http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:07:20 -0500 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0500 MachBlog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss esm@thepalladiumgroup.com cfunk@thepalladiumgroup.com;mpurrington@thepalladiumgroup.com http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D890B59B%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0AD732F39E7B9D25 The development team is putting the finishing touches on by far the largest iteration of the ESM6 build, measures. Pure agile gurus would have encouraged us to break this iteration up into 8 separate iterations given its size but because of our ... [more] Balanced Scorecard Competitive Advantage ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Operational Reporting Reporting Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0500 entryId=D890B59B-C298-FFB0-0AD732F39E7B9D25/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D82CDECD%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B5F133111B2B30A Imagine your strategic elements (themes, objectives, measures, driver measures, initiatives, initiative KPIs, and milestones) as an alignment “web” or “family tree” through which there are causal relationships. While some... [more] Balanced Scorecard Competitive Advantage ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Initiative Management Operational Reporting Reporting Sustainability Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:44:00 -0500 entryId=D82CDECD-C298-FFB0-0B5F133111B2B30A/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/452A0961%2DC297%2D0424%2DB0DE4ACD55E05F18 Now that the Execution Premium book by Drs. Kaplan and Norton has been out in the market for a number of years, let's take a look at the benefits that can be realized through the XPP implementation in your organizaiton. Let's take it a couple stages... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Initiative Management Innovation Operational Reporting Personal Balanced Scorecard Reporting Risk Management Software as a Service Strategy Maps Sustainability Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:25:00 -0500 entryId=452A0961-C297-0424-B0DE4ACD55E05F18/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/214CEB1F%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0CAC34280B92EF8B Now that the Execution Premium book by Drs. Kaplan and Norton has been out in the market for a number of years, let's take a look at the benefits that can be realized through the XPP implementation in your organizaiton.  Let's take it a couple s... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage ESM Features Initiative Management Innovation Operational Reporting Personal Balanced Scorecard Reporting Strategy Maps Sustainability Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:19:00 -0500 entryId=214CEB1F-C298-FFB0-0CAC34280B92EF8B/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/7107AAAC%2DC297%2D0424%2DB32391C0575FBA16 For those of us who have participated in the scorecard creation process know that measures creation is both an art and science.  Arriving at the right measure(s) for an objective is not an easy process once you get out of the financial perspecti... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Operational Reporting Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:46:00 -0500 entryId=7107AAAC-C297-0424-B32391C0575FBA16/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/A7939169%2D937E%2DD665%2DB7115952A36F1445 The ESM team is hard at work innovating, designing and building ESM 6. This effort began in February 2010 and will continue through to Beta launch in early 2012. Through our recent surveys, direct client requests, and guidance from Drs... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Initiative Management Operational Reporting Personal Balanced Scorecard Reporting Risk Management Software as a Service Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:47:00 -0500 entryId=A7939169-937E-D665-B7115952A36F1445/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/680CAA57%2DBC2B%2DDDB8%2D3CB9F5FCB8C6D7CD Palladium’s research also involved surveying 101 organizations representing a wide range of industries in order to explore the relationship between their management practices and the performance results they have achieved. Among our most import... [more] Business Leadership Competitive Advantage ESM Tips and Tricks Operational Reporting Reporting Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:43:00 -0500 entryId=680CAA57-BC2B-DDB8-3CB9F5FCB8C6D7CD/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/FAD3FE5D%2DD837%2D8DA7%2D166C5E7CA737AF5C I just came across an excellent account of the Balanced Scorecard effort undergone at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In this paper, BSC champion and strategy director, Alasdair Macnab, along with Chris Carr and Falconer Michell from Univers... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Initiative Management Operational Reporting Reporting Risk Management Software as a Service Strategy Maps Sustainability Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:43:00 -0500 entryId=FAD3FE5D-D837-8DA7-166C5E7CA737AF5C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/C64DC456%2D956A%2D1D14%2D3BAA78EE5E9DC318 Industry giant Microsoft's Word application has created headaches for software developers seeking integration since its creation. The code used to write the immensely popular Word has a very complex base, and since other applications need to communi... [more] ESM Tips and Tricks Operational Reporting Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:28:00 -0500 entryId=C64DC456-956A-1D14-3BAA78EE5E9DC318/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/1DCA23F1%2DA9CF%2D5133%2DDA68ECB634B8F70E Bob Kaplan recently posted a noteworthy Blog on Harvard Business School Publishing's web site around measuring your company's strategic risk. His premise is that many of the recently failed institutions had a focus on short term results and not long... [more] Balanced Scorecard Operational Reporting Sustainability Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:05:00 -0500 entryId=1DCA23F1-A9CF-5133-DA68ECB634B8F70E/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D5E9E8FD%2DC295%2D60CF%2D54CE4168A1D7733E Strategic Risk Management (SRM) is the key to an integrated risk management approach which Professor Mark Frigo discusses in his most recent article, "Strategic Risk Management: The New Core Competency." Professor Frigo sees the lagging development ... [more] Balanced Scorecard Competitive Advantage Decision Making Initiative Management Operational Reporting Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:22:00 -0500 entryId=D5E9E8FD-C295-60CF-54CE4168A1D7733E/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/46BC51B8%2DFBEF%2DDCE6%2D9013BD39B8B62F1D Companies have become overly reliant on Business Intelligence to focus decision making on results. While the reporting, query, and analytical tools are important to the success of a business, an accumulation can bog down the decision making process.... [more] Business Leadership Decision Making Operational Reporting Reporting Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:51:00 -0500 entryId=46BC51B8-FBEF-DCE6-9013BD39B8B62F1D/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/0AE97378%2DE4CA%2DD69B%2D8C56896F625D9ABD To follow up on Kent's recent post, I'd like to remove my "Strategic Hat" for a few moments, and dive into the more uncharted territory (for me) of operational management. Historically, most organizations managed their strategic and business require... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Decision Making Operational Reporting Reporting Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:00:00 -0500 entryId=0AE97378-E4CA-D69B-8C56896F625D9ABD/EVT/blog/showEntry/