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Kim Parker

1 month, 15 days ago

Governance and Self Interest

by Kim Parker

I recently read an article in the Australian Financial Review. It suggested that there is a split in one of the Australian political parties. The rationale given was that  a decision made by leadership could jeopardise future elections. This read to … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Decision making, Governance, principlesTags #eavoices
5 months, 15 days ago

Abandoning Change for Change’s Sake

by Kim Parker

Change as previously stated is inevitable. How it manifests itself can bee seen as being either good or bad. Businesses do have a choice which. Any change will impact the business in some degree. Multiple changes will have multiple impacts … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Business Change, Business Impact, Change ManagementTags #eavoices
5 months, 16 days ago

Intentions, Actions and Business Outcomes

by Kim Parker

The aphorism “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” is particularly apt when looking at businesses or governments that aren’t doing as well as they should. Intending to do something is not the same as actually doing it. … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Benefits, Business Actions, Business Outcomes, Decision making, success criteriaTags #eavoices
5 months, 18 days ago

Framing Decisions in Business

by Kim Parker

Change is inevitable. Every business enterprise whether private, government or ‘not for profit will be subject to some sort of change. How they respond will influence if the the outcome is positive or negative. Change can be driven by many … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, AGA, APQC, Business Change, Enterprise Architecture, Frameworks, Maturity, SFIA, togafTags #eavoices, feaf
11 months, 17 days ago

Where is the vision and the good decisions supporting it?

by Kim Parker

What has happened to the practice of having a vision, determining goals and objectives, defining a need, establishing benefits then making good decisions. Recently an email sent by the Australian Prime Minister indicated that expenditure on education in Australia would … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Decision makingTags #eavoices, vision
1 year, 5 months ago

Wishful thinking – the antithesis of good management.

by Kim Parker

Poor decisions with poor outcomes are common when a business engages in ‘wishful thinking’. Agreeing to pursue a course of action because of what the decision maker wants to occur is not always wise. Ignoring drivers, constraints and capabilities when focused on a … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, business management, Decision makingTags #eavoices
1 year, 7 months ago

You can’t have it all!

by Kim Parker

Achieving an acceptable outcome from any initiative within a business is fraught with obstacles. Achieving an acceptable balance between the dimensions (below) is essential when establishing a plan to execute. Scope: What does the initiative cover; what are its requirements; … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, compromise, Cost, planning, qualityTags #eavoices, scope, time
1 year, 11 months ago

Skills, Knowledge and Experience.

by Kim Parker

How often do we use the terms skills and knowledge interchangeably and/or erroneously? Knowledge is information acquired through our experiences and the use of various sensory inputs. These include reading, watching, listening, touching, smelling. Knowledge refers to degree of familiarity … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, experience, knowledge, skills, trainingTags #eavoices
1 year, 11 months ago

Building Capability

by Kim Parker

  Business Capabilities do not stand by themselves. They have both inputs and outputs and have explicitly defined service expectations. They may be hierarchical with established dependencies or inter-dependencies. Business Capabilities are the fundamental components that provide an organisation’s capacity … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Business Capability, Capability Maturity Cycle, Capability ModelTags #eavoices
2 years, 11 days ago

Aligning Strategy to Vision

by Kim Parker

Having a vision statement is essential for an organisation to know ‘why’ it is doing what it is doing. A vision statement supports the rationale for why an organisation exists. It provides both guidance and a means to assess the … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Business Alignment, Business Strategy, Business Vision, Strategic PlanTags #eavoices
2 years, 12 days ago

Ability, Capability, Capacity and Competence

by Kim Parker

Organisations often promote themselves by expounding on their capability to deliver goods and services to particular market segments. Organisational capability is only one side of a many sided coin. In an individual it is accepted that an ability is the … Continue reading →

Categories #eavoices, Abitity, Business Capability, capability, Capacity, competenceTags #eavoices
2 years, 13 days ago

Understanding Business Drivers

by Kim Parker

All organisations, whether large all small, are influenced by both internal and external drivers. How the organisation responds to them can affect its overall success. The following only touches some of the generic drivers that an organisation is likely to … Continue reading →

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