Andrew Carey - Articles

 

Andrew Carey has just written a book about The Economist’s recent innovation project, and a wide ranging guide to launching a successful innovation programme. Read about Inside Project Red Stripe, published by Triarchy Press (http://triarchypress.com).
Andrew has worked as a writer, editor, marketing consultant, publisher, team facilitator and business development adviser. He is also a practising psychotherapist.

Poor Quality - What Is It Costing Your Business?

Waste, mistakes, doing things twice, unnecessary meetings, lost files, wrong deliveries, faulty goods, poor service, lack of training - they all cost your organization. Together they're called the 'Cost of Quality', though they should really be called the 'Cost of Poor Quality', and they represent 20%-40% of any organisation's turnover. That's right, that staggering figure is reason enough for ANY organization to run a Cost of Quality right now. Here's how... Read

By: Andrew Carey | 20/02/2009 | Management

How To Audit Your Business Strategy

Nearly all major initiatives undertaken by corporate executives today are called “strategic”. With everything having high strategic importance, it gets harder to distinguish between the many priorities and imperatives in organisations. When everything is clearly strategic, often nothing strategic is clear. When everything is high priority, there are, in reality, no priorities at all. This refreshing article tells you where to begin to audit your organisation's strategy. Read

By: Andrew Carey | 17/02/2009 | Strategic Planning

Innovation At The Economist - 10 Lessons For Teams

When The Economist launched its now-famous innovation project (codenamed Project Red Stripe) the company was very successful. But it approved its CIO’s proposal to form a team of six, remove them from their jobs, and give them £100,000 and six months to launch a major web-based innovation. Andrew Carey was invited to observe the team. He saw them meet all kinds of problems and challenges, find ingenious solutions and learn critical lessons. Here’s the condensed version of what he saw. Read

By: Andrew Carey | 17/02/2009 | Business Ideas