Hosted on 12th March 2019 By Ian Robertson
Understand how to create the right measures to track and develop your MI and Insight efforts. Learn how to create the right process, aligned to your strategy and how to take a holistic view when setting measures of success. Learning outcomes include:
- What does good look like? Explore the key characteristics of an ideal real time function and key considerations to develop understanding and learning.
- Define your purpose. Understand how real-time planning can support your business strategy and impact it can have on customers and colleagues.
- Creating the right measures. Understand different perspectives and develop a holistic framework of success measures.
Hosted on 30th April 2019 By Ian Robertson
Understand how to create the right measures to track and develop your real time effectiveness. Learn how to create the right process, aligned to your strategy and how to take a holistic view when setting measures of success. Learning outcomes include:
- What does good look like? Explore the key characteristics of an ideal real time function and key considerations to develop understanding and learning
- Define your purpose. Understand how real-time planning can support your business strategy and impact it can have on customers and colleagues
- Creating the right measures. Understand different perspectives and develop a holistic framework of success measures
Hosted 14th June 2019 by Phil Anderson
Hear about different methods for collecting information along with the pitfalls to avoid. Learn how to engage with your stakeholder to gather feedback and information to improve your planning.
- Understand different methods for gathering feedback
- Improve your questioning skills and start to gather honest usable feedback
- Learn how to gather feedback that make you feel good
- How to Identify Sample Bias & ensure you reduce the likelihood of bias
- The impact on your data and insight validity from Sample Bias and the potential impact to your business
- Common Sample Bias issues to look out for
Hosted on 20th March 2020 by Ian Robertson
It is easy to lie with statistics it is easier to lie without them. Whether we are an analyst or a decision maker a basic knowledge of statistical knowledge is essential to;
- Understand the predictability, variability and repeatability of our data and allow us to separate the exceptions from the normal
- Ensure we are giving the right message
- Make sure we aren’t being mislead and are focussing on the normal rather than the rare exceptions
In this pre-recorded webinar module we the introduce the principles of statistics including, standard deviation, standard error and confidence levels. The accompanying excel workbook allows you to pause and play, and practice with real life examples at your own speed.
Hosted on 21st April 2020 by Ian Robertson
Root cause analysis is a core skill for analysts and forecasters but is something that few of us do well. If we want to predict or shape the future it is vital that we understand the past. In this webinar we will explore:
- Why do we need root cause analysis
- How do we ensure we are asking the right questions
- Common Mistakes
- Use of technology to support root cause analysis
Before setting targets and goals it is important that these are aligned to strategies that support your organisational goals. In this module;
- Understand your organisational goals
- See how to balance your strategies
- Learn how to align the right metrics and targets to your strategies
Hosted on 30th April 2020 by Ian Robertson
How do you avoid your targets being misunderstood, misinterpreted and misused. In this module;
- Learn the different target types
- Understand tolerances & triggers
- Avoid common mistakes
Hosted on 5th May 2020 by Ian Robertson
Clear documentation and structure can help us remove single points of failure, avoid arguments, ensure a single version of the truth and avoid duplicated work. In this module;
- See how to create a data dictionary to ensure a single version of the truth
- Learn techniques to ensure metrics are used to drive the right behaviours
- Facilitate exception based reporting with agreed triggers
Hosted On 12th May 2020 By Ian Robertson
Benchmarking is important in understanding best practice, comparing ourselves with our competitors and becoming the best, but there are many pitfalls to avoid. In this module;
- Hear the value of benchmarking
- Learn how to avoid the common mistakes
- Hear our top tips for benchmarking