Best Business Practices: Guidelines and Tools for Team Planning and Learning Faster Than Your Competitors
Thomas, Alan G; Kennedy, Larry; LoVuolo, Ralph L
Language: English
Published by Best Business Practices, 2015
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212 numbered pages; inside title page has right top corner clipped off; minor wear to corners and edges of cover; a couple minor creases to cover; several minor scratches/ dings to cover; weighs 1 pound and 5.5 ounces; measures 11 by 8.5 by .65 inches; 062118; The authors combined their 90 plus years of business experience with over 15 years of solid research to create this one-of-a-kind management tool.
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- Title
- Best Business Practices: Guidelines and Tools for Team Planning and Learning Faster Than Your Competitors
- Author
- Thomas, Alan G; Kennedy, Larry; LoVuolo, Ralph L
- Publisher
- Best Business Practices
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0996282602
- ISBN 13
- 9780996282604
- Seller catalogs
- Business
This book’s been years in the making and gives you a rock-solid base for using AI smartly. Whether you’re making big decisions or just researching stuff, this guide helps make sure your choices are grounded and on point.
1) "Best Business Practices” concisely streamlines what truly successful companies do to produce disciplined innovation. The most time-honored, leadership and management principles and practices are “cut to the chase.”
2) It’s split into two parts: “The Concise Guide to Innovative Management” and “The Business Knowledge Navigator.” Inside, you’ll find 37 bite-sized sections full of key success tips to help your team plan better and solve problems faster—especially when used alongside AI.
3) It was built with small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in mind. The book is super clear and gets right to the point. Your team can start using it—and actually see results—within just a few days.
4) The “Business Knowledge Navigator” breaks things down into 37 simple, easy-to-follow modules that cover 320 important success factors. It’s like a plug-and-play system for figuring out what’s working in your business—and what needs attention. Think of it as a smart conversation starter for your team (or your AI).
5) What makes this guide stand out? It’s broad, not too deep. It’s made to give you the full picture without drowning you in data. It’s perfect for sparking ideas, sharing knowledge, and bringing out the best in your team.
6) Try using AI to dig into a few of these “key success factors” for your biz—whether it's sales, service, or costs—and you’ll start seeing better teamwork and smarter ideas. This book makes it easy for you to get more out of AI, without needing a tech degree.
7) The approach we use is called “Systematic Innovative Management (SIM)” ™ and it’s all about getting real results, fast. It's way less technical than stuff like Six Sigma or ISO 9000, which are built for big manufacturers and rely heavily on stats and long reports.
8) SIM was made for real-world businesses—not just factories. It’s focused on improving how people think and work, not just tracking numbers. So, it’s perfect for service companies, non-profits, and SMBs who want to get better without all the red tape.
9) With this guide, you’ll save time, focus better, and get more done. It will help you and your team collaborate to zero in on what areas of your business need attention, and what AI output to act upon. You’ll learn faster, work smarter, and waste way less time and energy, due to lack of wide-angle vision and false starts.
10) The book’s layout is super flexible. It’s broken into simple chunks, so you can jump in wherever you need to. That means less reading, more doing—and you’ll see benefits quicker.
11) It’s easy to use your way—not some one-size-fits-all system. You pick how to use it, depending on what your team or business needs to do. It’s totally customizable
12) SIM helps your team focus on what matters most and make it happen. It's a fresh way to think outside the box, without losing sight of the big picture.
13) This guide takes complicated stuff and makes it easy to understand and apply. You won’t need outside consultants—it gives you the tools to improve things yourself .Insight is born out of clarity and insight is empowering.
14) You'll get more done, faster, with better results. And because the content is interactive when used with AI, you and your team will learn by doing—which is the best way to actually get it.
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