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Tag Archives: transform
The Republican Party: Three Problems In 2013
The Republican party has a big problem, a really big problem. The 2012 Presidential elections dealt the Republicans a crushing blow. The loss in the popular vote was greater than expected, but the loss in the electoral college was devastating. … Continue reading
PMO Basics: Understanding Basel III
If you work in a financial institution, big changes are on the way. Lessons learned from the financial collapse of the past few years, has led to new thinking about how financial institutions need to operate. Or maybe it’s old … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Project Management Office
Tagged Banking, Basel III, Financial Crisis, Regulation, SubPrime, transform
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The General Electric Turnaround: Why We Can’t All Be Jack Welch!
Jack Welch is perhaps the world’s best known improvement guru. His transformation of GE not only took genius, it took guts and determination to convince a company that was doing pretty darn well that it had to do better. Not … Continue reading
Google Changes The Ediscovery Landscape
The big new app for 2012 just might be Google’s Apps Vault. Just released in the last days of Q1, this tool sits on top of Google Apps and simplify management of your firm’s documents. This tool will be enormously … Continue reading
Posted in Common Sense Contracting, Decision Making, Delivering Services, Unique Ideas
Tagged ediscovery, Improve, legal, outsource, Projects, Reporting, transform
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PMO Genius: How To Share & Be Happy
In our last Blog we spoke about the issues that drive the services produced by a shared services group. We talked about six issues that define the functions, cost and billing of shared services. Today, we’re going to take the … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Making, Delivering Services, Project Management Office
Tagged Measure, PMO, Project Management, Projects, Satisfaction, transform
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PMO Genius: 8 Lessons Learned About Outsourcing
In our last “PMO Basics,” we covered the reasons and methods for building a lessons learned file. Today, we’re going to apply lessons learned to Outsourcing. Why single out outsourcing? There are several good reasons. First, the recent wave of … Continue reading
PMO Genius: Massive Savings Hidden In Documents
Today’s best solution often cause tomorrow’s biggest problem. Consider the baby diaper, the humble nappy. Pampers, the first practical disposable diaper, was introduced in 1961. Like any new product it was a less than perfect solution. They used wood pulp … Continue reading
PMO Genius: How To Smartsource Outsourcing Programs
In the last blog, we discussed the limits of cost based outsourcing: after initial savings three is little or nothing left for the next contract, “fractures” in processes develop between the client and the vendor that damage productivity and a … Continue reading
PMO Genius: Quantifying The Benefits of Happiness – A Focus On SECRETARIES (PART 2)
In our last blog we looked at how secretaries evolved into administrative assistants. This transition was driven by changes in technology (word processing, email, voice mail, etc.) and changes in the labor market (women with college degrees didn’t want to … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Delivering Services, Uncategorized, Unique Ideas
Tagged PMO, Project Management, Projects, Reporting, Satisfaction, secretary, transform
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PMO Genius: Increase Happiness AND Productivity… Look At Secretaries (PART 1)
Secretaries… do you still use that term? Years ago, when “secretary” became synonymous with, “We’re paying you less because you’re a woman”, the title became an insult. Corporations changed the title to “administrative assistant,” but not much else changed. This … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Delivering Services, Unique Ideas
Tagged Happiness, Improve, Measure, Metrics, PMO, Project Management, secretary, Staffing, transform
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