Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In fact, one management theorist of the 1960s suggested that the best managed organizations in the world were the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, the Roman Catholic Church and the Communist Party. And yet, planning is clearly essential for any company of any size. The belief was that if the future was mapped out, it would happen.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. We also conducted hundreds of interviews with both workers and leaders in these companies.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Still, effective project management requires more than profound knowledge and expertise: it demands the right tools to streamline processes, enhance team collaboration, and enable efficient decision-making everything you need to reach your companys strategic goals. Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid).

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

.” 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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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. The CEO of a family-owned construction company recognized that an outside, objective perspective would be valuable to the future and growth of the company. The post Agile Strategy Enables Significant Growth appeared first on Brimstone Consulting LLC. CASE STUDY.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

By turning training content into a compelling narrative with relatable and memorable stories, companies can improve knowledge retention, boost engagement, and inspire employees to take action. Storytelling in corporate training does exactly that. Storytelling has that power. Read the full case study here 3.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2025

It requires collaboration, agility, and a deep understanding of the customer. Cross-functional teams have emerged as a powerful model for fostering innovation and efficiency in product development, allowing companies to break down silos, improve communication, and leverage diverse expertise to create better products, faster.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how many companies operate and handle various tasks. Understanding how AI is revolutionizing instructional design is beneficial to learning and development (L&D) and their client companies alike. Will AI Replace Instructional Design Consulting Firms?

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

M&A is central to many companies’ growth strategies. Companies with more organic growth generate higher shareholder returns than those relying on acquisitions alone. Companies dedicate vast amounts of time, money, and effort to organic growth. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Insight Center.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Your ability to stay flexible, especially in your efforts for Learning and Development, are critical to allowing your business to have those quick-twitch reflexes to react and operate across different organizational landscapes. That agility to meet the demands of the market head on are what make companies successful.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Companies rely on Learning & Development (L&D) programs – especially eLearning – to stay competitive as industries change. Employees are more likely to stay with a company that invests in their career development and provides opportunities for continuous learning.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 19, 2024

This transformation involves not only adjusting to new realities like remote work and digital transformation but also developing key traits such as agility and empathy. Leaders must now manage teams that are dispersed across various locations, requiring new strategies for communication, collaboration, and maintaining company culture.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. Prasad, CEO of Dr. Reddy’s, a 33-year-old global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India that produces affordable generic medication.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

A new set of relationships is being formed within companies around how people working in data, analytics, IT, and operations teams work together. Data and analytics represent a blurring of the traditional lines of demarcation between the scope of IT and the responsibilities of operating divisions.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Your ability to stay flexible , especially in your efforts for Learning and Development , are critical to allowing your business to have those quick-twitch reflexes to react and operate across different organizational landscapes. That agility to meet the demands of the market head on are what make companies successful.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Has your company done a behavioral audit on the implications to constituents of specific defaults, such as default values, structure, and outcomes? Have you thought about implications to your company? Should your company make any changes? Maybe it can be part of a Spring-cleaning or offsite event for your company.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

In response, they may choose to hold on to the past and what’s comfortable or feel a bit disoriented as they search for their place in the new company. In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Change agility requires an answer to the question “Why?”,

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Epicflow

JUNE 16, 2022

You can’t put new wine into old bottles, so whatever sophisticated technologies companies implement, without transforming people, culture, and processes in your company, even the most advanced of them will become a waste of money. . The same can be said about companies that ramp up their workforce planning and talent development.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one multinational consumer goods company organized by category, while another organizes by region? Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? Insight center. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. That’s because these managers think agile coaching and Scrum Mastering is a staff job, not a line job. And if your company is a startup looking for funding? Or, one Scrum Master from another.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In the digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge and streamline their operations. From enhancing customer experiences to optimizing decision-making processes, AI is reshaping the way businesses operate and opening up new possibilities for growth.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How a private equity-backed artisanal food manufacturer stemmed losses, rebuilt the leadership team, and positioned the company for growth. Simultaneously, the incomplete integration of recent acquisitions was negatively impacting operations and the organization’s supply chain. Two senior team members were onboarded.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Your ability to stay flexible, especially in your efforts for Learning and Development, are critical to allowing your business to have those quick-twitch reflexes to react and operate across different organizational landscapes. That agility to meet the demands of the market head on are what make companies successful.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

Thomas Froese , leader of data-analytics-and-modeling company atlan-tec Systems, has 25 years of experience in helping companies apply advanced analytics. Operations in a Connected World. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. In a survey of 77 of my company Frontier Strategy Group’s global clients, 88.3% in anticipation of interest rate hikes by the U.S.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In research for our book, Time, Talent and Energy, my co-author Michael Mankins and I found that such investments do indeed pay off: The top-quartile companies in our study unlocked 40% more productive power in their workforce through better practices in time, talent and energy management.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

When it comes to creating a more data-and-analytics-driven workforce, many companies make the mistake of conflating analytics training with data adoption. These centers should be “owned and operated” by highly competent individual contributors with relevant expertise. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

It’s about creating an agile organization that can detect what type of change is essential and respond quickly with the most competitive solution. In our experience, most companies are already steeped in technology and learning fast about how it can transform their businesses.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager? ” (You might like Why an Agile Project Manager is Not a Scrum Master.). She's an agile project manager. When she manages programs, she's an agile program manager. See a ton more about this role in Create Your Successful Agile Project.) Scrum is not her job.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

Agile strategy can transform your organization. Andy points to agile strategy as the backbone of the company’s success. Agile Strategy. Agile strategy is fast, flexible, and time competitive. The shift to agile strategy transforms the organization. Initiatives and measures of success are not tracked.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

Many companies go to great lengths every year or two to determine just how motivated their work force really is. More recently, online sites such as Glassdoor and Vault let HR managers view anonymized praises and complaints about their company from employees and former employees – comments the whole world can see. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Consider the story of the consultant brought in by the CEO to help solve a specific problem: the company is too centralized in its decision making. Two years pass, the company is still struggling, and a new CEO brings in a new consultant. This same phenomenon operates not just individually, but also organizationally. Innovative.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 21, 2024

Net Promoter Score 95% Skill Adoption 92% Impact This global biotech company with a commercial footprint in 78 countries was looking to accelerate leadership and management development though a Corporate Leadership Academy for Biotech. The post Corporate Leadership Academy for Biotech Company appeared first on LSA Global.

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