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Projects AREN’T the best way to implement new practices

We need to improve the pick/pack/ship process for customer orders in the warehouse – let’s do a project. Our cycle…

Linear Business Processes don’t work!… And there’s a better way…

They don’t work because people don’t work according to linear, sequential processes. They can’t. From the early 90’s on, the…

Business processes, Collaboration, HIVE, NOW mode, Social media, supply chain

7 strategies to deal with competitor backorders in Canadian Generics

The Generic Pharmaceutical industry is one of the most dynamic industries I’ve ever experienced – at least in Canada. In…

Collaboration, generic pharma, inventory allocation, inventory management, Social media, supply chain, supply chain management

Social Media made practical for business

The use of Social Media in the workplace is still not prevalent at the core of operations. It is a…

Collaboration, empowerment, Functional Structures, HIVE, HIVE Model, Social media, Spontaneous Association, supply chain, supply chain management

Upside Down Escalation – how it’s done in Companies of Tomorrow

A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled “The Post S&OP era – Managing in NOW mode” which generated…

Accountability, empowerment, HIVE, HIVE Model, Leadership, Manager (baseball), NOW mode, S&OP, Social model

Social Operations – yes, you can!

In a space with so many terms already I am going to dare to introduce a new one: Social Operations…

enterprise 2.0, HIVE, HIVE Model, Jive, NOW mode, Sharepoint, social business, Social media, social tools, Yammer

Why is “Social” stuck at the periphery of the Enterprise

In a number of articles that I read recently, particularly a brilliant study by the MIT Sloan School of Management…

Functional Structures, Generation Y, HIVE, Mark Schaefer, MIT Sloan School of Management, Social Enterprise, Social media, social networking

From Functional to Social – Part 2 of 2

In Part 1 of this 2-part series, I talked about the structuring of the workplace into communities called HIVE’s and…

Collaboration, Hierarchy, HIVE, HIVE Model, Leadership, NOW mode, Organizational structure, Social media, social tools

From Functional to Social, from meetings to online conversations – Part 1 of 2

In previous articles, I described a model called HIVE (Human Interaction Virtual Environment) whereby organizations can arrange the workplace to…

Social Networking and Companies of Tomorrow – the Talking Logistics interview

I was recently interviewed by Adrian Gonzales, President of Adelante SCM, in his weekly video talk show called “Talking Logistics“.…

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