Why it's so hard to practice best practices  Monday -
11/15/2010, 3:48pm EST  We hear about the best practices, but do
we actually implement them?  The two common pitfalls are failure
to adopt and failure to adapt, writes Ron Ashkenas in the
Harvard Business Review.  Organizations need to tailor best
practices to their environment.  "This not only requires
learning the tool or process, but truly understanding the
principles behind it," according to the blog post.
Organizations also need people on staff to drive implementation
of the best practices. In other words, senior managers have to
make the decisions that make these practices work.