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When I reflect on some of the most foundational and inspirational books I’ve read in my career, one of the most important was a 2002 work called “Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done" by former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy. Today the guidance in this book –...
Many organizations, for-profit and nonprofit alike, remain baffled over how to create the right environment and culture for young professionals. Whether the goal is hiring and retention or attracting new society members at the early stages of their careers, the...
Last week the Washington Business Journal published an article highlighting FiscalNote’s planned acquisition of CQ Roll Call, in which the author insightfully observed “The deal is just the latest example of a young upstart buying a traditional — and often larger...
Hepburn and Tracy. Gin and tonic. Yin and yang. Some pairs are just meant to be, especially when their combination is greater than the sum of their parts. Today, we should be adding “data” and “agile” to this list of inseparable pairs. While these buzzwords are each...
The smart home of today is great. I love being able to shout my commands to hear music or check the news, use my phone to turn on my lights, lawn sprinkler or security system and use my laptop at work to inspect the perimeter of my yard. But living in a smart home can...
Adopting a digital mindset—a note from Mod Op Strategic Consulting’s CEO Adriaan Bouten January 11, 2018 Dear dBrief subscriber, We hope you’ve been enjoying our weekly e-newsletter, which offers original insights from Mod Op Strategic Consulting’s top consultants...
Crosscheck! How to gain altitude in quality through... Adriaan Bouten November 16, 2017 We’ve all heard flight attendants say “crosscheck” to each other just before take-off. Pilots and flight crew use that word to indicate that one person has verified the task of...
Services-sector automation: The path to 2030 Adriaan Bouten September 28, 2017 Automation has made a lot of progress, in the physical world with robotics as well as more recently in the virtual world of the services professions and industries. There are a lot of...
Two major digital trends in the workplace are changing the way we work, and enabling the millennial workforce in ways we have never seen before. The first trend is what I call the “app-itization” of the tools and platforms we all use, including SaaS solutions. The...
Cloud-based tools 2.0: My wish list Adriaan Bouten May 18, 2017 As I wrote in an earlier blog post , the Mod Op Strategic Consulting office is essentially an entirely outsourced digital workspace. We use cloud-based apps to manage practically everything, including...