“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
-Aristotle
As each new year begins, a lot is written on the subject of habits. Habits associated with health and wellness. Habits associated with mental outlook and happiness. And habits associated with greater professional success. Habits really are at the core of excellence in any arena – including career development.
The objective of our video presentation, Developing Your KPls and Measuring Your CFO Pillars of Success, is to inspire you to Develop a great set of KPIs for your business and learn how to assess your activities objectively, to help you target key areas for improvement. We discuss KPIs in terms of Sales and Marketing, Delivery and Operations, in addition to areas CFOs are traditionally more familiar with, Talent Development and Resource Utilization.
In this article we offer a crash course on the subject of Process Mapping. Though the method is relatively standard, everyone will have different flavors or techniques. Also, either Process or Value Stream Mapping can be done on three states:
The execution steps for each state are the same.
I recently finished reading The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger L. Martin. It’s well worth reading. Even though the book was published almost a decade ago, the ideas and principles espoused by the author are still relevant and applicable in today’s business environment.
According to the recently published PwC’s 22nd Annual Global CEO Survey, 85% of the surveyed CEOs overwhelmingly agree artificial intelligence (AI) will have a significant impact on their business within the next five years. For this reason, they have plans to pursue AI investments.
