How fast is your business?

May 22, 2008

All managers and leaders constantly talk about how speed to market is one of their most important drivers of success. They typically lament the delays in important projects. Yet when i ask them what is causing thes delays and what they are doing about them so that they don’t happen again they seem to collectively shrug their shoulders.

Why do smart people accept the status quo? Why complain about these seemingly endless blockages but not really want to get to the bottom of them. Perhaps leaders in large companies simply accept that because of size that is the way it has to be.

At The Speed Thinking Zone we are trying a different approach. We are working with Tribe Research and are trying to develop a Speed-t- Market benchmark which employees and managers can complete which will highlight the speed bumps in any organisation. Ideally we can (in the future) compare and contrast similar size organisations and so that we can draw attention to potential problem areas and then develop a plan to address these.

If you would like to be part of this benchmark, please send me an email. We will bring you the initial results soon.

Ken Hudson

kenhudson [at] thespeedthinkingzone [dot] com

Posted by Dr Ken Hudson | Filed Under Speed to Market