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1) Book review - Mastering Your Organisation's Processes
2) Book-reading tip
3) On creativity
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This book is sub-titled "A Plain Guide to Business Process
Management" and is aimed at senior non-technical managers within an
organisation who are planning to introduce a system to automate and
manage their business processes. Although the subtitle is correct -
it is plain-speaking - it is not "plain-thinking", as the topics
covered are challenging and wide-ranging; for example, the management
of divergent viewpoints and the consideration of differing
organisational models and cultural forces. Read more.
I read a couple of technical books a month on average - some of the
results can be seen the our "book review" and "on the bookshelf"
resource pages. I often find going myself going back to a book to
look up a piece of information, only to find that I have forgotten
which part of the book the information came from. To cure this
problem, I note down the most useful points on a Post-it note which I
leave stuck on the first page, inside the cover. The next time I pick
up the book, all the key points are to hand.
Writing about Post-its reminds me of the story of their discovery at
the 3M company. The adhesive was invented nearly fifty years ago but
then languished in the company's achieve as no-one could think of an
application for it. Many years later, another 3M employee wondered
whether there was anything in his company's archive that could
prevent the scraps of paper falling from his hymn-book
when he was singing in the choir...
Often the creative link that solves a problem is made by an independent viewpoint - why not contact us to see how we can help with your business problems?
Have a good month,
Kind regards,
Marcus Price
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