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A strategy alone will not suffice; we also need plans. Similarly, plans without an overarching strategy will not get us to the goal post. It is no easy feat to get all the pieces to click into place but when we do, it is rewarding. Which of these objects has your organization (or your clients) struggled with most?

As organizations make decisions that are risk-based, value-based, evidence-based and consider whole-life-costs, the number of criteria/objectives increase exponentially. While this is challenging, it pay dividends down the road

There are many ways that organizations realize value from their assets.

Deepak Chopra has told us that our real reality is beyond the five senses. But what is beyond the five sights. Are there more sights?

There’s a lot of tug-of-war going on every day in offices, plants and other facilities around the world. Why is it that so many of these trade-off optimization challenges come in threes?

Root cause analysis unravels a risk “event” and lays out its causal chain down to the prime mover. But this is not always linear and often feels like the rabbit holes in Alice in Wonderland. Which method have you found to be more fruitful – the 5 Whys or the 6Ms?

A clear line-of-sight from strategic to tactical to operational is probably one of the most fundamental critical success factors for organizational effectiveness. It looks easy and sounds simple but this belies a universe of challenges, many of which start with a proper asset hierarchy.

It has been said that some organizations are data rich but information poor. Does this arise when we do not have a good line-of-sight across the different data fields. Have you been able to generate insightful multi-variate analysis on your data?

Many ingredients are needed to effectively “push and pull” an initiative through the organization. What recipe have you used and what do you consider to be the other key ingredients?

What are your thoughts on edutainment? At AIM, our approach to #assetmanagement #training, coaching and workshop facilitation is based on a 5-step methodology. We call it the 5-E Strategy.

Although progress is not linear; there is a very clear pattern. If we can make it through some initial “pain” we can reach the “gain”. If we can avoid getting discouraged, we will eventually see the dividends. So much in life follows this rule -- and organizational maturity is no different. We need to pass through the transition state in order to arrive at the future state.

Assets exist for one reason only: To provide value to stakeholders. And that value is realized by connecting the dots between people, processes and systems. Is your value stream flowing properly? If not, what’s getting in the way?