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January, 2009:

What the Navy SEALs learned about improving performance

One of the constant challenges we face at Ideasphere when working on operational turnarounds with our clients, besides high debt leverages, inefficient operations, lack of technology management expertise, founderitis, Demday disease, etc., is how to improve performance of the current operations without burning working capital or taking on more debt. Following our People-Process-Systems model, we always start with the people and what we can do to improve everyone’s performance. 

This blog entry is a result of a research paper a friend sent to me on how the US Navy worked to improve the performance of the Navy Special Warfare Community and increase the completion rate of their SEAL training programs.  

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