Max your Meal
Many if not most business processes have two parts to them. First make a decision: – Should I hire this person? – Is this an acceptable payment? – Can I give this employee access to the system? Second...
View ArticleWhat is the Kano Model and Why Should You Care?
Customers are selfish people. They want everything, they usually want it now, and worse still, what they say they want and what they really want are not necessarily the same thing. Customers aren’t...
View ArticleHow to Think Like an Auditor
On Friday I was audited If you live in a corporate world you will be familiar with the sensation. I’d like to say I felt warm all over, but I would be lying (lying through my teeth). I was put through...
View ArticleIs Less Really More?
My 9-year-old daughter is lovely… Most of the time… But if you really want to see her wind me up, come with us to order a pizza. She will not make a decision. How hard can it be? Hawaiian, or Mighty...
View ArticleDo You Design Against Demand?
Here is a very simple 2 step improvement idea for you: Understand the customer demands that are placed on your organisation Design your infrastructure and processes to meet those demands. Or, to put it...
View ArticleShould you Standardise?
There is a line of thought that says standardise your processes. Get everybody to follow the same process The one designed to give you the best outcome Minimise variation After all without...
View ArticleThe Problem with NPS (Or do I Look Fat in This?)
I am 45. They say that when middle-age is upon us our broad minds and narrow waists swap sizes. It is happening to me, (certainly around my waist, and as I no longer enjoy finding strangers in my...
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