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....
Removing Barriers to Productivity: Team Building Process
Problem-solving, Art and Science: We’ve covered all the basics in the barrier removal process with one exception: working with people to...
Remove Barriers to Productivity - An Old/New Concept, Stage 1 of 5
Our blog on short-interval-scheduling (SIS) pointed out how SIS is one of the least promoted, underutilized, yet most effective methods...
The Stewards of Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is increasingly a corporate priority. It has become a CEO-level issue. The payoff is in increased productivity and...
Short-Interval-Scheduling Creates the Most Effective Interface for Employee Engagement
Short-Interval Scheduling Best Kept Secret of Productivity Improvement Short-Interval Scheduling is one of the most widely used yet least...
Capturing Productivity
The proposed project would “transform” the organization, “optimizing” all its business processes. Large contracts were signed on these promi
