Structure, Decision Rights, and Information Systems
D. Brown Management
April 15, 2024
Alignment of strategy, management structure, decision rights, and information systems creates consistently good outcomes for growing contractors and faster development of talent.
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Connecting Metrics to Activities and Outcomes
D. Brown Management
March 31, 2024
Outcomes are created through doing the right activities. Data is only a proxy for that activity and a metric is a synthesis of lots of data points. Metrics are valuable, but always have a skeptical view of proxies for performance, especially with growth.
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Two Critical Things Every Business Must Do
D. Brown Management
February 16, 2019
The business of construction is both challenging and exciting, with days full of risks and rewards. Jack Stack calls it “The Great Game of Business,” where he describes how to create a culture of ownership.
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The Contractor Scoreboard - A Contractor Must Do 3 Things
D. Brown Management
August 11, 2018
This outcome-based scoreboard keeps everyone focused on what matters. Avoid metric overload and diffusion of resources. All other metrics throughout all levels of the organization fall into a hierarchy below these with priorities changing over time.
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