7/13/2023 0 Comments The bleeding edge![]() I will illustrate with the example of the concept of work systems in the 2013–2014 Baldrige Criteria. If we assemble the pieces and then go back to people who (sometimes unknowingly) contributed the pieces, we get confirmation that "Yes that is what we are doing." Sometimes, it is followed by "We hadn't organized it like you have yet, but that is the essence or purpose of this activity or new direction." Sometimes we observe pieces of a validated management practice in different places, but the pieces have not been assembled yet into a full picture. Validated means that we have seen these practices (and their results) used by a Baldrige Award recipient or described with some repetition in the literature or in reports at conferences, although the practices might not yet have been formally organized into a body of knowledge. The practices have to be beyond the researchers' latest theories or the output of their most recent research activities. In its simplest interpretation, the leading edge of validated management practice is forefront management practice that has been proven to work in high-performing organizations. What Is the Leading Edge of Validated Management Practice? Thus we position the Baldrige Criteria a little further downstream, at the "leading edge of validated management practice." In the rest of this column, I will explore what we mean by this concept and how we develop the Baldrige Criteria to represent it. However, this risk is not an intelligent risk if you are writing criteria that have to offer certainty in terms of a management framework. By the time you get to leading edge, you are ahead of the pack, taking some risk and dealing with a degree of uncertainty, but probably not in an unrecoverable way. Like the bleeding edge, the cutting edge would be inappropriate for the Baldrige Criteria, which should guide all organizations to performance excellence. At the cutting edge, you still could get hurt, but the chances are greatly diminished. Some "techies" believe there is a progression from bleeding edge to cutting edge to leading edge. And even if we always got it right, there would be a lot of rework by the adopters. Unless we kept betting right, we would rapidly lose all followers. Hence emulating the bleeding edge would be an inappropriate design concept for the Baldrige Criteria. Jump on board early, and you will later be seen as a genius or a fool it might well be challenging to see where the pendulum will fall while the technology is still bleeding edge. Obviously, the pun is intentional users of bleeding-edge technology are being put on notice that they could get hurt.īleeding edge implies significant risk, and one can generally assume that at that early stage there has been little or no validation of the technology, it could still succeed or fail, and it is uncertain whether it will be abandoned. Let's start by exploring the bleeding edge! Techopedia defines bleeding-edge technology as "technology that has been released but is still not ready for the general public due to the fact that it has not been reliably tested." Bleeding-edge technology is released so that flaws can be found and corrected prior to the technology's large-scale use. Independent of how my mind works, I think this provides an opportunity to clarify a phrase whose meaning is not always well understood. And that brought to mind the leading edge of validated management practice, a descriptor we use to position the Baldrige Criteria. As I contemplated the concept, it made me think about bleeding-edge technology versus leading-edge technology. What does this have to do with organizational performance or the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence? Well, I recently read an article about bleeding-edge technology. Those families are looking for the bloodiest-or, shall we say, "bleeding-edge"-movies. But some head straight for the latest horror movie. Some families opt for the holiday cartoon or the teary-eyed romance. Insights on the Road to Performance Excellenceīaldrige Performance Excellence Program December 2013/January 2014ĭecember and January are typically a time of year when families spend more time together, enjoy a break from their fast-paced daily schedules, and maybe see a movie or two.Baldrige Excellence Framework Expand or Collapse.Are You Ready to Address Your Business Challenges and Get National Recognition?.easyInsight: Take a First Step Toward a Baldrige Self-Assessment. ![]() Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility.
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