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Kanban in Practice: using Kanban to drive performance in the public sector

Posted by David McClory MBAon 9 November, 20167 March, 2020in Business, Management, MBA studies, Personal reflection, Theory in practice1 Comment

What is Kanban? How do you use Kanban as programme and project management tool? How can you use Kanban effectively in practice? Putting Kanban into practice as a project management tool in the public sector to drive service delivery

Moving on; leaving the job

Posted by David McClory MBAon 11 August, 2016in Business, Personal reflectionLeave a comment

When is the right time to leave the job you know you're good at? Faking it - Saying yes and learning later.

Assessing corporate culture in practice #2 – Using Kotter and Schein to assess culture

Posted by David McClory MBAon 24 March, 201612 October, 2020in Management, MBA studies, Personnel, Strategy, Theory, Theory in practice3 Comments

Using Kotter and Schein to assess culture in a large organisation in practice. How can you assess the corporate culture of an organisation using Shein's Iceberg Theory and Kotter's Cultural Alignment Theory. The second post on assessing organisational culture.

Recruiting the wrong person & firing someone for the first time

Posted by David McClory MBAon 26 July, 201523 February, 2020in Business, Management, Personal reflection, Personnel, StakeholdersLeave a comment

Ever have to fire someone before? Wondering what is the best way to fire someone? My own experiences of hiring the wrong person for a job and having to fire them at short notice. Learn from my mistakes to do it better yourself.

Entrepreneurial Diary – Week 5 – Building the Business Case

Posted by David McClory MBAon 12 March, 201516 May, 2021in Entrepreneurship, MBA studies, Theory in practice5 Comments

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…

Entrepreneurial Diary – Week 4 – Delivering the Elevator Pitch

Posted by David McClory MBAon 4 March, 201516 May, 2021in Business, Entrepreneurship, MBA studies, Personal reflection7 Comments

We delivered our 'elevator pitch' of a single page PowerPoint poster and a 5 minute briefing to the course tutor and it all appears to be going according to plan. Reflection on the elevator pitch How did it go? We…

Applying for public sector jobs

Posted by David McClory MBAon 24 August, 201415 May, 2021in Personal reflection, Personnel, Theory in practice, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Thinking of applying for a public sector job? How do you successfully apply for a public sector job? The application process for public sector jobs can be complicated, understanding how to complete the application can mean the difference between your application going in the bin, or getting an interview.