
The Anatomy Of Operational Excellence
Operational excellence enables an enterprise and its leadership to continuously improve all areas of performance.

Operational excellence enables an enterprise and its leadership to continuously improve all areas of performance.

It’s easy to Tweet all day. But an effective social media campaign is about the message, not the volume.

What can we learn from those who did it once (RIM), those who failed and rebounded (AIG) and those who make it habit (Pfizer).

Agility, innovation, and operational excellence form the transformation triangle. Whether you’re slinging tacos or manufacturing durable glass for iPhones, your company needs all three to survive and thrive.

Talk about a trip: BTM Corporation founder Faisal Hoque started his career in the U.S. as a “janitorial engineer,” but eventually went on to raise $95 million for his businesses, despite setbacks like being ousted as CEO of his own company (sound familiar, Apple?). Here’s what he learned along the way.

These three companies exemplify agility best practices. Does yours?

From Wendy’s premium rebranding to Home Depot’s how-to videos, clever companies figure out how to find success amid adversity. Here’s how.

An examination of today’s business ecosystem requires an end to short-term, reactive thinking. It requires an interconnected 360-degree operating blueprint.

So you’ve got an iPad in your bag and a Yammer window open behind this one. That doesn’t mean that your business is leveraging tech the best it can. Here’s how.

Today’s global hyper-connected economy is being led by knowledge that doesn’t require complex corporate structures or massive factories to dominate. It requires discipline and established processes for cross-boundary collaboration and sustained innovation.

I have always been of the opinion that there is great honor in one’s struggle for ‘his devotion’ regardless of how vain it seems to others. On this quiet afternoon on the shores of Valencia, this old man only reaffirmed my innate belief of ‘sticking to one’s devotion’.

While the PE industry has changed a great deal since the days of Georges Doriot, portfolio management styles have not. The industry still places the greatest emphasis on financial analysis vs. operational capabilities.