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. It typically is a set of roles at the center and dedicated or aligned roles in the operating units.

Agile 65

Agile Enterprise Metrics Talent 65

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. To make tracking progress effective, it's important to set SMART goals with specific metrics and targets that can be accurately tracked in software.

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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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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

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

AUGUST 20, 2018

Given the stock market was buying “the story and vision” of anything internet, inflated expectations were more important than traditional metrics like customers, growth, revenue, or, heaven forbid, profits. Yet while we had plenty of tools for execution, we had none for search. So we built them. The result? Seize the Cash.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

The metrics also changed. This program gives employees across all disciplines and levels tools to educate them on the company, its culture, products and services, and how they solve its customer’s needs. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development. The results?

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Progressus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These transformative elements, while well-recognized, are evolving at an unprecedented pace, affecting how professional services firms operate, make decisions, collaborate, and structure their services. AI aids in talent sourcing, while cloud-based collaboration tools expand hiring possibilities.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Defining and tracking success metrics. PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product. The art of resource allocation (it is not a science!).

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. Businesses are increasingly embracing tools that allow them to adapt to changing conditions. Firms are also able to source talent with some help from AI solutions, while cloud-based collaboration tools mean they’re not limited to hiring local candidates.

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