A common model used to describe the transition that takes place anytime someone learns and applies a new skill is the four stages of competence. If you’re unfamiliar with the model, I’ll describe it ...

In the broadest sense, operational excellence involves making continuing improvements to a company in order to achieve a competitive advantage. In doing so, companies maximize value for the customer ...

At first glance, the chief information security officer (CISO) and chief operating officer (COO) appear to operate in fundamentally different worlds — perhaps even at odds with one another. While the ...

Generally, as any start-up matures, the people working in it go through a professionalization process. Silicon Valley may be home to companies where jeans and flip-flops are the norm, but Mark ...

Growtth “remains at the very heart of our organizational culture,” says Vicky Jandreau, director of Growtth in North America for Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies. While age 25 is considered young ...

Following part one in this two-part series about operational excellence (OpEx) in the power industry, Hexagon discusses the value of setting milestones to help reach OpEx goals. In addition, the ...

ITC and collaborators restored a mowed turf grass electrical transmission corridor back to a natural prairie in an effort to improve biodiversity and enhance the wildlife habitat. The power grid ...

Michael J. Brough is director of planning and programs for the Washington-based National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. He coordinates the organization’s Standards for Excellence program ...

In the past, health system leaders were almost solely concerned with delivering clinical excellence to patients. Operating efficiency wasn’t as essential to success as it is now — striking the right ...

For the power and utility sector, operational excellence allows every member of a plant to visualize how workflows operate to produce optimal output. Doing so enables all personnel to identify issues ...