Business Execution insights for business leaders from Silicon Valley based business consultant and configuration management expert, Dave Gardner.
Processes must evolve as circumstances change. Business execution lessons from the 2020 election mixed with the Covid-19 pandemic and mail-in ballots. What can you and your business learn from the execution of the voting process across the US?
If you’re thinking about how to rapidly increase your business’s growth potential, look for ways to improve your business execution. There are usually areas for improvement that leadership isn’t aware need improving.
An eye-opening observation about COVID, the economy and business. Like the rest of us who’ve been taking “stay home and stay safe” seriously, I had only minimally experienced, first hand, how the shutdown has impacted so many industries.
Is it a hoax or a cover-up? Sometimes it doesn’t matter. The word “hoax” has been used to dismiss factual situations. “Hoax” means “a humorous or malicious deception.” Characterizing something as a hoax can also be a means of covering up a legitimate concern that needs to be addressed. A hoax or cover-up can actually be a legitimate threat to the future of a business.
Protecting your brand at all costs. 2020 California wildfires put winemakers at this level of financial risk and loss. But, it may not be for the reason you think.
Eliminating business execution bottlenecks often requires business process changes and, in some instances, new technology. In order to dominate your market, you have to create an environment that can keep moving.
What happens if you don’t have product management? In the absence of product management, engineering steps into that role and determines whether or not a product can be created, not whether it should be created.
The Boeing 737 MAX debacle has valuable lessons for your business. There’s little doubt that both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took a major hit on their brand integrity with the 737 MAX. A brand is a representation of quality. While the FAA used to be the gold Read more…
Recurring Operating Challenges That Affect Customer Satisfaction and Profits
What’s more important strategy or execution? I argue they are both equally important. Here’s what we know anecdotally: Too many companies have poor execution of their strategy. We seldom hear about companies with great execution and a poor strategy. Many top executives see their role as setting strategy. Yet, they Read more…