Tag: change management

Strategy, Architecture & Problem-Solving

Lean Service Improvement Book

Service Improvement Book – In Progress

After a year or so working with a large, complex client and some time before that working on a startup, I’m back to writing the book I started a couple of years ago. Three good things have come from this break: Both of the experiences have confirmed that the book needs to be written. What…
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Applying Lean Startup in the Public Sector

Yesterday, I presented at #Leanconf 2013 in Manchester. It was the first Lean Conference covering Lean Startup in Europe. There was a great energy to the 2-day event with a variety of planned and unplanned talks plus lots of opportunity to network without the usual tradeshow conference feeling of being stalked by sales managers. I…
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Lean Service Improvement Book

Forthcoming Book on Improving Your Own Service

Some of you may already know, I’m in the process of writing a book on improving your own service. I’m aiming the book at the people who work the process themselves, e.g.: nurses social workers claims adjusters HR/OD staff office managers office administrators hotel staff and their managers and change agents/analysts As you can see,…
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What's the emotional content of your customer journey maps?

What’s the Emotional Content of Your Customer Journey Maps?

I’ve previously discussed the inclusion of a dormant state and a return loop when reflecting on the fact that the Customer Journey Never Ends. You can include a further extension of the customer journey maps by showing proximity or emotional state. Focus on the Emotional State Typical customer journey maps (or diagrams) depict activities and…
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Positive Persuasion at Work for a Charitable Organisation

Introduction Cialdini’s book on Persuasion is a great introduction to the forces applied on us by others to convince us to change our ways, e.g. buy their product. I see the ideas implemented the more and more I look. Often I think people have stumbled on the ideas, other times I feel that the interaction…
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Be The Customer

Be The Customer

Introduction I really believe in getting customer input, especially before you build you product or service. Lean Six Sigma includes the concept as part of Voice of Customer, Lean Startup and similar methods include the concept within Customer Development. If you work for an existing organisation that currently delivers products/services rather than a start-up, sometimes…
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