 | Strategy Engagement MatrixThe Strategy Engagement Matrix is the most powerful tool in existence for developing and engaging your people in a winning strategy – – – – … Read more |
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 | Using Blob Trees to Assess Mood and ReactionsBlob Trees are an excellent inexpensive resource for assessing the mood of a group either at the start of the meeting, or at various points … Read more |
 | Meeting Tool SelectionThere is a wide range of meeting tools available, which support the achievement of a host of different purposes within a meeting. So much so, … Read more |
 | Using Participative Collaboration Techniques in Virtual WhiteboardsThe key to effective participation and engagement in virtual environments is to use tools where everyone can contribute equally and concurrently. The tools offered in … Read more |
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| Conceptboard FamiliarisationFor general guidance on Whiteboards, please see our post: Using Participative Collaboration Techniques in Virtual Whiteboards There are loads of virtual whiteboards out there, all with … Read more |
 | Action Planning SheetThe Action Planning sheet is a tool for thinking through actions in respect of ensuring they will be effectively implemented. It is particularly useful where … Read more |
 | Honeycomb DiagramThe honeycomb diagram is essentially a tree diagram laid out in a more graphically attractive manner. This can be helpful in gaining a better psychological … Read more |
 | Solution Effect DiagramThe Solution Effect Diagram is a very useful variation of the Ishikawa diagram. It is used for exploring the potential implications to an intended change (sometimes … Read more |
 | Conducting a Pre-MortemWhat is a Pre-Mortem? Courtesy Matt Byrom, Siemens plc In conventional project management, when you undertake a risk assessment, people are asked to say what … Read more |
 | The $500 betThis particular exercise is based on the results of a survey undertaken by a consulting organisation of failed and delayed projects. In their interviews of the … Read more |
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| Sources of meeting tools and techniquesGiven the literally hundreds (perhaps even thousands) of meeting tools and techniques that exist in the public domain, and the ease (by means of the … Read more |
 | How to Build a Better BusinessHow to Build a Better Business is an e-book. It contains straightforward guidance on how to use QFD to design and manage your organisation, and … Read more |
 | Pictorial VisioningUsing visual images to work with our hopes for the future can prove very motivational – – – – – – – – – – … Read more |
 | Why-How ChartingWhy-How charting is a means of thoroughly exploring the logic of how an entity works, and why it does what it is endeavouring to do. The … Read more |
 | Activity Network DiagramThe Activity Network Diagram is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. |
 | Tree DiagramThe Tree Diagram is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. The Tree Diagram is a tool to explore exactly what needs to be done … Read more |
 | Process Decision Programme ChartThe Process Decision Programme Chart (PDPC) is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. The Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) Is very similar in many … Read more |
 | Interrelationship DigraphThe Interrelationship Digraph is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. It is frequently used to further explore the groups that develop out of the affinity … Read more |
 | Maturity ModelsMaturity Models are useful devices for building ownership for improvement within a viable strategy of overall change. They basically consist of a number of dimensions … Read more |
 | Reframing MatrixThe Reframing Matrix is a technique for looking at the problem from different perspectives (planning, product, people and potential, rather than the more abstract perspectives … Read more |