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After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company

Harvard Business

More and more companies are relying on mergers & acquisitions (M&A) as a competitive growth strategy. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Should job losses occur, tensions may intensify as the remaining workers feel burdened “doing the job of many” to implement a strategy that executives, not managers, defined.

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

Adapting to change. The reinvention of NASA has been an evolution spanning three phases, each focused on achieving different goals and characterized by particular technology strategies, cultural values, and ways of working with external parties. This demanded shifts in cultural values, relational approaches, and technology strategy.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change. These factors are often more behavioral — how the management team makes decisions, for example. This is why we find a zero-based approach preferable. Redesign the Operating Model.

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