Change management deals with how changes to the system are managed so they don't degrade system performance and availability. Change management is especially critical in today's highly decentralized, ...

Change isn’t easy, and implementing new technology is particularly difficult. People tend to dislike change unless they perceive it as personally beneficial. Unfortunately, new technology is rarely ...

Several years ago, a blue-chip tech company switched CEOs, and that leader quickly discovered that its salespeople were vying with each other for client business. Clients were called, and even nagged, ...

Benjamin Franklin famously said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Franklin could have added a third certainty: change. Change comes whether we like it or not.

Clear and concise—what’s the change and how are we going to accomplish it? The first step to winning advocates and effectively implementing change is to develop a clear and meaningful message that ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. Every year businesses spend ...

English explorer William Edward Parry and his crew were exploring the Northwest Passage and needed to go further north to continue their chartings. They calculated their location by the stars and ...

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On a regular basis, companies board on transformation initiatives that help them in improving the performance of operations, helping to meet industry obligations, address regulatory or key performance ...

There is much discussion about continuous improvement, kaizen and operational excellence pursuits in operations management. Many times, the topic of process improvement neglects the more important ...

Changing a business doesn't always happen easily, but it need not be painful. Furthermore, change must occur in any industry. Government regulations sometimes force changes to occur. Pressure or ...