http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:17:14 -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/D81AAC3D%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C570415CAA3F11C As we analyze our Execution Premium Community (XPC) site traffic from this past year we clearly see initiative management take the top spot. Strategy review meetings, leadership facilitation, measurement, and making strategy personal all sit as hot t... [more] Balanced Scorecard ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Initiative Management Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:23:00 -0500 entryId=D81AAC3D-C298-FFB0-0C570415CAA3F11C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B57422BC%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D00E325494C1FA9C6 ESM5.5, a minor point release is in final beta testing and available at http://beta.executivestrategymanager.com. We plan to go live with this release next week. More details on it are below. Feel free to use the beta site to do your work. It... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Software as a Service Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:48:00 -0500 entryId=B57422BC-C298-FFB0-00E325494C1FA9C6/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/47BD7AA0%2DC297%2D0424%2DBD8C4BFC951F1CD1 Organizations, in each of their many dimensions, are fascinating to explore. One of my favorite subject matter experts, Gary Cokins, notes: “[J]ust like our grandmothers each had their own recipe for a holiday fruit cake, organizations are conc... [more] Client Success ESM Development Team ESM General Information Software as a Service Tue, 31 May 2011 16:23:00 -0500 entryId=47BD7AA0-C297-0424-BD8C4BFC951F1CD1/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/A4334C6B%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B72627467BB94A0 In this month’s edition of the Balanced Scorecard Report, Cassandra Frangos’s article, “How to Embed Innovation into Your Organizational Culture,” hit home.  As a member of the Executive Strategy Manager (ESM) team, we ar... [more] ESM Development Team Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:08:00 -0500 entryId=A4334C6B-C298-FFB0-0B72627467BB94A0/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/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/275A92BB%2DD634%2DFB3D%2DC06E8999445856A1 If you have yet to decide on a software application to help you manage your strategy, we've compiled over a hundred functionality requirements you should consider when evaluating solutions. [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features Software as a Service Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:06:00 -0500 entryId=275A92BB-D634-FB3D-C06E8999445856A1/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/92E9B3C9%2DC5E4%2D38C0%2DC07994F3B82E1307 For nearly two years now the ESM team has leveraged Akamai's Edge platform to accelerate the speed of the ESM to your organization. I like to describe it as "turning country roads into private highways for the ESM." [more] ESM Development Team Software as a Service Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:07:00 -0500 entryId=92E9B3C9-C5E4-38C0-C07994F3B82E1307/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/63A94F82%2DAC73%2D7AF2%2D84A2F1E7B23C5CCA ESM 5.0 is set to release to all ESM clients on April 27th, 2009. This version represents enhancements compiled from 10 years of end-user feedback, which has created our most user-friendly ESM ever. The latest version of the ESM also offers increas... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features Software as a Service Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:49:00 -0500 entryId=63A94F82-AC73-7AF2-84A2F1E7B23C5CCA/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/A50EB21E%2DCC82%2DF461%2D338F8A007DED5198 The Executive Strategy Manager is pleased to announce the release of its beta version on March 16th, 2009. On this date we will begin a limited release of the latest version of our application to selected organizations. This time will allow for an ... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:32:00 -0500 entryId=A50EB21E-CC82-F461-338F8A007DED5198/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B06EFCE8%2DE4CF%2D2485%2DE05F933B72283CB3 The ESM team is pleased to officially announce the forthcoming ESM 5.0 Beta release in Q1 2009. Thank you to all the past and present clients over the past 8 years for your feedback on how to make the ESM as user friendly and effective as a meeting ... [more] Client Success ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:23:00 -0500 entryId=B06EFCE8-E4CF-2485-E05F933B72283CB3/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/1FFBDD0C%2DD74B%2D9820%2D2CFB69E5A7A68F34 The ESM is the only application that has the core meeting view interface to present the right level of strategic information to leadership. At the end of the day effective strategic decision making is at the heart of what organizations are trying to... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:45:00 -0500 entryId=1FFBDD0C-D74B-9820-2CFB69E5A7A68F34/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/BF68FA97%2DE54C%2DA0F2%2D8AE7F2B056014B5C The ESM team is working hard to make best practice guidance, advice, and training available to ESM users right in the ESM application. [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:55:00 -0500 entryId=BF68FA97-E54C-A0F2-8AE7F2B056014B5C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/A3932812%2D9FE3%2D2024%2DBCFB5663779045B1 Performance is big to us. We're constantly striving to enhance the performance of the application in any way that we can, because we know how frustrating it can be trying to use a slow website. That's why we were so excited to finally be perusing a... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Software as a Service Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:51:00 -0500 entryId=A3932812-9FE3-2024-BCFB5663779045B1/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/2D81360D%2DE691%2DA1C8%2D04E7F863B0D7E68C The ESM has completed the much anticipated partnership with Akamai Technologies to provide a truly global acceleration of the ESM. Over the next few days we anticipate a 50 -80% or greater speed improvement of the ESM suite of tools, allowing us to r... ESM Development Team ESM General Information Software as a Service Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:10:00 -0500 entryId=2D81360D-E691-A1C8-04E7F863B0D7E68C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B08BE219%2DB3A0%2D6774%2DF595413B438BFC5E The Executive Strategy Manager will soon be home to a completely refreshed list of objectives and measures from which our users will be able to sort by both perspective and industry (and sometimes function) to get a list of potentials for their own s... [more] Balanced Scorecard ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:39:00 -0500 entryId=B08BE219-B3A0-6774-F595413B438BFC5E/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/00B96B24%2D0088%2D8708%2D346FAB44C9797333 I've recently returned from my 5th trip to a new client to help roll out a massive cascaded BSC project. As a billion-dollar entertainment empire, they've got stores, restaurants, hotels, and casinos. Being just your run-of-the-mill developer, I do... [more] Balanced Scorecard Client Success ESM Development Team ESM Features Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:13:00 -0500 entryId=00B96B24-0088-8708-346FAB44C9797333/EVT/blog/showEntry/