The idea of my newest book "Be Fast Or Be gone" came to me while working on a contribution for my blog "The Point". I have posted a number of contributions talking about the reasons why Critical Chain is a very effective approach. I explained how it … [Continue reading]
The Myth About Multitasking
To make it short: Humans are not good at multitasking. Yet, knowledge workers in Corporate America are being asked to do exactly that. They are being expected to stay on top of incoming email exceeding easily hundred, in some cases hundreds a day. … [Continue reading]
Lilly’s CEO Lechleiter on Critical Chain
In a recent Business Week article Lilly's CEO Lechleiter outlined his strategy to deal with business challenges his company is facing: "Lilly stands to lose $10 billion in annual revenues between now and the end of 2016—almost half its 2009 sales—as … [Continue reading]
Strategic Project Management
Project management is the process of getting an initiative from point A to point B within scope, budget and time. Project Management is about execution. It's the science and art of getting things done. One would think that as companies are getting … [Continue reading]
Impact of Critical Chain in Drug Development at Eli Lilly
It is rare to get portfolio level data on the impact of Critical Chain. Steven Paul, PhD, President of Lilly Reseach Laboratories, outlines in an Interview with PharmExec the three pillars of Lilly's business strategy. The first one is the global of … [Continue reading]