide to Operations

Contributed by Flevy on May 4, 2015 in Operations & Supply Chain

This is a guide to navigating Flevy to find the documents and other resources you need related to Business Operations. “Operations” is a broad, vague term. It can convey a lot of different meanings to different people. If you don’t find what you are looking for in this article, please email us at [email protected] First, a very […]

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The Global 8D Problem Solving Process

Contributed by Frank Adler on February 2, 2015 in Operations & Supply Chain, Strategy, Marketing, & Sales

“If I had an hour to save the world I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute finding solutions.” – Albert Einstein The 8D (Eight Disciplines) Problem Solving Process is a team oriented and structured problem solving methodology that is mainly used to identify, correct and eliminate recurring problems. The 8D Problem […]

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