“Quality” in its current expression isn’t working. Relationships need to be recognised as being at the heart of quality. But as the aerospace sector shows, old habits die hard and recognition isn’t enough.
Quality and Relationships: Time for a (VAR) Review? (Part 3) Read More »
“Quality” in its current expression isn’t working. It isn’t a “thing”; it’s an emergent property rooted in relationships. But relationships have been lost in translation.
Quality and Relationships: Time for a (VAR) Review? (Part 2) Read More »
“Quality” in its current expression isn’t working. Using an analogy from the world of football, we begin to look at why – how it’s become reduced to focusing on “things”, and being treated as a “thing”, when we all know there’s more to it than that.
Quality and Relationships: Time For A (VAR) Review? (Part 1) Read More »
The only form of power that organizations know how to exercise is “power-over”, But it isn’t working and it can’t work. Value is the only pattern breaker possible, but what does it look like in practice? And how do we get there?
“What Does Change Look Like?” Clean Contracts and Prototypes Read More »
Where we are and where we need to be are diametrically opposed. But the good news is that our quadrant model doesn’t just describe the problem; it also helps us to see what’s involved in overcoming it.
“What Needs To Change?” How Value is the Key Read More »
The gap between today’s challenges and the ability to respond to them effectively continues to widen. Why? What’s going on? What’s needed to break out of this pattern? And how can we make the necessary changes understandable, natural, and achievable?
“Why Don’t They Change?” Because They Aren’t (Yet) Able To Read More »
Value Management fully adopted might look a long way from what you currently do. But it’s far easier to get started than you think, and it all starts with identifying misalignment.
The Transformation Needed for CCM: Part 4 Read More »
Value Management is what’s needed to truly transform the CCM role. But why is transformation needed? Because there are existential threats to the CCM role.
The Transformation Needed for CCM: Part 1 Read More »
A Christmas card I saw got me thinking about the importance of polarity and poles, and the tension and turbulence between them. Value Management resolves the tension. And it explains why Tesla are penguins in Santa hats…
Why Tesla are Penguins in Santa Hats Read More »
Pretty much every organization claims that value is a big deal to them. In this final part, we’ll look at the transformation involved with Value Management and how to make it happen – the people involved, the initial process and then how to spread and scale.
The Case for Value Management: Part 3: Making it Happen Read More »
