Today I'm going to cover a new book as discussed in the previous post. This book talks about fostering and maintaining organizational excellence. It's not only about executing in the short term but also about maintaining health over a long term.  To create a culture of continuous improvement,  the authors recommend a process with steps to aspire; assess; architect, act and advance. Health is defined in terms of nine elements.
Direction- where to head
Leadership-
Culture and climate-
Accountability-
Co ordination and control
capabilities
motivation
external orientation
Innovation and learning
To aspire, we can be leadership driven, or have an execution edge or build from market focus or have a knowledge core.
To architect, we need to identity the right set of initiatives and define each initiative with a compelling story.
To act we choose the right delivery model and define the change engine with a structure, ownership and evaluation. To advance we seek a continuous improvement infrastructure that is built on meaning, framing, connecting and engaging.