Useful Resources

"Made to Stick" by Chip and Dan Heath
An excerpt from the book Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath.
Achieving Technical Limit Performance
PetrEX International website has a publication on the Technical Limit Continuous Improvement approach.
Focussing Business Improvement
A Partners in Performance newletter describing the use of Driver Tree Analysis to focus improvement effort.
Kotter Change Model Link
Rose, Kenneth H, 2002, Leading Change: A model by John Kotter
Leading Change Text
Kotter, John. P. "Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail." Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review. March–April, 1995.
Lean in a Mining Application
An article provided by the Lean Mining Network on the implementation of Lean within Rio Tinto.
Value Stream Mapping Case Studies
Some case studies on the use of Value Stream Mapping can be found on the Industry Forum website
Value Stream Mapping How-to Guide
The Bizbodz.com website has a step-by-step guide to conducting Value Stream Mapping
Wikipedia entry on Root Cause Analysis
Wikipedia provides some useful insight into different root cause analysis tools.

Useful Links

If you would like more information about specific Business Excellence tools or topics, refer to the "Useful Resources" section on the relevant pages of this website. 

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Below is a more general list of businesses and websites that are related to Business Excellence or BusinX Consulting. 

Miscellaneous

Aresthetics Design - Designed the BusinX website. Specialises in web design, graphic design and multimedia productions.
The Global Excellence Model Council has a website with information about the different Excellence models in use around the world.
The New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation (NZBEF) is a not-for-profit charitable trust set up by private and public enterprise to help improve the overall performance of New Zealand organisations.