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Welcome to our "new format" news round-up for November.
In this issue we explore the link between change management and Six Sigma while our guest writer, Dave Goldberg of the Creativity Cooker, considers the importance of creativity in relation to our PCI methodology. We also showcase our newly launched PCI tools demo and summarise our upcoming FREE webinars and what's new on the Changefirst blog.
Change Management and Six Sigma
Exploring the link between them
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Where to start our analysis? Let's begin with some consideration of what 6 Sigma is about. It's about getting cost saving through efficiencies - whether it's through customer satisfaction, business standardisation or getting the metrics and measurement right - it's about chasing the big cost savings benchmarks. For example GE saved $2 billion in 1999 and $3 billion two years later from some 6,000 6 Sigma projects.
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Guest article: PCI and Innovation
The importance of PCI in innovation and creativity
Successful innovation in organisations is often based around Point C Creativity - helping people to break out of their normal, straight-line thinking to find new approaches and fresh ideas. Most people, teams and organisations are really good at thinking in straight lines - analysing data, using logic, critical thinking and drawing conclusions - after all, this is what has usually brought them success in the past.
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PCI tools demo now live
Try our Adapter Readiness Assessment (ARA) tool
Try our Adapter Readiness Assessment (ARA) tool Online tools are a feature of our everyday work and now personal lives and are increasingly becoming an essential part of helping us function. There is real value in having on-demand change management tools that are available at your fingertips just when you need them. You
can now try our our Adapter Readiness Assessment (ARA) tool on the Changefirst website.
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FREE webinar series from Changefirst
Latest webinar dates
Changefirst runs regular webinars on Changefirst related and other topics. See the most
recent schedule below for information (all times GMT):
Introduction to PCI
What is PCI? What are the benefits? How to apply it?
- Tuesday 1st December @15.00
- Tuesday 15th December @10.00
PCI Online
Getting started, improving change planning and tracking, integrating.
- Tuesday 8th December @10.00
Click here to register via the
contact page - stating which webinar/date/time you wish to attend.
Latest Changefirst blog posts
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Practitioner Community Online
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