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Business Simplification |
The downward pressure on costs is causing businesses to reduce their headcounts, much of which is in their corporate headquarters. Over the last 18 months BP has made a one fifth reduction in its 25,000 staff out of a total workforce of 92,000 at the end of 2008. That is approximately 5,000 employees let go who were previously employed in “valuable positions”. |
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No more project mining! |
I’ve facilitated many of these sessions with teams over the years and they have never really satisfied me. I’ve even developed prioritization matrices to rank brainstormed projects based on multiple criteria. Ultimately though I always felt that the brainstorming of the teams issues were biased towards; the burning issue of the day, the bosses “pet” project, the symptom of a deeper problem, or the desire to implement some state of the art IT system.
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Sorry, Could you repeat that? |
You can’t blame me for letting my mind wander. This meeting has been going for 45 minutes now and those two have been going at it for 30 minutes now, each one arguing their part. No one else was contributing so it was just natural for me to drift away into my own little world of “head trash”. |
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The Ego Has Landed |
EGO: Noun – A person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance.
The ego is a very powerful thing. I have found it gets in my way more than I would like. It drives that old “I must be right” or “ I must win mentality”. |
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The Complexity Resulting From Outsourcing |
In 2006 the revenue from call centers in India grew to $6.2 billion. This was a growth of 37% from the previous year and that growth trend continues. India is not the only country to benefit from the outsourcing trend as counties in Africa are starting to leverage their French, Spanish and English language capabilities of their cheap workforce. |
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Just like getting fit. |
Some individuals become gym rats. They love it. They are super fit. They don’t even think there is an option of not going to the gym. It’s they say they are. It’s the same in business. Some organizations keep going. Keep changing things up to keep their workouts fresh. They don’t balk when things get tough. They keep improving, they keep going. They are improvement freaks. It’s just the way they do business. |
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Zappos - Celebrity Apprentice |
It’s great entertainment but it is also a great demonstration of how the dynamics of individuals can really affect team productivity. |
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