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. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Marina Nasr / EyeEm/Getty Images. This story is not unique. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

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Agile How To Efficiency Groups 40

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

Its hierarchical authority, specialized division of labor, and standard operating procedures enabled companies to grow far larger than they had ever been. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. What can I do?”

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Agile Energy Retail Case Interview 31

Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. A common strategy is created by representatives of the network and is broadly communicated.

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Agile Enterprise Metrics Talent 65

Kates Kesler

JULY 6, 2020

Consider these five factors: Customers Strategy and Organization Capabilities Operating Model Organization Shape Talent. Strategy and Capabilities. Many organizations have a compelling, inspirational strategy supported by organizational capabilities. Operating Model. Kates Kesler, part of Accenture.

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Enterprise Talent Agile Exercises 50

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. Soon, Pratt and Joshi talked and Agilent became the first client Deloitte served using a global delivery model (GDM).

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Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2023

The CEO’s Best Tool for Success – A High Performing Leadership Team To thrive, organizations must be agile enough to meet everchanging market conditions. Silo-based Perspective Research by Accenture found that found that de-siloed teams that operate fluidly are 28 percent more likely to achieve the highest levels of growth.

Leadership 36

Leadership Construction Accenture Agile 36

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. Sponsored by Accenture. To avoid this roadblock, successful companies use a more agile strategy that relies on local solutions to capture value quickly, while gradually building the long-term IT and automation architecture. ” Insight Center. It’s a familiar story.

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Operations Data Engineering Software 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2018

So with customers expecting more personalized, agile, and on-demand delivery, insurers are now racing to keep pace and deliver more relevant solutions for a changing user landscape. What’s more, the digital revolution is demanding internal changes to drive digital transformation within the organization and operate in more cost-effective ways.

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Insurance Insurance Case Study Case Studies 60

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Successful change-agile leaders at all levels in the organization respond to changes in the business environment by seizing opportunities, including throwing out old models and developing new ways of doing business.

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Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 47

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. Once a company understands that it is a node in an interconnected network, its business strategy must change externally and internally.

ROI 28

ROI Operations Talent Accenture 28

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

M&A is central to many companies’ growth strategies. The problem is that many companies have the wrong “operating system” for organic growth. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. This portfolio approach to organic growth enables companies to create a testing ground for potential M&A strategies.

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Company B2B Engineering System 30

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Clearly, there has to be a better way to paint a car, but to make that operation more efficient and take cost out will require the development of a new process. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Take the paint shop.

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Automotive Operations Wireless Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2016

While others have written about how to design exponential strategies and organizations, I want to focus here on how to create an exponential mindset. Unless you are conscious and diligent, you can end up with a strategy that looks digital (i.e. uses digital technology) but doesn’t actually operate digitally (i.e.

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How To Agile Resources Accenture 28

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

Ostensibly, young companies are “acqui-hired” more for their best people than for any real interest in their products, services, or ongoing operations. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. People need to understand the new cultural, organizational, and operational values they are being asked to embrace.

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Enterprise Talent How To Agile 28

Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

The traditional, even predominant, way to form a team follows a well-rehearsed and perfectly logical flow: Develop a strategy. Identify an associated new work effort to implement that strategy. But it also may contribute to the fact that 70% of special projects and strategy initiatives fail. Operations in a Connected World.

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Leadership Case Interview Accenture Groups 29