Is it already 2018? I left my company Lean Interim behind while I was helping KPMG, as a Partnern in Management Consulting, to build up and grow their Business Transformation Business in New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Filipines, China and even back in Switzerland over the last 6 years. It was an amazing …
Dietmar Dold, the CEO of Lean Interim and a Sensei of Simpler Consulting, has signed up to built up the Lean Practice within KPMG New Zealand. Dietmar is an accredited trainer of the Lean Certification Program of the Lean Enterprise Research Center of Cardiff University. KPMG will be the only „Big4″ Consulting Company in New …
Dietmar Dold will build up Lean Practice for KPMG in New Zealand Weiterlesen »
Like death and taxes, commoditization of your products is a given. John Quelch offered a few tips in the Harvard Business Review Dec 14, 2007. But there is more to think about and act on: The focus of your lean activities needs to shift urgently! If you heard a manager blaming „commoditization“ for failing to deliver …
The complexity of supply chains is constantly increasing. the words „supply networks“ describe the situation better, nowadays. Most companies in countries like USA, Germany, Switzerland do not even produce more than 50% of the real net output ratio (vertical range of manufacture) anymore. If you buy a Porsche 911 or Boxter you will purchase 20% …
supply chains (networks) compete, not companies Weiterlesen »
This headline is taken from the harvard business review april 2010 [HBR2010]. It is an important message to all decision makers but even more important to all interim managers and lean practitioners as their constant companion in business life is change. How do you know? What should you do? How do you know? There are …
„It’s not just individuals who burn out – companies do, too!“ Weiterlesen »
Seit fast 20 Jahren bilde ich Projektmanager in unterschiedlichsten Funktionen aus. Vermittelte ich in den 90ern noch das Spannungsdreicke Qualität-Kosten-Zeit (was inzwischen durch Lean Methoden nachweislich wiederlegt wurde), so hat die Theory of Constrains einen starken Einfluss auf die Lehrinhalte genommen. Das Critical Chain Projektmanagement (CCPM) hat Einzug erhalten. Im CCPM wird stark auf den …
Critical Chain (CCPM) + Stakeholdermanagement = Projektmanagement 2011 Weiterlesen »
Interim management is the provision of effective business solutions by an independent, board or near-board level manager or executive, over a finite time span. Such complex solutions may include change, transformation and turnaround management, business improvement, crisis management and strategy development. Interim managers are often experienced in multiple sectors and disciplines. Interim managers are leaders …
What is the difference between a staffing firm (recruitment agency) and an Interim Management Service Provider? That was my question to Paul Beerli last week. Paul is the president of the Interim Management Organisation in Switzerland, called Dachverband Schweizer Interim Manager (DSIM). He worked before for Butterflymanager, one of the leading Interim Management Service Provider in Switzerland …
In the ideal world, an Interim Manager has to be available by tomorrow and having a track record of success until today. Why? Because clients call you on Friday, send you the contract on Sunday and you start on Monday. But is this the real world? No, it isn’t! Let me show you the timeline of …
Interim Management: The Industry of fast decisions Weiterlesen »
Laut der Studie „Organisation 2015 – Designed to Win“ der Boston Consulting Group (BCG) und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Organisation und Management (SGO) reicht es nicht mehr nur auf die „harten Fakten“ wie Strukturen, Prozesse und Steuerungsmechanismen zu achten, sondern die „weichen Faktoren“ seien der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Veränderungsmanagement sei hierbei einer der wichtigsten Kernkompetenzen. …
Lean und Interim Management zur Erreichung von Strategiezielen Weiterlesen »