We thought you might like to see some of what has influenced our thinking this year, and how we think these concepts will impact business improvement efforts in 2012 and beyond.
The following are our favorite thought provoking articles, books and web-based tidbits from this past year. Six topics span a wide range of perspectives: the underlying drivers of business and economic uncertainty, evolving demands on management and leadership, and our own points of view on the business improvement that supports enterprise/employee transformation.
Note: This is an abridged version of our client and colleague 2011 Year-end favorites email. If you have trouble reading the following table in RSS or feedblitz please click here
Business + Economics | |
A macroeconomic view Click here for 44M narrated slide presentation |
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Management | |
The future of management Click here for 17M video presentation |
![]() As a reference, Hamel’s MIX site also categorizes a number of companies, mini-cases and thought leaders all focused on the future of management. “The Management Innovation eXchange” (MIX) is an open innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century. The premise: while “modern” management is one of humankind’s most important inventions, it is now a mature technology that must be reinvented for a new age.” |
Change Leadership | |
Statistical validation of our 20 year focus on engagement’s role in change Click here for our published POV |
Our favorite statistic of the year is based on nearly 1,400 responses tied to business success… |
Favorite Book | |
Improving decisioning Like the generic process roles tool ARCI or RACI (responsible, accountable, consult and inform), RAPID (Recommend, Agree, Perform, Input and Decide) addresses responsibilities specific to the decision process |
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Business Improvement: Favorite Engagement |
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Our favorite engagement of the year Click here for 45 min video of Tom Reeder’s iCitizen presentation (keynote on far right) NOTE: Requires Adobe’s Flash |
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Business Improvement: Most popular post |
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Role of social media in enterprise transformation Click here for our published POV |
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At NextForge, we are in the business of advancing the business improvement process. We do this in part by sharing our thinking and tools with our clients and our fellow consultants through, for example, our Points of View and Library of tools.
We have captured the essence of more than two decades of business improvement experience in the constantly expanding Help Yourself section of our website. Should you need additional support achieving your business improvement outcomes, we would be honored to work with you and talk about the appropriate blend of traditional and emerging management practices we can help you realize.
We hope you find these year-end favorite materials as interesting as we have in unearthing and developing them.
Best wishes for 2012!