Monthly Archives: April 2012

PMO Basics: More About Risk And Financial Crises

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

In our last blog we talked about Basel III and the need for better risk identification and quantification by international financial institutions. Today, we’re going to continue with this theme and look at the cyclical process that the financial markets … Continue reading →

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PMO Basics: Understanding Basel III

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

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 →

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Word From PEX Week European Conference…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Here’s an announcement from our friends at PEX! April 23rd will see hundreds of process improvement professionals descend upon London for the annual PEX Week European Conference.  It looks like an exciting event but obviously being London based means it’s out … Continue reading →

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The General Electric Turnaround: Why We Can’t All Be Jack Welch!

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

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 →

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Google Changes The Ediscovery Landscape

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

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 →

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