

Training Experienced Adults
The bulk of maintenance Planner Scheduler training typically focuses on using the maintenance management software, data entry and...


Going for the Gold
Last week I was in a consultant "shop-talk" session comparing notes on how to identify and track financial benefits that show in a...


Group Problem-Solving: A Tool for Changing Culture
Underlying Value: The value of problem-solving goes without saying. There are several methods to choose from: hypothesis-driven,...


Social Acumen – the Informal Leaders – Accelerate Projects
In 2001, a group of IT project managers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. This was in response to a long history of...


Do you want a 20 to 25% productivity gain?
Convergent Results typically improves productivity 20 to 25 percent, and assists clients directing that gain to achieving measurable...


Organizational Change is a Complex Phenomenon.
Change happens one person at a time. Each individual will make up their own mind about why they will accept and cooperate with change....


Inclusive Problem Solving Engages Employees, Strengthens Culture and Accelerates Problem Solving
Background Ravasi and Schultz (2006) define organizational culture as a set of shared mental assumptions that guide interpretation and...


Business Transformation
A client recently asked, "What is Business Transformation"? There are various explanations offered in literature and on the Internet....


Adapt a Change Program to the Company's Culture
Edgar Schein's Culture Model: The issue: Recently I was in a discussion about the challenge of organizational change, even where the need...


Removing Barriers to Productivity: #3 Categorizing Barriers
To date we’ve discussed the concept of a productivity barrier removal process. Central to this is to establish how long work should take...