Seek value, not quantity

For my Quality Management course at the university, the professor used a restaurant’s business model to explain the concept of value stream mapping. According to him, value for the customer would come from reduction in the overall cycle time - From the time the order is placed to the time the customer gets the [...]

Customer service

Joel Spoelsky has an excellent post on customer service

I would add two more things to the list

If you are going to do something in the name of customer service - then mean it
A colleague bought Tesco’s 200 g of roasted peanuts that supposedly contained only 150 calories. Its this new fad amongst superstores to write [...]

Take the agility test

Michael Hugos has come up with an agility test for the IT executive.
Take it. Get your clients and colleagues to take it. Compare notes. Learnt anything new ?