Johanna Rothman
MARCH 21, 2024
I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. Especially, Agile is Not a Silver Bullet.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 25, 2016
In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth. The risk had been managed well.
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LSA Global
APRIL 18, 2017
Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. They were not agile enough. Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not.
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2017
In 2011, the average tenure dropped to 18 years. Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud. In 1958, corporations listed in the S&P 500 had an average stay of 61 years. By 1980, numbers from research firm Innosight reveal that the average stay had declined sharply to 25 years.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 3, 2017
Mindful that many large transformation programs run into difficulties because of scope complexity and traditional “ waterfall ” software development, Shuttleworth and the team used a design-led approach combined with scaled agile delivery. The team sketched out user stories to frame the work (see below for an example).
Harvard Business
MARCH 12, 2018
Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. Gerald Lord/Getty Images. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this.
Harvard Business
JANUARY 2, 2018
In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998. Microsoft’s popular Precision Questioning class teaches participants to question their own ideas, develop approaches to healthy, constructive criticism, and act with emotional agility even in tense situations. Joel Garfinkle.
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