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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. It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround.

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Our thought leadership predictions for 2021

The Source

Here are our top three: A more agile mindset. This need to ramp up production and meet a requirement for super-fast turnaround times led to wholesale rethinking of processes, and often turned long-held assumptions about just what can be achieved within tight timescales on their head.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

Disclosure: Although Avaya currently has no ties with Innovators International, my interest in Avaya’s remarkable turnaround was initially kindled by the dozens of conversations I had with many people at Avaya when the company was a partner with our organization.). Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers.

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Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

Improved operational efficiency: AI-based needs analysis systems allow insurers to not only improve their probability of lead-to-quote conversion but also re­duce turnaround time conversions. Insurers should focus the case for a proof of concept on activities that require agility, automation, and continuous innovation.

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The First Step to Fixing U.S. Manufacturing

Harvard Business

They already report that the domestic supplier base is hollowed out, depriving them of the agility they need to respond quickly to new market opportunities. Similar inefficiencies affect other industries as well, and they are likely to multiply as manufacturers seek to expand product portfolios and reduce turnaround times.

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7 Tenets of a Good CEO Succession Process

Harvard Business

While some situations demand outside successors — such as a turnaround or a discontinuous shift in the industry and strategy – we believe that internal candidates remain the future CEOs-of-choice. Does he or she possess the agility and courage required to make difficult choices? How does this impact his or her leadership?

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. Gerald Lord/Getty Images. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this.

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