Remove 2008 Remove Agile Remove ROI Remove Strategy
article thumbnail

To Reduce Complexity in Your Company, Start with Pen and Paper

Harvard Business

In one, a star researcher said that he was leaving as there was no space for creativity anymore, as the company squeezed budgets and eliminated roles without a clear ROI. The internal world comes to matter more than what is going on outside the boundaries of the company and it just sort of loses its edge.

Company 28
article thumbnail

Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? At a glance, the study revealed these themes: There is no common pattern for a ‘best organization design’ regardless of size, strategy, or industry.

Apparel 82