Since 2015, evidence based policymaking (EBP) has become a key focus for many UK government bodies, where researchers are being tasked with helping to bridge the evidence-policy gap. In...
- Dec 19, 2017
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- Lavery McGlynn
Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography; “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” He gives credit to Benjamin Disraeli for the insight, so I’ll credit...
- Nov 20, 2017
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- Lavery McGlynn
By Louise at Adura Strategy Leaders seem to invest an inordinate amount of time in developing strategy and plans, but neglect to provide a systematic approach and direction for...
- Oct 11, 2017
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- Lavery McGlynn
To make a measurable impact, Executives need to master evidence-based leadership. Create a high-performance culture, and measurable success by ensuring that your leaders know how strategy impacts their organisation’s...
- Jul 11, 2017
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- Lavery McGlynn
Not all goals are easy to measure. In a world where customer satisfaction, employee engagement and customer loyalty are becoming increasingly important measures of business success how do you...
- May 04, 2017
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- Lavery McGlynn
Strategy execution more often than not feels like work, rather than true execution. Sometimes it feels like rework, when we keep redesigning it. Other times it feels like guesswork,...
- Mar 16, 2017
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- Lavery McGlynn
I fundamentally disagree that we should be striving to hit our targets each month (or whatever frequency we measure at). Natural variability guarantees it’s purely a fluke if we...
- Nov 30, 2016
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- Lavery McGlynn
In short, Strategic Management is practiced by the most successful organisations in the world. It’s how they set and achieve their goals. Strategic Management is a continuous process. An...
- Sep 14, 2016
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- Lavery McGlynn
In my last few articles, I’ve talked a lot about the use of PuMP as a methodology for designing meaningful measures for change projects. This brings me to another...
- Aug 25, 2016
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- Lavery McGlynn
Everyone loves a ‘strategy’ day – discussing ideas animatedly; writing on whiteboards and post-its; and making a fantastic plan for the year ahead. The problem comes once the dust...
- Jul 14, 2016
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- Lavery McGlynn