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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. Contrary to conventional wisdom and Hollywood action movies, dictatorial management is ineffective in large-scale crises.

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The creation of one of the largest consulting businesses….ever!

Ben de Haldevang

As part of the new podcast series from the Agile Gorilla Collective, David Boyd, Abhay Pande, Paul Siegenthaler (you can find their bios here [link] – they are an impressive bunch of people!) and I talk through the separation of the EY consulting business as much discussed and written about over the past few months.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

To perform and thrive, you have to be able to adapt to an ever changing environment. If you resist and defy change, your company is not long for this world. Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not.

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Making Your Digital Transformation Journey Successful: An Overview of Its Essential Components

Epicflow

Technologies: Optimization of Operations . Digitizing operations. Depending on the digital maturity level, a company may need not only to apply new technologies in day-to-day operations, but also to re-architect them entirely. . Change management. IT modernization . Digital marketing . Innovation .

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The Chief Project Officer: Roles and Responsibilities

Epicflow

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. What is the difference between a Chief Project Officer (CPO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO)?

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. Cultural agility is vital because, with over 60 global society cultures identified and numerous variations in regions within the national cultures, it is virtually impossible to be experienced in every situation. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career. Tell Stories.

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The Dirty Little Secret About Digitally Transforming Operations

Harvard Business

He summarized the issue very simply: “We can automate mathematics, we can automate design decisions, but we cannot automate changes in human behavior.” Operations in a Connected World. ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. It’s a familiar story.