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10 Steps to Breakthrough PI Results (Part 1)
Michael R. Wood is a Business Process Improvement & IT Strategist Independent Consultant. He is creator of the business process-improvement methodology called HELIX and founder of The Natural Intelligence Group, a strategy, process improvement and technology consulting company. He is also a CPA, has served as an Adjunct Professor in Pepperdine's Management MBA program, an Associate Professor at California Lutheran University, and on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Mr. Wood is a sought after presenter of HELIX workshops and seminars in both the U.S. and Europe.
Guess what? You can be wildly successful and achieve transformational results without any crazy tool sets or a total corporate infrastructure. That's right! How do I know? Simple…I have spent more than 20 years doing exactly that in all types of environments and organizations regardless of size. The secret is actually quite simple and comes down to doing a few things very right. Interested in learning more? Read on.
Step 1: Understand the Strategic Direction and Business Objectives of the Organization
Breakthrough process improvements don't come from suggestion boxes; they come from a conscious effort to align effort to goals. In organizations that requires an understanding and quantification of the business objectives in context to the strategies that drive them. In addition, it is imperative to understand the rationale behind connecting each goal to the driving strategies.
Once understood, there is one question that begs asking: "Why can't we achieve the goal right now?" From that simple question comes the key to defining the gap between where the organization is standing now and where it wants to be. By pursuing strategy and objective driven process improvement initiatives alignment is virtually free.
Step 2: Identify the Cross-Functional Processes that are Critical to the Achievement of the Strategy and Objectives
The next step in the effort is to identify …
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