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Observations: Omnichannel Inventory Improvement

I was visiting a big box retailer with my daughter to purchase a new board game. The company is publicly traded with a large, multi-billion-dollars market capitalization. We had checked online and they were supposed to have the game in stock, but we could not find it. After a while, we asked for help and

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Three Core Constraints of Project Management

Three must-know core constraints control project management success. We review them here, along with their impacts. What are project management constraints? In all projects, there are three separate, but correlated, controls, which, when breached, affect one, or both, of the remaining controls. In those cases, either the variance within the first breached control is corrected

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7 Rules to Effective Business Meetings

Effective business meetings will allow you to optimize your productivity and that of your colleagues and improve the quality and timing of the group’s decisions. Following basic meeting rules will significantly improve meeting performance, yes, performance. Focus, candor, respect, discipline, and communications are the key ingredients. Let’s review these seven rules: 1. Schedule meetings only

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Always Done It This Way…

Sometimes, simple answers reveal deeper problems. How often have you asked someone why they do a task a certain way and heard:“That’s just how we’ve always done it.” It’s a familiar reply. It’s also a red flag. On the surface, it sounds harmless, maybe even reasonable. But beneath it often lies circular thinking, passive execution,

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Why Ask Why

“Why are we doing this?” It’s a small question, but one I’ve returned to constantly. In boardrooms, in backlogs, in strategy decks and stand-ups, it’s the question that has clarified more confusion than any framework or KPI ever could. I’ve used it throughout my career not to obstruct momentum, but to ensure we’re doing the

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