Kanban in Practice: using Kanban to drive performance in the public sector
Putting Kanban into practice as a project management tool in the public sector to drive service delivery
What is Kanban? Using Kanban to manage work in progress and project delivery
What is Kanban and how can I use Kanban Boards to help monitor and development of products and projects? Kanban is a visual and flexible tool that can be adapted to support any project and product development system.
Why do an MBA?
Since starting the MBA I’ve been asked by family, friends and colleagues: Why do an MBA?
Now I’ve completed the MBA and finally have time to reflect I can ask myself: Why did I decide to do an MBA? What did I want from from an MBA? What did I think the benefits of an MBA would be? Why did I put myself through the financial strain, endless nights of study and self-imposed social alienation that a part-time MBA requires?
…and finally:
Was it worth it?
Assessing corporate culture in practice #2 – Using Kotter and Schein to assess culture
Now that I’ve established why understanding the corporate culture is important (see previous blog on that here) it’s time to go ahead and design an approach that will explore and assess it. “If we are to gain an insight into and perhaps some control over our situation…. we need to develop our understanding of how…
Assessing corporate culture in practice #1 – Kotter’s Culture vs Performance assessment
5 months ago I embarked on the challenging task of seeking to assess and influence the culture of my organisation. Using a range of management theories and concepts, I’ve managed to characterise the organisation and develop a long-term cultural vision for the organisation. This blog will look at some of the successes, and failures of…
Entrepreneurial Diary – Week 6 – Delivering the Pitch
After 6 weeks of hard work, we’re now at the final stage: The Pitch. The aim is to provide a presentation, supported by a well evidenced business proposal to convince two ‘dragons’ (lecturers with vast business experience) that they should ‘invest’ in the proposal. Developing the proposal and presentation The team developed a rough idea…
Entrepreneurial Diary – Week 5 – Building the Business Case
Now we’ve passed the elevator pitch, we’re free to move onto the next stage – to develop a full business case and prepare a full sales pitch to deliver to the dragons. The last week has seen developments in the quality of the work, the development of the team, and the questionable dedication of some…
