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Information architecture presumes to serve the needs and address the challenges of business. We recognise that conventional wisdom speaks of the need for a cohesive strategy to develop the information capabilities of the organisation such that business information is available as-, when- and in the mode required by the business.

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Kehl Petersen

Practice Lead, Innovation and Change

Back to Business, the Old Fashioned Way

by Jame Healy

Regardless of when and how the current economic “contraction” reverses itself, I think we can agree that the face of business as we know it is going to change… at least I’m hoping it does. I remember in the late 90’s, when I was an analyst for a venture capital firm, the number of “pimply-faced" self-styled entrepreneurs that woul...

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Rick Ikebuchi

Senior Consultant

Rick’s education and training is in industrial engineering, but he is also a certified facilitator in change process management.

Richard Goossen speaks on Harnessing the Power of the Crowd

March 10, 2010

Trust is a key organisational capability

by April Facey

An organisation in which people trust each other, and which generates trust from customers, has a competitive advantage. Trust will attract the best people, inspire customer loyalty, and provide better, more innovative products and services. A trusting partner relationship results in partner confidence in the reliability of the company, its employe...

Strengthening Competitive Advantage Through Enhanced Cultural Engagement Capabilities

by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D.

Particularly in a “flat world” companies that are culturally nimble will be able to seize opportunities prior to their competitors (Thomas Friedman). The Balanced Scorecard system is a means of identifying cultural capabilities that can factor into the competitive advantage of an organization. A key is to align culture capabilities with the...

CSR as Competitive Advantage

by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D.

A key to sustainable competitive advantage is to link CSR to the strengths of the business. Michael Porter and Mark Kramer state in Harvard Business Review that if “corporations were to analyze their prospects for social responsibility using the same frameworks that guide their core business choices, they would discover that CSR can be much m...

Beyond the Option of CSR

by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D.

The Economist noted last year that, “Company after company has been shaken into adopting a CSR policy: It is almost unthinkable for a big global corporation to be without one.” (Jan 17, 2008)

Building Cultural Engagement Capabilities – Balanced Scorecard

by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D.

Strategy is, of course, determined by working with the strengths of a company and working around it present weaknesses. An organization that has a high level of cultural capabilities will be able to deploy a wider range of strategies to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace

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Kehl Petersen

Practice Lead, Innovation and Change

Rick Ikebuchi

Senior Consultant

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