“Not all those who wander are lost” said J.R.R Tolkien. The quote has been recently ‘mutated’ by The Learning Explosion to read “Not all mutant wanderers are lost” as part of their recent series on how to become a ‘Mutant Learner’. Read More...

If you are looking for a good early indicator that can predict the success or failure of your business, then you may want to consider looking at your supply chain performance. If the relationships with your suppliers are good, then the buying, movement, storing and selling of your products or services will also be good. Read More...

As managers we would all like to believe that our decision making process is based on real evidence. The reality is that we have a tendency to rely on our experience and intuition and at best listen to one or two people who in the past have given us good advice. Read More...

Life as a manager in a medium to large corporation often revolves around PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets (and of course the ever present e-mail systems, but that is another story). Read More...

I’ve had a lot of interest in the Balanced Scorecard approach to performance management since my last blog. I have to say I’m both surprised and encouraged. Read More...

Where should we start when defining KPIs to run an organisation effectively? The answer is entirely dependent on the strategy the organisation is deploying at the time. Read More...

Last week I suggested that large businesses could be managed effectively by looking at 20% of the data available. I will stress again, this does not mean you can operate a business by using only 20% of the data. Read More...

One of the base fundamentals of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is to collate data/information from multiple projects and present it in a meaningful way. In my last post I suggested that we have a tendency to over burden ourselves with data when we can actually successfully manage a business by looking at 20% of the data available. Read More...

For many organisations, and often this includes the largest enterprises, putting in place a full blown Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system and tooling can be overkill. Read More...

Whereas Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is a well understood activity, Application Portfolio Management (APM) has had a lot less exposure. APM is all about discovering the true business value of an application within the context of an application portfolio and then Read More...