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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. For these reasons, modern crisis teams are turning from command-and-control systems to more adaptive, agile approaches. Patrick Smith/Getty Images.

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business

.” Our solution – one transferable to other organizations pursuing innovation – has been to create an agile network of volunteer ambassadors and coaches throughout the company who have taken collective responsibility for making innovation happen and steering our organizational culture in the right direction.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). 2015, August 28). 2015, August 4). (1) 2016, July 4).

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Definitions for what constitutes EvD, and methodologies to calculate its value, remain in their infancy. Using the same formula, Apple’s intangible assets in 2014 were $280 billion — or almost twice the value of its 2015 calculation.

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Zappos Holacracy and When It’s a Good Thing For People to Leave

Cheryl Cran

In my soon to be released book (Fall 2015) The Art of Change Leadership – Driving Transformation in a Fast Paced World. My research has shown that this is the way forward for businesses : to empower their leaders and teams to increase agility, adaptability and innovation. ” must be asked and answered daily.

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Zappos Holacracy and When It’s a Good Thing For People to Leave

Cheryl Cran

In my soon to be released book (Fall 2015) The Art of Change Leadership – Driving Transformation in a Fast Paced World. My research has shown that this is the way forward for businesses : to empower their leaders and teams to increase agility, adaptability and innovation. ” must be asked and answered daily.

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Zappos Holacracy and When It’s a Good Thing For People to Leave

Cheryl Cran

In my soon to be released book (Fall 2015) The Art of Change Leadership – Driving Transformation in a Fast Paced World. My research has shown that this is the way forward for businesses : to empower their leaders and teams to increase agility, adaptability and innovation. ” must be asked and answered daily.

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