Thursday, March 20, 2008

Building a Center of Excellence...

This was in my Inbox this morning from eseminars@enterpriseannounce.com - one of the many diverse newsletters I have raiding my Inbox. It was titled Build a Center of Excellence. (see original version posted below)

Okay..so I storied right there. It was titled BPM to BPI: Build a Center of Excellence, but instantly in my mind I substituted and imagined "What If?" The message just seemed so easy to "mashup", to make it fit with what we're trying to accomplish in the new vision of how schools can create global citizens who possess integrity, compassion, creativity, and are fluent in financial literacy, communication and collaboration skills; are critical thinkers, decision makers and problem-solvers....are young adults who learn to respect intellectual and personal property rights of others because they have been engaged in dialog around ethics, diversity, entrepreneurship, and innovation in a global society while the moment is teachable. It seesms a difficult task knowing the obstacles in our communities.

What IF we substituted the word "Schools" for "companies" in this advertisement for professional development? Actually, I'd rather refer to schools as organizations but I feel the status quo may not allow that thinking.

What essential conditions make way for creating a common vision and strategic action plans that will propel us to orchestrate the following? There is much to study and learn from the works of Stephen Covey, Peter Senge, and Tom Peters about organizational behavior.

-----------------My Version
Educational Professional,

Schools looking to evolve their "curriculum" and "skill-set" from a single-process solution to a more strategic, intelligence-driven function have much to gain in the way of an all-encompassing, end-to-end view of its processes and functions.

To achieve such a holistic process, however, schools must utilize all its resources in what should become known as a Center of Excellence and consider not just the technology but also who is driving the strategy behind it. Where are you on the continuum of learning and leading in a global economy?

In this eSeminar..

----------------Original Version
Technology Professional,

Companies looking to evolve their business process management from a single-process solution to a more strategic, intelligence-driven function have much to gain in the way of an all-encompassing, end-to-end view of its processes and functions.

To achieve such a holistic process, however, companies must utilize all its resources in what has become known as a Center of Excellence and consider not just the technology but also who is driving the strategy behind it.

In this eSeminar..

Our panel of experts discuss the factors-both technological and human-that comprise a Center of Excellence, the possible pitfalls to avoid, and what benefits such a body of knowledge can offer.

Sponsored by Metastorm
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What essential conditions need to be in place that will make way for creating a common vision and strategic action plan that will propel us to orchestrate CHANGE?

How are YOU mashing it all up?