sean f burns
McKinsey & Company
Where’s the right place to start change?
In the various roles I hold I’m responsible for a lot of change. A recent McKinsey article suggests focusing efforts on the most connected employees to help generate momentum and accelerate impact. All the planning in the world won’t make change happen if the people don’t want to change. A problem many organisations run into … Continue reading
The Ultimate Challenge: Conquering Bureaucracy
There’s a great contest on at the moment running in conjunction with McKinsey and the Harvard Business Review. The aim is to discover how organizations are overcoming and conquering bureaucracy. In my humble opinion, there is no sector more in need of this cause than the wider public sector. Increasingly, the free market ensures most … Continue reading
Capturing Value & Impact with “Big Data”
This morning on my way into work I was listening to a McKinsey podcast on public and private sector opportunities to capture the future value of Big data. I’m guilty of knowing about a growing mountain of data out there but never having done enough to understand what value it will offer, or how it … Continue reading
Nudging the world toward smarter public policy: Richard Thaler
A recent interesting McKinsey interview with behavioral scientist Richard Thaler takes a look at moving towards smarter public policy. While the article takes a closer look at data policy, there is an underlying theme of achieving a more transparent environment and how a change towards that state can happen. The Quarterly: What is the core … Continue reading
Reinventing Brainstorming – McKinsey Quarterly
Despite a growing number of posts out there damning McKinsey consulting this month, a recent McKinsey Quarterly article speaks to the belief that organizations run on good ideas and makes a number of positive suggestions to improve that position. While traditional brainstorming lacks insight and productivity, by leveraging the way people think and work while … Continue reading
What successful transformations share
A recent McKinsey global survey looks at the common themes in successful transformations. Transformations inherently mean change, and best practice (based on my experience) means “the people” should be a center focus for any change. Transformation as a concept can be used for large-scale change, dramatically improving performance, cutting costs, and recovering from a crisis. … Continue reading
