Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

As a Bersin report pointed out: “The single biggest driver of business impact is the strength of an organization’s learning culture.” Here are four science-based recommendations to help you create a learning culture on your team or in your organization: Reward continuous learning. ” You and Your Team Series.

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Epicflow

MAY 31, 2022

Secondly, it can be rather challenging to achieve effective collaboration between the members of remote teams, as they lack real-life communication and may even have cultural differences, which often results in misunderstandings. Therefore, ensuring remote teams’ efficiency will require additional effort. . Lack of resources.

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Engineering Resources Management Efficiency 49

Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

These models are trained on massive datasets comprising books, articles, websites, and other textual sources. From writing assistance to automated data analysis, LLMs enable users to work more efficiently, thereby freeing up time to focus on higher-value tasks. LLMs work similarly.

Productivity 88

Productivity McKinsey Data Training 88

Halo Psych

JANUARY 13, 2025

As Professor Carol Dweck says in her book, Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential , Those concrete plans – plans you can visualize – about WHEN, WHERE and HOW you are going to do something lead to really high levels of follow-through, which of course, ups the chances of success (p.238).

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Journal Exercises Research Study 103

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Agile approaches challenge the management mindset and therefore the corporate culture. Culture expresses what managers value. Culture (according to Edgar Schein) is what people can discuss, how people treat each other, and what we reward. In addition, Scrum makes the culture clash visible.

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Agile Culture Management Efficiency 69

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 4, 2024

What if it's most efficient to do the work for a person or a team? Reducing management delays and increasing management throughput allows everyone to be efficient and effective. Throughput Creates Efficiency and Effectiveness Higher throughput is much more efficient for the organization than higher individual efficiency.

Efficiency 63

Efficiency Management How To Metrics 63

Epicflow

JULY 27, 2022

In a complex multi-project environment with a shared resource pool, there are even more reasons for team members to work as efficiently as possible – otherwise it will be impossible to ensure a seamless and fruitful workflow and successful project delivery. . Company culture . Do they use their time as efficiently as possible? .

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Resources Productivity Management Efficiency 147

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

To help them in their new roles, companies spend almost $14 billion a year on courses, books, videos, coaches, tests, and executive education programs — and such spending rose 10% last year. The culture at GE, for example, centers on execution, simplicity, and innovation. But there’s little evidence that much of this works.

Leadership 138

Leadership Deloitte Culture Pharmaceuticals 138

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

Back in 2010, one of Judson’s residents realized that the goal of enlivening the cultural life of the retirement community and the need to provide affordable housing for nearby graduate music students might be simultaneously solved. In his book How Old Are You? But something else has happened.

Education 147

Education Efficiency Study Hotels 147

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 13, 2021

The current culture pulls them one way. The culture changes—or lack of changes—freeze them. The middle managers think they can't easily change the culture. See A Contrarian’s Perspective on Agile Mindset, Behaviors, Culture.). Read the Modern Management Made Easy books. They're stuck. But they can.

Agile 108

Agile Management Culture Leadership 108

Johanna Rothman

MAY 24, 2021

When I think about changing outcomes, I think about culture change. Of the four factors, how can we create a culture that encourages happiness? We might create that culture this way: Create the “good” kind of stress. When I want to deliver books, I need a team to create a final delivery. Or that I experiment.

Leadership 134

Leadership Culture Agile Management 134

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

I'm rewriting/reorganizing the Lead an Innovative Organization book. Flow efficiency at all levels. Anytime I've seen a successful innovation culture, I've seen these principles. (I'm Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Manage for effectiveness. Seek outcomes, not outputs.

Agile 83

Agile Efficiency Culture Resources 83

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. And, if you look at other country's cultures , you can see the US might rank the highest on Individualism. See Book 2 for what you can do about that myth.).

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Software Management System Travel 112

Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2017

As I was doing research and analysis for my recent book , I found that one of the best ways organizations can create a sense of purpose for their employees is to help connect their day-to-day work with the impact it has in their community and globally. I’ve identified several common themes in our talks, which I’ll share here.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. What do you need to know to manage project resources with maximum efficiency? What do you need to know to manage project resources with maximum efficiency? The results of efficient resource management are as follows: .

Resources 130

Resources Management Emotional Intelligence Trends 130

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

You don't want to reinforce resource efficiency, even though you rewarded the person for that all along. Instead, you want to reinforce flow efficiency. Discuss why you want flow efficiency and overall lower cycle time. You now realize that if you want an agile culture, you want the team to collaborate.

Development 99

Development Management Efficiency Agile 99

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

One gigabyte can hold the contents of enough books to cover a 30-foot-long shelf. Data is not always shared efficiently. However, through a new culture and technology strategy, the company pivoted and raised its Net Promoter Score by 18 points. That’s equal to 44 trillion gigabytes. Multiply that by 44 trillion.

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Data Banking Sales Accenture 138

Epicflow

JANUARY 17, 2022

In turn, managing multiple projects involves dealing with dependencies between them and maximum efficient utilization of shared resources, so that you won’t only have a sum of successful projects, but a successful business. . Book a call to learn more. Bringing distributed teams together . Dealing with uncertainties .

Industry 130

Industry Management Resources Trends 130

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I always estimate how long my books take. I'm still experimenting with my book writing to make it faster.). See Modern Management Made Easy Book 3 for specific ways to deal with individual manager goals.). If you want to create an agile culture, start with the managers. I'm always off. And, the teams benefit.

Management 101

Management Agile Meeting ROI 101

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

We can't get something for nothing, and agility requires that managers change the culture. When managers do not change the culture, they cannot reap all the benefits of agility. But when managers cannot change and, as a result, do not change the culture? Sure, if a team reduces its feedback loops, the team will learn faster.

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Agile Management Metrics Culture 96

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Brain science, popularized in Daniel Kahneman’s book , has shown that this type of “slow thinking” is negatively correlated with “fast thinking,” as might be employed when driving a car or solving a simple sum. The Socratic Method remains the most efficient way to stimulate reflection. Get a coach.

How To 138

How To Culture Tools Meeting 138

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

What culture do you want? If people have to ask for books or training, could you offer everyone a book allowance or a training allowance? The longer I wait between cleanings, the more I need the marathon. If you've been accumulating policies and procedures, you might also need a marathon of significant management attention.

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Policies Leadership Guidelines Agile 131

Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

In this article, we’ll provide an overview of this process, and let you know how project managers can make it more simple and efficient by utilizing a resource management solution. . Enterprise environmental factors: government and industry standards, organizational culture, marketplace conditions. .

Management 130

Management Data Resources System 130

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The musical chairs game focuses on resource efficiency. It disregards flow efficiency , management experience, and how the best managers support their teams. Those assistants had several roles: Take care of the non-promotable work that enhanced the culture, such as organizing condolence cards and birthday wishes.

Efficiency 71

Efficiency Culture Leadership Management 71

Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency. Try HR Retrospectives.

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Agile Software Case Interview Interviews 78

Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Negative organizational culture: The overall culture within an organization can impact teamwork. If the organizational culture promotes competition, silos, or a lack of collaboration, it can trickle down to the team level and hinder cooperation.

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Training Training Leadership Resources 99

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I took an opportunity to write a new book this year, Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer. That book satisfied one of my business goals: to write more useful books. That book was on my options list, but I had not planned to write that book this year. I'm now able to finish the consulting book.

Management 98

Management Productivity Guidelines Consulting 98

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2021

I wrote Pairing, Swarming, and Mobbing because I was concerned that teams didn't know how to work in flow efficiency. Managers create the culture—the environment—where everyone can succeed. Everyone thought “utilization” worked better.). However, managers don't create products. The benefit of having that goal?

Management 71

Management Efficiency Culture Productivity 71

Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Bottom-line, companies with people-first culture led by Servant Leadership principles outperform their competitors. However, employees may struggle to prioritize tasks and allocate their time efficiently. Leverage Technology: Provide remote workers with the necessary tools and technology to perform their tasks efficiently.

Leadership 101

Leadership Training Training Productivity 101

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I remember back when, and I don’t mean to diminish Alan’s current status, I don’t know much about what he’s doing right now, but back in the day when I was paying a lot of attention to him, he’d publish 600 articles and thirteen books or something. The major might be, “I’m going to write a book.”

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Consulting Productivity Advertising Training 127

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

In a book titled Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?, The intuitive belief that technology can manifest from money alone, anthropologists tell us , is a culturally rooted notion which hides the fact that the scarcity experienced by some is linked to the abundance enjoyed only by a few. Paul Taylor/Getty Images. Insight Center.

Efficiency 75

Efficiency Energy Software Resources 75

Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 20, 2021

Efficiency in business comes down to reaching goals with the highest degree of quality and speed possible. When workflow breaks down and this efficiency fails, it’s worth questioning why it happened and how to prevent it in the future. If the hands and feet, eyes and ears don’t coordinate, the body can’t move efficiently.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Software Tools Energy 52

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2016

Or it’s for a time that’s already booked, and now you’re left to decide whom to turn down. That will be much more efficient than attending the entire meeting. It might be a bit of a culture shock at first, but all the overwhelmed people with 35 hours a week of meetings will quickly admire your discipline.

Meeting 133

Meeting Productivity Efficiency Culture 133

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 21, 2019

This post is about what you can do to create an agile culture, regardless of where you are in the organization. BTW: One more thing about an agile culture: Many of the people I spoke with at the conference are convinced they need to “scale.” And, they change the culture to one that supports agile approaches.

Agile 65

Agile Culture Efficiency Guidelines 65

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Fourth, they’re activating the digital organization—taking advantage of the new digital tools that are available in the market, to work in very different ways and to leverage those digital technologies to create efficiency. Because a great culture and beautiful words and wonderful sentiment are just not enough.

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Deloitte Consulting Data Talent 133

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Equity cash flows, in turn, are a function of a company’s long-term return on equity (ROE), growth, and the value of shareholders’ equity on its books. Accordingly, business leaders sought to improve efficiency by employing Six Sigma, process reengineering, spans and layers, and other tools.

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Cash Flow Financial Balance Sheet Bain 138

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Type 2: These are once-analog products that have now been converted into digital products, such as photography, books, and music. These products are typically sold as a service via digital distribution platforms (Audible.com for books, Spotify for music, Netflix for movies). Here too, digital natives dominate.

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Industry Software Engineering Efficiency 75