Performance Improvement Corporate Turnaround

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 8, 2010

Ring Fence 100 Days: Private Equity Operational Improvement

Many might argue against my claim, but I firmly believe that Private Equity and Leveraged Buyouts add value to the world economy. More and more,

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 5, 2010

When a Private Equity firm considers buying a company, the role Lean Thinking plays depends on the stage of the buyout deal. But, Lean Thinking is

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated June 3, 2010

Having seen and helped various businesses in various industries, I agree with Carl Icahn's assessment on corporate waste. Lean in Private Equity is

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated November 22, 2009

John Kotter makes a good case that urgency is the key ingredient in any organizational transformation. Conversely, the lower the urgency, the higher

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated November 8, 2009

We all love stories. Stories have characters that we relate to or hate, there's drama, heroes and villains, and the best stories stir the emotion.

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated September 28, 2009

Change efforts sometimes fail. Specifically, transformation or Change efforts sometimes fail. Despite the gravity of the crisis, our responses

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated September 3, 2009

I've been part of several turnarounds and have led a few in my short career. One thing that I've learned is this: one cannot underestimate the

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated October 30, 2006

Previously in Part 1 and Part 2, we discussed the possibility of Jack Welch acquiring The Boston Globe. We've discussed several things Jack might do,

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated October 26, 2006

This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Previously in Part 1, we discussed the Profit Tree for