Comments on: Michael Hammer http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6174.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Derril Watts http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6174.html/comment-page-1#comment-267411 Derril Watts Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:36:00 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6174#comment-267411 It's interesting how we are finally recognized for who we really are and what we really accomplish only after we pass. Michael Hammer's impact on the way we do business, both in the commercial as well as the government sectors, will be felt for a generation or more. I have taught and consulted with hundreds of organizations around the world for over 20 years and have yet to see a situation where Hammer's focus on process was not only relevant, but critical to their success. With all of the talk that Reengineering is dead, long live six sigma, we have really missed the point. Reengineering in of itself was never the point, performance improvement was. Reengineering was never solely about IT, but most relegated it to the offices of the CIO. As Hammer said on so many occasions, it's about giving people more of what they need to become better at what they do! I will miss his limitless drive to improve our work and our lives. We have lost a true warrior! Derril Watts President & CEO Mountain Home Training & Consulting, Inc. It’s interesting how we are finally recognized for who we really are and what we really accomplish only after we pass. Michael Hammer’s impact on the way we do business, both in the commercial as well as the government sectors, will be felt for a generation or more.

I have taught and consulted with hundreds of organizations around the world for over 20 years and have yet to see a situation where Hammer’s focus on process was not only relevant, but critical to their success. With all of the talk that Reengineering is dead, long live six sigma, we have really missed the point. Reengineering in of itself was never the point, performance improvement was. Reengineering was never solely about IT, but most relegated it to the offices of the CIO. As Hammer said on so many occasions, it’s about giving people more of what they need to become better at what they do!

I will miss his limitless drive to improve our work and our lives.

We have lost a true warrior!

Derril Watts
President & CEO
Mountain Home Training & Consulting, Inc.

]]> By: david foster http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6174.html/comment-page-1#comment-266881 david foster Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:24:42 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6174#comment-266881 One of Hammer's insights was that, as work has become more specialized, the flow of the overall process...which usually crosses multiple specialized functions...was often being lost. His mantra "staple yourself to an order" or "staple yourself to an invoice" reflected the need to look at the process...paying invoices, filling orders...as a whole. In his 1996 book "Beyond Reengineering," Dr Hammer proposed some <a href="http://photoncourier.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_photoncourier_archive.html#109987771486855810" rel="nofollow">interesting and contrarian ideas</a> about the education of future executives, particularly the role of the liberal arts in such education. I thought his analysis of the simplistic saying "be in the transportation business instead of the buggy-whip business" was also <a href="http://photoncourier.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_photoncourier_archive.html#110047913727443449" rel="nofollow">quite useful</a>. One of Hammer’s insights was that, as work has become more specialized, the flow of the overall process…which usually crosses multiple specialized functions…was often being lost. His mantra “staple yourself to an order” or “staple yourself to an invoice” reflected the need to look at the process…paying invoices, filling orders…as a whole.

In his 1996 book “Beyond Reengineering,” Dr Hammer proposed some interesting and contrarian ideas about the education of future executives, particularly the role of the liberal arts in such education.

I thought his analysis of the simplistic saying “be in the transportation business instead of the buggy-whip business” was also quite useful.

]]> By: Shannon Love http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/6174.html/comment-page-1#comment-266866 Shannon Love Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:36:21 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=6174#comment-266866 Managers always get criticized for firing people but those same critics act as if hiring occur as a force of nature. No one seems to release that the increased productivity that makes lives better only occurs when people lose old jobs and go onto to new ones. Managers always get criticized for firing people but those same critics act as if hiring occur as a force of nature. No one seems to release that the increased productivity that makes lives better only occurs when people lose old jobs and go onto to new ones.

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