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October 15th, 2018

Organisational Change… Creating and sustaining engagement from a Project Manager’s perspective.

Organisational Change… Creating and sustaining engagement from a Project Manager’s perspective. In this Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world, change is both inevitable and unpredictable. Be it either process-focussed or technology-focussed, a critical element of any change programme is to change the ways in which people do things. When change is needed in an […]

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October 2nd, 2018

Coach or Mentor… Let’s not get confused!

Coach or Mentor… Let’s not get confused! An article in the September edition of the Director Magazine about the difference between coaching and mentoring was always going to prompt a discussion in the office amongst our team of qualified Executive Performance Coaches. (Director – Why everyone’s talking about mentoring, 19th September, Hannah Gresty) As performance […]

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September 25th, 2018

Lean 18

The LCI-UK Summit 2018 “Lean Productivity – From Design to Delivery” – 01|11|18

The LCI-UK Summit 2018 “Lean Productivity – From Design to Delivery” – Thursday 1st November 2018. Bourton Group LLP has for many years supported the LCI-UK with their annual summit, and this year we have expanded our involvement following the appointment of Bourton Group Senior Partner Rob Walley to the board of LCI-UK. In addition to leading […]

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September 20th, 2018

Improving results by developing your change leadership capability

Change is not what it used to be The only certainty we have about next week is that it will certainly be different from today. That’s one reason the ability to manage change effectively has become so critical for organisations to survive. While the good news is that there are many concepts available to help […]

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September 5th, 2018

PERT Diagram

Robust Critical Path Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation

Robust Critical Path Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation Dr P.G. Rowe, Senior Consultant In project management a PERT (Programme Evaluation and Review Technique) diagram shows which tasks are required to have been completed before others are started. A simple example of a PERT diagram for sourcing and installing a new kitchen is shown below: For […]

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September 5th, 2018

Bourton Group LLP expands Management Board

Bourton Group LLP welcomes new addition to Management Board. September 2018 Bourton Group LLP are delighted to announce that Julian Hynd has joined the management board as a non-executive Adviser. Managing Partner, Mike Notman said: “I am delighted that Julian has joined us to help with our strategy for growth and development.  I welcome his counsel […]

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August 22nd, 2018

Are Lean and Six Sigma Mutually Exclusive?

Are Lean and Six Sigma Mutually Exclusive? Dr Phil Rowe Senior Consultant In the world of process improvement two giants have been fighting it out over the last two decades – Lean and Six Sigma.  There are staunch advocates and critics of both. But, are they mutually exclusive?  And, should a business do one or […]

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August 9th, 2018

Chasing Productivity… it’s a marathon, not a sprint

Chasing Productivity… it’s a marathon, not a sprint Arran McDonald, Senior Consultant We live in interesting times. The UK’s departure from the European Union has bought us political upheaval and a great deal of economic uncertainty.  It’s also created many practical concerns to businesses at a time when we had begun to trumpet progress and […]

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August 1st, 2018

The Lean Six Sigma Belt Structure

The Lean Six Sigma Belt Structure Mike Horton, Senior Consultant Eleven years ago, while working for an American chemicals corporation which was beginning to introduce Lean globally, I got my first 100% improvement focussed job, and the role was officially called Tool Facilitator. Two years later, when it was announced the role names were all […]

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