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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business

The capacity and willingness of managers to plan developed throughout the century. Corporations developed large corporate units dedicated to it. A 2016 HBR Analytics survey of 385 managers revealed that most executives were frustrated with planning because they believed that speed was important and that plans frequently changed anyway.

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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. Customers enjoy the benefit of new features sooner.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. They are two sides of the same coin; one cannot exist without the other.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Over time, it has become a necessity for the consulting industry to develop frameworks to address critical business problems with the help of big data. The first company to identify emerging demand trends and tailor its operations to delivery can quickly establish itself as the go-to source for particular goods or services” ( EY, 2016 ).

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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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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

One of Rochet’s first tasks was to create a leadership development program that equipped executives with the knowledge, mindset, and ways of working the company would need to grow in the digital age. Help Employees Embrace Agility. Agility is key to success when undertaking digital transformations.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Customers today are not just consumers; they are also creators, developing content and ideas — and encountering challenges — right along with you. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development. Everyone likes to talk about being “customer-centric.”

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