Skill of making progress

Recipe for Throughput Success

Throughput is an ideal mode of business behavior. Yet, it can be hard to pin down just how a company can be optimized agility. Follow these rules, and you may find that your company can move at the speed of need:Communicate with the Customer: Constant contact with a customer prevents the dead space that can build when…

Instant Consistency & The Speed of Need

Less than a year after Google presented search-as-you-type, the magicians of Silicon Valley have unveiled the future of internet searching: Google Instant Pages. While a user scans the results of a search, Google algorithms begin to make educated guesses about which result will be clicked and pre-loads those pages. The result is instantaneous gratification, eliminating…

Developing the Culture of Throughput

HSM’s 2011 World Innovation Forum, held earlier this month, focused on creating a culture of innovation. When allowed the time and room to develop new ideas, employees will be motivated to design their own approaches to their work and ultimately make breakthroughs within the company. Creative solutions are made in a business environment that fosters…

Throughput in Haiti

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, the immediate response of the US and other countries was remarkable. The US and others worked quickly to release the logjams keeping ships from docking and planes from landing. Stories of heroic efforts abound; however, how is it, that, despite the best efforts of the US…