When you are faced with many alternatives, it can often be very hard to choose between them. They will be strong on some things and weak on others; but hardly ever the same things. The sort of problem you face when choosing a car or a new staff member for...
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is an important optimising technique that focuses on improving the throughput of work at the (usually) single bottleneck or constraint in the workflow. This Skills Module draws together a number of the 12Faces articles on the subject. One research project demonstrated that 89% of improvement...
You might be inclined to think professionals – doctors, accountants, lawyers – are pretty much the same in quality but that is not the case. Yellow Belt
Five Whys and its sister Five Hows is a brainstorming tool that drives you to the reasons behind something happening when it is not obvious (5 Whys problem solving) or a desired outcome (5 Hows strategy). Yellow Belt article
Adwords for Strategy An alternative and very useful way to use Google AdWords is to test the viability of proposed new business directions on the internet. Properly used, AdWords can bring buyers to test pages where you are testing new products, methods, prices and any other variable that you are uncertain...
Goals for your business are critical, otherwise, how do you know where you are heading? But, if you are not used to setting goals for your business, the first few times can be rather overwhelming. There is a lot of advice on what they should look like. The range of...
Critical Business Financials Explained provides a commentary on Tips that appear in the 12Faces TrendBoard family of analysis tools
The third of our signature 12Faces courses is a Growth Strategy Over One Year. This course builds on the rapid optimisation carried out during the course C2.0 Optimise Your Business Enterprise in 100 Days (Optimise100). This Growth Strategy is designed to work with the various types of enterprise we service: For-profit, Public Sector and NFP. Each of...
Your enterprise may be growing at present. But, you can be certain that innovation and disruption will erode what have been successful services or products. We see this at work all the time. Years ago, videos came on a cassette tape. Then DVD's and now streaming services. Your enterprise will decline without...
This is the 12Faces structured roadmap to growing your business. We use the flywheel to explain the structure of the material. It is one of many possible roadmaps to growth. Use it as a suggestion tool to incorporate into your business planning. Yellow Belt
