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Bio and Interests: Motasim Ahmad

Motasim Ahmad — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:56:15 -0500

Reading the most difficult things. Mathematics of Uncertainty, Chaos Theory, Theory of Constraints, Lean, Fiction- Joseph Heller, Tom Wolfe, John Grisham, Paul Erdman. Spending spare time with my little son. Always cleaning the mess other people leave behind in work place :)

Bio and Interests: David Harrell-Bond

David Harrell-Bond — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:09:25 -0500

David Harrell-Bond

Bio and Interests: Ralph Bagnall

Ralph Bagnall — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:38:34 -0400

A professional woodworker for 20 years, when I'm not with my lovely wife and daughters, I'm in my home shop building reproduction furniture, or writing.

Bio and Interests: Shari Cashman

Shari Cashman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:17:34 -0400

Steps to realign an organization around key goals and objectives and avoid the deleterious effects of a recession

Dan Feliciano — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:34:05 -0400

I have been preaching since the beginning of the year that you need to have a well documented strategy with well thought-out supporting goals and objectives to ensure your employees are doing the right things to move your organization forward. I even wrote a blog articulating the difference between a goal and an objective. I was surprised by the number of emails I received from readers stating that they never really understood the difference between the two.

Customer Loyalty and Retention

Dan Feliciano — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:32:53 -0400

In the book titled, Double Digit Growth author Michael Treacy identifies a handful of factors that have been associated with double digit growth. One of the factors is customer retention. Probably, not a surprise to most of you. However, the question is how do you retain customers and which customers do you retain?

I, for example, tend to be brand loyal. For some unknown reason to me, I believe that if I purchase products of the same brand the products will be compatible with one another. Moreover, it’s my ridiculous

You don’t need Change Acceleration Process (CAP) training… you need organizationally defined measured communicated, aligned goa

Dan Feliciano — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:32:32 -0400

You don’t need Change Acceleration Process (CAP) training… you need organizationally defined measured communicated, aligned goals and objectives!

A friend of mine mentioned that his organization was engaging a consulting group to do CAP training for all it’s employees. Please!!

Listed below are some commonly accepted definitions / explanations of CAP;

Why are Goals and Objectives Important?

Dan Feliciano — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:45:14 -0400

You see it, hear it, read it, and often repeat it, “…the economy is doing down the drain, … competition is fiercer than ever and cutting into our profits, … lay offs are eminent, … you need to do more with less, and blah, blah, blah!”

So what are you doing to ensure your organization’s survival! Are you just complaining about the situation you got yourself into or have you decided to take a logical rational approach to improve your survival?

Do you know the difference between a goal and an objective?

Dan Feliciano — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:17:04 -0400

As a consultant, I have the fortunate opportunity, or misfortune depending on your perspective, to review many organizations’ goals, objectives, and supporting initiatives. Despite the size of the organization, it’s obvious that most organizations large and small, public or private don’t understand the difference between a goal and an objective.

Lean Six Sigma Rock Star

Dan Feliciano — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:45:09 -0400

Simple, common-sense techniques to growth that often go ignored.

Stand back! I'm out the box and over the top!

Dan Feliciano — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:42:01 -0400

Bio and Interests: Dan Feliciano

Dan Feliciano — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:38:22 -0400

I can teach you to identify critical gaps in your strategy and core competencies. I create enormous excitement, energy, and passion while leading breakthrough improvement engagements using whatever works, including Six Sigma and Lean enterprise techniques to strengthen / optimize your organization. Provide technical expertise on change management, metrics design, process mapping, etc. Develop and nurture client relationships across various internal and external market segments.

BizTechTalk

Dan Keldsen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:00:59 -0500

Interviews and Insights on Enterprise 2.0 and beyond.

Bio and Interests: Zac Jacobson

Zac Jacobson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:48:19 -0500

Zac Jacobson is currently a Vice President of Strategy and M&A at Time Warner Telecom.