Research

Major change delivering on the original intents
A research report by Corven Consulting
"The most commonly quoted reasons for failure in change programmes are resistance and lack of commitment by employees."
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Using performance measurement to improve business operations
A research report by Corven Consulting
"Leading companies are spending time, effort and money on addressing performance measurement because they recognise that it can make a big difference to company performance."
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Green Lean - Delivering extraordinary results by combining your
environmental and business initiatives
A research report by Corven Consulting
"Eliminating waste, reducing the environmental footprint of the business can cut costs, increase profit, engage staff and make the company better prepared for the future."
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Harnessing the potential of your people
Is your talent wide awake?
"Can you afford to be losing a significant percentage of your organisation's potential every year through the under-performance of your people?"
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Managing risk means managing culture
A research survey report from Corven Consulting
“How can companies that work so hard to embed safety still have major incidents?”
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Field Force Operations for the 21st Century
Field force operations remain one of the key areas of transformation still untapped by many utilities and one of the key areas they can drive value from over the coming years.
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Change through engagement
A research survey report from Corven Consulting
"At least 80 per cent of change initiatives fail to deliver their anticipated value and employee productivity can fall by between 25 and 50 per cent during large-scale change."
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Open Innovation in Action: How to be strategic in the search for new sources of value by Andrew Gaule: Open innovation is fast-becoming the preferred model for new product and service development at leading organisations. This book explains what open innovation is, and why it is relevant to your organisation.
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Innovation Stress Points - identifying and overcoming the barriers to creating strategic value
A research report from H-I Network
This report will alert you to the stress points that you are likely to encounter in your innovation programme, and help you to mitigate their effects or avoid them altogether. It is divided into five sections, each one focussing on a stage of the typical innovation process.
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Winning Ideas For Strategic Growth And Venturing - Ready To Roll:
A research report from H-I Network
This new report looks at why managers often find it difficult to grow significant new businesses and why other companies succeed. The report builds on a research project undertaken by Andrew Campbell and Robert Park of Ashridge Strategic Management Centre.
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Innovation Performance Measurement - Striking The Right Balance:
A research report from H-I Network
Best practice management from key people involved in the innovation process. "You can't manage what you don't measure".
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Innovation Leadership - Roles And Key Imperatives:
A research report from H-I Network
Based on best practice management of the key people involved in the innovation process.
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Corporate Innovation - Going Beyond The Idea:
A research report from H-I Network
Based on original research with leaders of innovative new business ventures within major organisations.
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Corporate Venturing - Rewarding Entrepreneurial Talent:
A research report from H-I Network
Based on original research with leaders of new venture teams and human resource specialists within major organisations.
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Review of Leading Global Corporate Venture Units:
A research report from H-I Network
Nick Allen, Head of Unilever Group Corporate Ventures said "As part of a review of the progress being made by its corporate venturing activities, Unilever felt it was important to understand what other corporates were doing, so we sponsored this Henley project"
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