From early stage growth companies to transformations, regulatory compliance or liquidity events for more mature businesses, we have helped companies achieve their business goals.  No World Borders applies 7S Framework sand Lean Manufacturing other approaches such as CMM and ITIL as needed (see below) to help your business grow in the following areas:

Process Innovation & Organizational Leadership:

Vision & Goal Performance Relationship: Goals can affect performance in three ways. First, goals narrow attention and direct efforts to goal relevant activities, and away from undesirable, and goal irrelevant actions. Second, goals can lead to more effort; for example, if you typically produce 4 widgets an hour, and the goal is to produce 6, you are likely to work more intensely then you typically would to reach the goal. Third, goals influence persistence. You are more prone to work through setbacks or work harder, if you’re pursuing a goal.

Strategic management is the art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that will enable an organization to achieve its objectives

In 1981 Richard Pascale and Anthony Athos in The Art of Japanese Management claimed that the main reason for Japanese success was their superior management techniques.  They divided management into 7 aspects (which are also known as McKinsey 7S Framework): Strategy, Structure, Systems, Skills, Staff, Style, and Subordinate goals (which we would now call shared values). The first three of the 7 S's were called hard factors and this is where American companies excelled. The remaining four factors (skills, staff, style, and shared values) were called soft factors and were not well understood by American businesses of the time (for details on the role of soft and hard factors see Wickens P.D. 1995.)

Americans did not yet place great value on corporate culture, shared values and beliefs, and social cohesion in the workplace.  In Japan the task of management was seen as managing the whole complex of human needs, economic, social, psychological, and spiritual. In America work was seen as something that was separate from the rest of one's life. It was quite common for Americans to exhibit a very different personality at work compared to the rest of their lives. Pascale also highlighted the difference between decision making styles; hierarchical in America, and consensus in Japan. He also claimed that American business lacked long term vision, preferring instead to apply management fads and theories in a piecemeal fashion.

Lean manufacturing is a generic process management philosophy derived mostly from the Toyota Production System (TPS) but also from other sources.  It is renowned for its focus on reduction of the original Toyota 'seven wastes' in order to improve overall customer value. Lean is often linked with Six Sigma because of that methodology's emphasis on reduction of process variation (or its converse smoothness).

Kaizen is a daily activity whose purpose goes beyond improvement. It is also a process that, when done correctly, humanizes the workplace, eliminates overly hard work (both mental and physical), and teaches people how to perform experiments using the scientific method and how to learn to spot and eliminate waste in business processes.

Kaizen must operate with three principles in place: process and results (not results-only); systemic thinking (i.e. big picture, not solely the narrow view); and non-judgmental, non-blaming (because blaming is wasteful).

People at all levels of an organization participate in kaizen, from the CEO down, as well as external stakeholders when applicable. The format for kaizen can be individual, suggestion system, small group, or large group. In Toyota it is usually a local improvement within a workstation or local area and involves a small group in improving their own work environment and productivity.

Merger & Acquisition Consultants

No World Borders’ Investment Banking Division identifies structures and act as merger & acquisition consultants to facilitate the execution of diverse and innovative private market transactions for corporations, financial institutions and governments. Transactions include mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, the issuance of equity or debt capital, or a combination of these.

No World Borders seeks to provide our clients with the broadest possible range of opportunities around the world. Our global relationships, coupled with our understanding of local economies, industries and cultures, help us consistently deliver high quality advice and service time and again.

Banking professionals advise and assist clients across a number of industry and product groups: Industrial, Consumer, Natural Resources, Health Care, Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Special Products, Technology, Media and Telecommunications. In each of these areas, we provide a range of services designed to meet the specific needs of our clients - including financing, merger and acquisition and other investment banking services.

Our team-based approach allows us to maintain a high level of quality and integrity in finding the right fit, developing facilitating in the execution of our client’s transactions.