COVID-19 is sending many workers who used to be in the office to Work from Home (WFH) remote situations. Systems that seemed “fine” when working on premise now seem antiquated when workers are remote. Some issues that AJC clients have experienced so far are: getting Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) loaded onto their computers to securely access systems …
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The COVID-19 crisis is at the forefront of everyone’s minds and hearts right now. We are all dealing with the changes the crisis is bringing, both at home and professionally. Our Change Management consultant and ProSci Change Management practitioner, Charae Gibbs, shares ideas for maintaining productivity through virtual teams. We hope these ideas will help you in your organization through …
Businesses often wish to re-evaluate how they perform certain operational activities or workflows. In other words, they wish to perform “Process Improvement.”
The underlying assumption to improving anything, is that you understand how it is being done right now. In a business setting, when there are multiple departments, roles, or even people within a departmental role, all working together to achieve an outcome; it is hard to say that every step of the way is currently understood.
When employees begin to complain that they do not have enough time to get their work done on a daily basis, it can be challenging to know whether this is a true capacity problem, or if it is more of a utilization one. Specifically: Do we need to hire more people, or can we help the …
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Alex Jones, a Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant with over 20 years of Agile and Lean Transformation experience at a large semiconductor manufacturer, recently presented on how companies can use Agile in non-software related applications such as product development, knowledge work, or service related businesses. Here are the take-aways for companies who know something about Agile …
