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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. aleksandarvelasevic/Getty Images. Insight Center. Run more experiments.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

At Treehouse, an online school that helps companies hire developers and designers, we’re seeing the same problem. In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups.

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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 ). Globally, investment by consulting firms into analytics increased to $43 billion in 2017.

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Socially Responsible Business Can Only Succeed If It Becomes a Movement

Harvard Business

Much of the welcome recent innovation in management practice has come from the fringes – new communities and groups developing approaches such as the agile (or Scrum) movement, design thinking, lean-startup methodologies and beyond-budgeting approaches, among others. But collectively we have all we need to do this over time.

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business

We then offered people the opportunity to learn new innovation methodologies and apply them to real business challenges. By creating this volunteer network, we were able to make dramatic progress in developing other aspects of our innovation agenda. Extending the network.

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The Fight Against Zika Can’t Wait for a Vaccine

Harvard Business

When an epidemic is imminent, vaccines can’t be developed quickly enough because assuring their efficacy and safety requires trials that take months to years to complete. Candidate vaccines for Zika won’t begin large-scale trials until 2017 and, assuming they work safely, would not be available until 2018 or later.

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Would a Hard Brexit Cripple the EU’s Digital Economy?

Harvard Business

growth in the first quarter of 2017, accompanied by a fall in the value of the pound and rising inflation. To what extent do governments enable technology to develop, through use or through legal frameworks? We always urge you to read the methodology carefully. Government Facilitation of ICT.