The Outliers Inn; Business Process Tangles
Welcome to Episode 28 of the Outliers Inn: Business Process Tangles
Join Ben and Joe with their special guest Brian Hunt as they discuss business process tangles and how to un-tangle them.

Welcome to Episode 28 of the Outliers Inn: Business Process Tangles
Join Ben and Joe with their special guest Brian Hunt as they discuss business process tangles and how to un-tangle them.

Global trade patterns are reconfiguring. More shifts are likely and businesses need to be aware of the potential trade-offs of different paths ahead. At a glance Introduction Trade reconfiguration has been making headlines. In 2023, Mexico became the United States’ largest goods trade partner. Vietnam’s trade with China and the United States has been surging….
Operational excellence is a mindset, not a methodology and needs redefining. We tend to think of operational excellence in terms of eliminating waste and standardizing the way we operate. We “lean” our processes and use six sigma approaches to drive how we operate. We also sometimes lean on these methodologies, and others, like crutches to…

Fraught with efficiency in so many other area’s, it seems somewhat ironic that the vast majority of German companies give little thought to corporate spying. Security officials and corporate executives have indicated that this is heavily influenced by German history – specifically memories of the Nazi Gestapo and Communist Stasi spy agencies. These memories have…

Today, the world’s best companies dedicate large amounts of time and resources to finding and keeping “the vital few”, that is, those who do currently / are predicted to account for much of the progress made by a company or organisation. Deloitte and other consultancies have noticed that companies are now trying harder than ever…

The conversation took off like the flyover of the Thunderbirds at Super Bowl LIV, bouncing between the thrilling game’s overtime drama and what got into Kelce’s shorts; ending with Mule and JP diving into the excitement of the game and pondering how the new rules could shake things up. The conversation quickly turned to the…

One of the many symbols of Southern Europe’s industrial decline must be the sight of one particular washing machine factory that now makes fewer than half the washing machines it did when Italy joined the euro. Rather, today, the Porcia plant is also a testing ground for the region’s industrial future. Home appliance maker Electrolux, which owns…