Do you know a story from “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” about a man who tries to saw down a tree?
He was working hard for hours but without success. And it was because he did not take a break to sharpen a saw.
What was his reasoning?
“I don’t have time to sharpen the saw. I am too busy sawing.”
How is this story connected with a daily life of BPM practitioners?
Everybody’s talking about the Digital Transformation. But it is not so obvious how to make it happen.
For those of you interested in Digital Transformation I have 2 interesting things: interview with an expert and a survey.
What is your first thought when you hear RPA? Do you think about machines taking our jobs? Or maybe dream how much nicer your life could be if you did not have to do dull and repetitive tasks?
I must admit that not so long ago I thought that RPA is just another hype. But then I decided to learn more about it from the experts and today I am pretty excited about it.
I am happy to share with you guide that will help you successfully implement Robotic Process Automation thanks to the tips from over 30 experts sharing their DO’s and DONT’s.
I am happy to offer you great addition to BPM skills in 2017 post – tips from 5 BPM thought leaders: BJ Biernatowski, Scott Francis, Scott Menter, dr. Tomislav Rozman, and Roger Tregear.
It’s Not Your Daddy’s BPM.
Some of the things we were traditionally doing as BPM practitioners are no longer seen as important. New trends are emerging. Hype level is very high.
Do you want to know which BPM skills will be really useful in 2017?
I do 🙂
To help you focus on relevant things and skip things that will not give results this year I asked some of the best BPM experts in the world two questions:
1. What are the skills and techniques that can help BPM practitioners create value for their organizations in 2017?
2. Which skills are no longer relevant or not practically applicable yet (hype)
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Do you want to learn more about Business Process Management? Below you can find a list of BPM related books that I have read and recommend as well as those that I plan to read.
Did you ever wonder how to convince executives to treat BPM as something more than just one more management method? Or how to make employees care?
Many of my readers asked those questions, so I decided to bring you answers 🙂
One of the main struggles of BPM practitioners is how to make organization care about Business Process Management. How to make sure that people will be interested in models you create? How to get the executive support for the process management initiative and what kind of support is sufficient?
Does it sound interesting? Read on…
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Everybody interested in Customer Experience (CEM) knows the quote about faster horses attributed to Henry Ford. But if asking customers what they want is not sufficient, what should we do instead?
To help you answer this question and show how do the BPM and CEM fit together I invited for an interview Steve Towers.
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The summer holidays are time to slow down a bit and think about what we are doing daily. It also applies to BPM where we often forget about things that really matter.
To give you fresh and common sense approach to BPM I invited for an interview Emiel Kelly.
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