August 1, 2007
Articles
Managing Complexity: How To Capture Latent Value From Products, Customers, and Operations
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler," said Albert Einstein. It's easy to lose sight of this advice in the constant crunch of today's business environment, but Einstein was right...
Why Trust Improves Both Ethics and Returns
Stephen M.R. Covey is former CEO of the Covey Leadership Center, which under his stewardship became the largest leadership development company in the...
Building CFO-CIO Bonds Through Performance Management
For years, finance executives have sought to shed their bean-counter image and move into a more strategic role within the organization. Many have spent...
Performance Promotion: Why CPM Needs Its Own Office
Effective business performance management technology (which we refer to as corporate performance management -- CPM) goes well beyond budgeting and reporting...
BPM Lets You Be Sure Of Your XBRL Data
The benefits of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) have been well-articulated. By labeling data with XBRL tags, organizations can more easily...
Analyzing Analytics: Choosing the Right Tool
It goes without saying that in most industries, the companies with the best chance of success are those that respond quickly and appropriately to change....
Case in Point: Insight and Control After Much M&A
A spate of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures seriously impaired the ability of Centennial, Colo.-based Stolle Machinery Company LLC to manage its own performance...
The Last Word: There Is No "You" in "Trust"
I heard a story this morning where some concerned public-interest person was expressing concern about the public interest, specifically the child-public's...