Real-Time Rule: I Wrote it in 2003, and I’ll Reiterate it Now
Here’s a provocative piece I wrote back in 2003, for our Unconventional Thinking blog. The Emergence of Real-Time Rule: Mind if We Plug in? We Fellows do a lot of Unconventional Thinking. At the time,...
View ArticleBPM Champion: Playing the Game
As a kid, I played a mean game of neighborhood softball. You know the story: 1960s to very early ’70s, red mud fields, wooden bats, marginally-stitched softballs, bases made out of left-over building...
View ArticleBPM Certification: What’s it Worth?
Today, my wife advanced another major step in her quest to be ordained as a Methodist minister. The amount of preparatory work for this big day was similar to what I have seen with consulting firm...
View ArticleWho Designs Your Processes? Howard, Howard and Fine?
I’m a card-carrying fan of The Three Stooges. Yes, I’m male… so we know that my admiration is genetically-wired, but it’s still admiration. Late last night, when I couldn’t sleep, I watched some...
View ArticleThe Old Rules Don’t Apply? Baloney!
When we were all rolling in those filthy-rich, blissful days of Internet summer, all around us, people were saying, “The old rules don’t apply!” Bricks-and-mortar are dead, clicks are the new...
View ArticleWhy do We Hate Certain Processes?
This past weekend, I willingly participated in one of the most painful processes on the planet – I went looking at new cars. The weather was warm, my Saturday meeting was boring, and I was near car...
View ArticleLive By The Rules; Die By The Rules
Scenario 1: Truck marked “Law Enforcement” towing a trailer with no working brake lights. Stops in front of me and I almost rear-end him. Scenario 2: Van marked “Police” races past me and runs a...
View ArticleThe Curse of Agility: Politics, Politics, Politics!
Gartner defines agility as, “the ability of an organization to sense environmental change and respond efficiently and effectively.” Sounds simple doesn’t it? And who doesn’t want to be agile? Daryl...
View ArticleProcess-Powered Lies
Scenario 1: Attended a kid birthday party at one of those game-pizza-noise places. Everyone who comes in gets stamped with a UV readable number. Upon leaving, you take only the kids that match your...
View ArticleProcess POV: Who Has the Truth?
Gobbling down chow at the Chinese restaurant with one of my sons, and guess what? I get a fortune cookie that says, “Within a year, you will inherit a lot of money!” Oh, really? Let’s look at this...
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