Did you miss the “Taking PPM to the Next Level”?

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How do you select projects and optimize portfolio value when things are risky and uncertain?
The challenge: too many projects compete for limited resources. How do you select the best ones in which to invest? How do you allocate resources throughout development to

“Thinking, Fast and Slow” – a must read!

If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend you jump on Amazon and order your copy of Daniel Kahneman’s new book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” It is a superb book, in which he draws a distinction between “System 1” and “System 2” thinking — System 1 when “your mind is

Just returned…

So nice and warm in Florida! I spent last week at the Q1 Life Science CEO Forum in Jacksonville where some 60 CEO’s and Presidents of life sciences companies gathered to exchange ideas about the state of life sciences (pharmaceutical and medical devices), their strategies, concerns and management challenges. As

Kodak joins the pantheon of “Brain Dead” companies – February 2012 ValuePoint

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By Jim Matheson, SmartOrg
Like many before it – Digital Equipment, NCR, Westinghouse, Motorola, Syntex, ATT, General Motors, etc. – Kodak has been put on corporate life support (bankruptcy). The world is watching to see if

Smart Organizations Perform Better

Identifying linkages between the use of best practices and overall measures of corporate performance is difficult. Studies of several hundred companies, however, show that underlying cultural and organizational patterns lead to effective implementation of many best practices, which the authors call the “principles” of a smart organization. These patterns, which