Managing innovation: a contradiction in terms?
Submitted by Hans van Nes on Sat, 05/06/2010 - 05:40
Managing means control, budget, choices and organization. Innovation is all about creativity, the unknown and often anarchy. Sworn enemies, necessary evil or unexpected allies? My analysis of pragmatic symbiosis.
My Website Conformance Check Best Practices
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 15/05/2010 - 04:30
Forrester Research has executed a web-site check on 6 Canadian banks. The results were very bad. The most common short comings were misplaced content and functionality, inefficient task flows, illegible text and poor use of space.
The Requirements Management Checklist: Recognize a Project That Benefits from More Grip
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 17/04/2010 - 05:07
Sometime ago Olga Warffemius reported on the Erasmus University Medical Center (EMC) program Enabling New Initiatives. Hans van Nes observed that the paper pushing paradox inhibits grip. What can improve grip furthermore?
KPI assessment: How good are your KPI's?
Submitted by Hans van Nes on Sat, 13/03/2010 - 07:59
In a lot of discussions we had with our audience on KPI's, it was acknowledged that a lot of KPI's do not work, lead to managing on the wrong assumptions, and in general are not maintained to keep in sync with the organizations' objectives. As a result of this we are regularly asked to assess and improve KPI-sets. These are some of our general findings.
On KPI's and Governmental Organizations
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 06/02/2010 - 05:33
This week I got a question from a reader regarding KPI's for a CIO at a Department of Defense. He wanted to know whether we could present KPI's to be fully accountable by the CIO. Now my Results2Match partner, Hans van Nes, once responded to a similar question of a reader: KPI's for a not-for-profit environment.
Improving Business Process Performance: My Approach
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 23/01/2010 - 06:10This week I was involved in a discussion regarding a business process performance improvement project. This projects objective is to improve the efficiency of a hospital polyclinic by reducing the number of No Show patients.
My Favorite Management Books
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 09/01/2010 - 07:10Recently I was asked to present my personal list of favorite management books. These quiet days between Christmas and New Year are extremely useful for reflections. So in this blog I proudly presents my thoughts on business requirements for a management book.
Key Performance and Non-financial Indicators (KPI's): My Final Checklist
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 26/12/2009 - 05:33
Mattison has created an impressive overview of key performance and non-financial indicators (KPI's). He calls it a Guide to Performance Measurement and Non-Financial Indicators. Curious? This is my selection, forming a very complete checklist.
More on an Actionable Dashboard
Submitted by Hans Lodder on Sat, 28/11/2009 - 07:01
Actionable dashboards live! Not only is my blog read more than 200 times in the last couple of weeks, and it is also subject to a LinkedIn discussion! Time to update you on what is going on.
KPI's in a not-for-profit environment
Submitted by Hans van Nes on Sat, 21/11/2009 - 06:02
I was asked by one of our readers to elaborate a bit on the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) in not-for-profit organizations. The specific question was how to define sensible KPI's for a social enterprise which aims to conserve the nature around Mount Kaliandra Arjuna in East Java, Indonesia. (in my opinion a very good initiative you can check out at www.kaliandrasejati.org). Generalized this is what I answered.
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