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. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In this article, I’d like to share the insights we’ve gleaned from the model’s first full year of operation, which hopefully organizations in health care and many other industries will find useful. Interestingly, despite the number of huddles, the number of action items has never overwhelmed the system.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More of my clients say they want business agility. Yet, we don't share a common definition of business agility. Actions matter when it comes to business agility. However, everyone works as part of a system. That system doesn't allow just any action. The system rewards and punishes specific actions.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Leveraging technology tools, such as learning management systems (LMS) and eLearning authoring tools, facilitates continuous learning and development. Cost savings: Measure reductions in operational costs due to increased efficiency or reduced errors.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In the enhanced training program, Clarity Consultants utilized advanced analytics to tailor the training content to the real operational needs of the environmental services corporation. Learning Management Systems (LMS) LMS platforms enable organizations to deliver story-based training modules, track learner progress, and gather feedback.

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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

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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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

health care system. Explanations include their IT departments already have their hands full installing, maintaining, and upgrading electronic health record (EHR) systems. But much of the blame can be attributed to hospitals’ misaligned budgeting and incentive systems. Problem 2: Rigid annual operating budgets.

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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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PM Alliance

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Users may not sing an old system’s praises, but your project team could find that the staying power of a well-entrenched platform exceeds every expectation. Why do these legacy systems—which are sometimes clunky, slow, and lacking the latest features—have the power to derail your digital transformation efforts?

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

employers, advisors, platforms, systems providers, investment managers). There will be some players that will be way more agile than others and able to capitalize on both important behavioral implications and operational tactics. In the case of Secure Act 2.0, But this discussion isn’t limited to Secure Act 2.0….

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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. Tools and technology: Operating systems, languages, anything specifically technical.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

The newest robots, 3-D printing systems, and data-mining hardware and services were all there along with a host of people hyping Industry 4.0, 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.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

They do this with methods proven useful in accelerating software development, such as “ Agile ,” and which are increasingly being used for hardware product development, too. Operations in a Connected World. But it turns out these methods don’t just have to do with technology and operations. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 7, 2016

You’d think that in today’s global economy everyone would be attuned to cultural differences — but as we’ve seen in the examples above, this is not necessarily the case when it comes to underlying processes, procedures, and systems. Do a cultural inventory.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. It came from a leader within the practice. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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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. Consider how General Electric arrived at the decision to develop and launch its Predix cloud-based industrial operation system. All of this has to happen fluidly and rapidly.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Some retailers maintain a separate in-house team to try out potentially superior new systems that don’t follow traditional rules, in parallel with existing processes. By incorporating these disruptors into its own operations, a retailer can more easily pose challenging questions and embrace change more quickly. Insight center.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

Agile strategy can transform your organization. In an environment of sustained, systemic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, V12 is thriving. In an environment of sustained, systemic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, V12 is thriving. Andy points to agile strategy as the backbone of the company’s success.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. Both Kaizen events and Agile sprints are investments in innovation and human capital productivity.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The problem is that many companies have the wrong “operating system” for organic growth. In our work with dozens of large companies on growth and transformation strategies, we’ve found a set of principles and practices that create an operating system for growth.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Harvard Business School professor Tatiana Sandino discusses how CEO Eduardo Padilla responded by creating an agile organization based on a team culture and strong management systems. Mexican convenience store chain OXXO dominated its market — until its chief rival doubled in size almost overnight.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

important;}”] Agile strategy can transform your organization. In an environment of sustained, systemic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, V12 is thriving. Andy points to agile strategy as the backbone of the company’s success. Agile Strategy. Agile strategy is fast, flexible, and time competitive.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Finding valuable insights: Structured and unstructured data sources can uncover patterns and relationships that reveal customer needs, expose system vulnerabilities and improve productivity and performance. Conducting research for the School of Information Systems, she is invested in obtaining a career that advances information technologies.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

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. As my colleague Ian Ziskin has noted, an entrepreneurial, agile, and performance-driven culture is not a substitute for an ethical, courageous, and people-friendly culture.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. So why is it so hard to create networked, agile teams in large, global product companies?

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Today, companies are desperately seeking strategies to retain customers, rebuild inventories, and restructure operations to fit the new business environment. Companies are also starting to adopt digital tools to streamline daily operations. Every business sector was disrupted and negatively affected by the pandemic and its aftermath.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

Most companies want their businesses to keep pace with digital startups, but end up bogged down by the need to fix the daily challenges that their decades-old IT systems create. To customers, the company feels as nimble and innovative as its digital competition, even though its back-end systems remain problematic.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This system ensures that city maintenance is carried out quickly and reduces the need for written paperwork. Implementation could include training the client’s staff to use the software, building and installing additional hardware, and integrating the software with the client’s existing information systems.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

OpenTable recently launched a companion app just for restaurants to make better use of the data they’ve been collecting through their reservation system. Today, creative marketers need to operate more like entrepreneurs, continuously adjusting to sustain “ product/market fit.”

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

While the heuristics-based approach is logical at one level – given the operational and cost pressures faced by health services – the impact on patients is that too many receive multiple diagnoses and treatments, without recovering. The Future of Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic. Creating better outcomes at reduced cost.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the context of business, these decisions are forged through meetings involving key stakeholders where strategic, operational, and performance-related topics are discussed and debated. Adopt Agile Frameworks: A transformative governance structure should be adaptive so that it can respond to a rapidly evolving business landscape.

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Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. ” It further revealed a complex and siloed organization, with competing operating assumptions, values, and practices across the group.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eli’s innovative approaches and insights continue inspiring professionals and organizations worldwide to achieve operational excellence. Albert is the co-founder of Epicflow, an AI-driven multi-project management system. In a multi-project landscape, a unified priority system is indispensable. This is the “integration effect.”

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Here are some possibilities for how managers work as part of various teams: A cross-functional management team who assesses the systemic problems teams encounter, to resolve those problems. As part of the regulatory/governance/operational team at the senior level of the organization, if your org has one of those teams.

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