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Consultants know that many great going inside your organization in
ideas lie buried in organizations 2017.
where managers have stopped
listening. It’s a shame you wind up What is systematic Sense-Response?
paying millions just to listen. It is the consistent use of processes,
people and social listening tools
Are you listening to employees? to identify risks and predict
When was the last time a great competitive moves across customers,
idea came from somewhere else employees, competitors, and costs.
but your executive staff, or your
formal R&D organization? If it’s How can you get started?
been a while, you probably run
the risk of getting blindsided. View listening as a persistent
strategic function
Profitability Staff it. If someone in your
Changes in price points, strategy team isn’t listening
costs of raw materials or even for risk, it just won’t happen
manufacturing approach can consistently in this dynamic,
change actual profits. Is your uncertain environment.
organization certain of the actual
costs for engineer-to-order or Get listening out of the random
configure-to-order or custom Start with monthly. In most
service quotes? Do you know the organizations, risk and
cost to serve or service? competitive analysis happens
perhaps once or twice per year.
If you answered yes to questions like Or, maybe it happens sooner
the ones above, we suggest you get a when someone happens to pick
systematic process for sense-response up on an issue in the Wall Street
Alta Via Consulting, LLC
