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finance

Increase ROI by Focusing on I, not R

08.18.2010

Everyone wants a good return on investment. It’s no way to run a business, as many lean thought leaders have written about. But whether calculated or just a mental impression, we want a high return on investment, or ROI.
But why does everyone only focus on the R?
When I see projects, problems, initiatives, and investments prioritized, [...]

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Eliminate Earnings Guidance

06.23.2010

Show me the money! Or at least, show me your plans to have money in the future.
One of the most pervasive intrusions to sound strategic decision making and long-term leadership is a focus on quarterly earnings. “We must hit the number” drowns out more sensible criteria such as “what will deliver the most value to [...]

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Role of Lean Thinking in Private Equity

06.09.2010

Private equity and lean don’t often go together. Private equity has been blamed for a lot of evils and problems, as this Boston.com cartoon lampoons:

But when they do, there are some great synergies. We have worked with many private equity firms, and private equity-held companies. The biggest synergy is that despite the pursuit of an [...]

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Did we fix banking, or not?

01.12.2010

Over the past 18 months, a great deal of attention has been placed on the banks, the providing of capital to those banks, and the health and wealth of Wall Street. Banks have started to pay back their “loans” and have started demonstrating the ability to profit.
But was this only to benefit the banking industry? [...]

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