Ist Ihr Hauptproblem die Grundursache?

Mit: Menno Graaf, Niels Mani, Emmo Meijer, Kerstin Zulechner Fast jeder wird der Aussage zustimmen, dass man Probleme an der Wurzel anpacken muss. Die logische Analyse, bei der die Folgen auf die Ursachen und schließlich auf die „Grundursache“ zurückgeführt werden, wird jedoch nicht allgemein angewandt. Wir beginnen eine Zusammenarbeit gerne mit einer Ursachenanalyse. Das Ergebnis …

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FLOW highlights

Mit Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall, Emmo Meijer und Kerstin Zulechner Seit Anfang dieses Jahres schreiben wir über Flow im Innovationsmanagement und in Projektprogrammen. Dies sind Fachtexte[i]. Um einen höheren Projektdurchfluss oder erfolgreichere Innovationsprojekte zu erreichen, sind Entscheidungen auf Top-Management-Ebene erforderlich. Diese Management-Zusammenfassung richtet sich an Top-Manager, die nicht alle Details kennen müssen, aber schon ein …

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Process innovations for a quantum leap

With Ian Heptinstall, Menno Graaf, Hugo van Merrienboer en Emmo Meijer. In the comparison between economic sectors, the productivity of the infrastructure sector has been at the bottom of the list for many years. This is not because of a lack of will power. Our calendars are full of meetings where we talk about innovation. …

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How you can boost innovation with FLOW

With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall, Hugo van Merrienboer and Emmo Meijer We now know that project portfolios can be executed >25% faster. All relevant knowled­ge, expe­­­­rien­­ce and examples are available. We will be happy to share them with you.[1] The leap in productivity that can be achieved is desperately needed to bring the energy transition, …

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Fast lanes for all projects

With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall and Emmo Meijer. The starting point of this blog series is that the bottleneck for societal challenges such as the energy transition, climate adaptation and the Dutch Replacement & Renovation Task (V&R) lies in the infrastructure sector. Our objective is that effective solutions become better known and will be adopted …

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Process innovation for harmony + win win win

WA-Harmony-wide-v2

With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall and Emmo Meijer. The Japanese character WA means harmony In our previous blog, we wrote that the critical chain is the longest sequence of tasks in a project which, due to interdependencies, must be performed one after the other. This is by necessity the fastest possible way to carry out …

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You can use the bottleneck to accelerate

You can use the bottleneck in projects to accelerate

With Menno Graaf and Emmo Meijer. Our previous blog concludes that the bottleneck lies in the infrastructure sector where it concerns the total of major societal challenges such as the energy transition, the replacement and renovation of infrastructure, and climate adaptation. We have asked for your feedback and are grateful for your responses. The concern about …

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The bottleneck in the infrastructure sector

Waterbuurt-Amsterdam

With Menno Graaf and Emmo Meijer. De Waterbuurt: a floating neighborhood in Amsterdam God created the earth, but the Dutch created the Netherlands. The Dutch are faced with the historical task of having to deliver another masterpiece. Rijkswaterstaat, provinces, municipalities and private enterprises are working on the replacement and renovation of bridges, viaducts and sluices. …

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The secret of ladders and leaders

Where is the leader

There are many reasons why people should do more to make better use of human ingenuity. Seldom were the challenges to humanity so great: life-threatening heatwaves and flooding related to global warming as well as the need for energy transition, to mention a few, demand the utmost of innovation power. At the same time, economies …

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Never a dull moment in project organisations

How to reduce stress and improve output with Project Portfolio FLOW. People in project organisations never experience a dull moment: Finish dates of projects are uncertain and must again and again be delayedToo many projects compete for attentionCritical input from clients and suppliers is often overdue and repeatedly necessitates rework ‘Never a dull moment’ is …

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