http://ricmerrifield.com/2009/05/the-case-for-post-mortems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-case-for-post-mortems A business manifesto for cutting costs and boosting innovation Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ricmerrifield.com/2009/05/the-case-for-post-mortems/#comment-43 Ric Merrifield Thu, 28 May 2009 01:34:17 +0000 http://ricmerrifield.com/?p=484#comment-43 That's absolutely right. Very well put. That’s absolutely right. Very well put.

]]> http://ricmerrifield.com/2009/05/the-case-for-post-mortems/#comment-44 Sam A. Arafeh Wed, 27 May 2009 23:29:50 +0000 http://ricmerrifield.com/?p=484#comment-44 Ric, I think I got you on this one. The question is: “Should politician start re-thinking their alternative policies for the “What” outcome rather than the “How” improvement?” A case in point, some 30 years back, a government massive research conducted for President Carter called: “The Global 2000 Report To The President” shows, via computer comprehensive simulation modeling, “If the US will do nothing for the underdeveloped countries regarding the diminishing natural and economic global resources that; famine, wars, unstable governance and ethnic cleansing will take place by the end of the century.” And, as we have witnessed that happened and still is happening…In another word, the results of the Global 2000 research were not considered to mitigate future anticipated catastrophic projections. When President Regan came into power, re-thinking using the “What Outcome” was ignored and business as usual was conducted, utilizing the dark side of the human nature process. That is, we kept an eye on the continuous improvements, small if any, by utilizing the same process vehicle, rather than out-of-the-box re-thinking that can enable the potential quantum outcome instead. Is it time, politicians should be directed and educated to re-think the process and learned from what proved to earn quantum successes in business. I mean do we have here a case of “Politics Post Mortems?” Ric, I think I got you on this one. The question is: “Should politician start re-thinking their alternative policies for the “What” outcome rather than the “How” improvement?” A case in point, some 30 years back, a government massive research conducted for President Carter called: “The Global 2000 Report To The President” shows, via computer comprehensive simulation modeling, “If the US will do nothing for the underdeveloped countries regarding the diminishing natural and economic global resources that; famine, wars, unstable governance and ethnic cleansing will take place by the end of the century.” And, as we have witnessed that happened and still is happening…In another word, the results of the Global 2000 research were not considered to mitigate future anticipated catastrophic projections. When President Regan came into power, re-thinking using the “What Outcome” was ignored and business as usual was conducted, utilizing the dark side of the human nature process. That is, we kept an eye on the continuous improvements, small if any, by utilizing the same process vehicle, rather than out-of-the-box re-thinking that can enable the potential quantum outcome instead. Is it time, politicians should be directed and educated to re-think the process and learned from what proved to earn quantum successes in business. I mean do we have here a case of “Politics Post Mortems?”

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