Get organised. Know who you have where, and what they can do.
Workshops, projects and modelling visualise your people + capabilities, to get better at what you do.
We are trusted by clients like you, to help them focus on just three things - get clear, get organised and get outcomes. That's the shorthand for our three service areas:
Organisations large and small appreciate the practical and no-nonsense approach Applied Wisdom brings to distilling a clear focus for improvement, identifying and planning achievable changes, and delivering meaningful results.
Does your organisation work the way you think it does?
The march of time, the passing of temporary workarounds into 'the way we do things' and the movement and change of people all contribute to operational reality drifting from what we think we have.
If you've ever caught something falling between the gaps of responsibility, or seen an important risk or opportunity missed through a lack of experience, then you've seen a gap in your organisational capability. Organisational capability is quite literally 'the things your people are able to do' - and for such a fundamental thing, it's surprising how many organisations don't have a clear, reliable picture of this.
Applying our super-simple capability model within organisations has helped them "get organised".
It helps spot areas of strength and weakness, target training and recruitment, prepare for systems change, track risks and impacts across departments, and a host of other "people doing things" areas. The model starts really simple and can be extended over time.
Our clients have gained insights in their first workshop session, and after months and years of using the capability model we create together.
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Have you ever muttered "not again", "why does this always take so long", or "this isn't what happened last time"?
Processes - the way we all do things - are needed to let us scale up consistently, but processes can break, or be ignored. Delays can be introduced if people are waiting on others. Data quality issues at the start can create problems later - whether we spot the link or not. Time, money and resources can be wasted be duplication, rework, or emergency fixes.
As part of "get organised", process improvement projects sketch out people, tasks, and the flows of work. Through interviews, workshops or document review, we boil your key processes down to the most vital interactions, decisions and tasks that people do.
Yes, through our engaging approach, we look together for delays, wastage, rework, dependencies, gaps, risks and under-resourcing... We also look for the smart ideas, the from-the-front-line innovation and opportunities from the people at the pointy end of the process - improving processes and your organisational capabilities.
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