Much has been written about the importance of not just IQ but EQ, Emotional Intelligence. (Daniel Goleman explains EQ in this video.) We now know that there are different forms of human intelligence and all of us have them to differing degrees. Why isn’t everyone an entrepreneur? Anyone can go and register a company, but […]
Addressing Fear and Vision Simultaneously in a Practical Way
In all our human activities, we are influenced by two “drivers”: one is connected with fear (control, limitation) and one with desire (vision, growth, expansion). That’s the way we are wired as humans. In a moment of crisis, it is natural that fear is very present, but no organization can afford to focus on […]
Out of the Crisis
This week, the Intelligent Management team is in Italy for week 4 of total lockdown. We hope that all our subscribers and readers and their families are safe and healthy and have the opportunity to practice the social and physical distancing that is gradually producing its first results in Italy. May we all emerge from […]
A Practical Process for Working Remotely in a Team from the Theory of Constraints
Over the last three weeks of lockdown in Italy, the team at Intelligent Management has been working intensively with clients and partners remotely. We have been able to switch from working onsite to working remotely with great ease thanks to years of consolidated practice using the Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints. People always […]
COVID-19 and the Theory of Constraints
Our lives have changed drastically in a matter of days. It is a surreal experience. The European base for Intelligent Management is in a picturesque location in Italy that should be teeming with early spring tourists. Instead, a few straggling residents are out buying necessities or medicine. Inside the pharmacy, customers keep their distance and the […]
How Coronavirus in Italy Revealed a Digital Business Innovation Success
The Intelligent Management team is currently in northern Italy where the Coronavirus has created unprecedented levels of disruption to daily life and to businesses and the economy at large. The extraordinary circumstances, however, have also highlighted the unique advantages of a solution developed by one of our oldest clients and dear friends at Hyphen-Italia, a […]
The Theory of Constraints and Reaching New Heights
It’s complicated to shift our perception and the way we think if we live in a culture out of synch with what we are trying to achieve. That’s because we all live within networks of conversations that inevitably influence how we see the world. We are all ultimately free to choose our own path, but […]
Why Your Pricing Strategy is Losing You Business
A company in the furniture business lost a good repeat customer a few months back. They were devastated because they were already selling considerably less than previous years. Their customer wanted to a pay a price for their product that, according to traditional cost accounting, was not a price that allowed them to make any […]
Ten Steps To Transform Your Enterprise from Fragmented into a Whole System
In our last post we made a bold statement: Many companies could probably achieve ten times what they are achieving with the competencies and resources they currently have available. So why don’t they? It’s all connected with the way we think about what a company is and how it should be designed and operated to be most […]
Why Your Functional Hierarchy Is Stifling Your Results
We’re in week two of the course we were invited by the University of Venice to design and deliver for businesses so they can manage complexity. To survive and thrive in our new reality dominated by complexity, companies need to adopt a systemic perspective and a systemic way of operating. So it was satisfying to […]