Category Archives: Tips&Tools@Risk™

#378 – BARRIERS FOR ORGANIZATIONS GROWING AND IMPROVING – MARK MOORE

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Many organizations get so caught up in what they currently do and how they do it, that they cannot find ways to effectively improve how they operate and experience the growth that stems from that kind of change. Plotting a path to organizational growth, especially based on the projects it chooses to execute, can be a challenge. The fundamental elements are not overly complicated, but the work to make the change is hard. Continue reading →

#373 – FIVE TECHNOLOGY TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING: ARE YOU ON BOARD? – DANIEL BURRUS

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Corporations that create in this world facilitate so many integral pieces to contemporary life by way of manufacturing. Manufacturing is quite literally a backbone to so many other industries, generating components for medical devices, automobiles, electronics, and machinery that keeps everything progressing forward. All of these components frequently need to be replaced, or more often upgraded thanks to new innovations that create new capabilities and in turn create new needs. Continue reading →

#360 – RISK THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS – IAN DALLING

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When the tourist asked the way to Dublin the response was:

“If I was you, I would not start from here!” (Old Irish joke).

It has become fashionable for management perspectives to be risk orientated or biased and even attempt to view all endeavour from a risk perspective however contorted and illogical the resulting picture. It is counter to the logical and intuitive way that we experience the world and inhibits a more holistic and integrated approach to management. Continue reading →

#357 – EVERYTHING SUCKS AND WHY THAT’S PERFECT – DANIEL BURRUS

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You read that headline right: everything does suck! And in this article, I’m going to give you the solid reasons why this makes me both optimistic and excited about our future!

Think to yourself: On any given day, how many times do you hear someone grumbling about their phone not working well, traffic patterns on their way to work driving them insane, how a business of any kind inconvenienced them by having poor customer service, or a government institution – commonly one like the DMV – putting them in a sour mood? Continue reading →

#351 – SELL SOLUTIONS BEFORE THERE’S A PROBLEM – DANIEL BURRUS

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So long as there are products and services offered by an organization, there will be the existence of a sales force.

The basic fundamentals of selling are simple: a customer expresses a desire for something and, in turn, someone sells them a product or service to address that desire. Essentially, sales are how an organization converts a “want” into a “need.” While these fundamentals are timeless, they are rooted in a reactive process. Continue reading →