Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

Agile 28

Agile Development Methodologies Software 28

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

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. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Learn and experience how agile works.

Agile 34

Agile Energy Retail Case Interview 34

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

As a strategy consultant, you will live and breathe PowerPoint presentations. A deck, with its collection of carefully crafted tables, charts, figures, and images, is one of the best ways to enhance an oral presentation so as to clearly communicate a strategy and how you are going to implement it with the client.

Consulting 88

Consulting Analysis Industry Accenture 88

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 16, 2022

He discovered that working independently allowed him to identify gaps within the strategy consulting industry that he easily would have missed if he had been working as a employee. The rise of contractual employment offers businesses the benefit of agility and adaptability by turning full-time employees into freelancers.

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Consulting Accenture Industry Talent 97

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. Kates Kesler, part of Accenture. Customers. Start slow, finish fast.

Enterprise 50

Enterprise Talent Agile Exercises 50

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.

Agile 65

Agile Enterprise Metrics Talent 65

Kates Kesler

JULY 24, 2020

Talent problems are result of organization design decisions related to organization strategy and broader organization design issues. The Star Model provides a holistic view of to look at the diversity opportunity and it starts with strategy. Kates Kesler, part of Accenture. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late.

Talent 65

Talent Metrics Accenture Development 65

Kates Kesler

JULY 22, 2020

Talent problems are result of organization design decisions related to organization strategy and broader organization design issues. The Star Model provides a holistic view of to look at the diversity opportunity and it starts with strategy. Kates Kesler, part of Accenture. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late.

Talent 65

Talent Metrics Accenture Development 65

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

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). IT Strategy.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Deloitte 100

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.

Agile 52

Agile Efficiency Culture Trends 52

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. This speed and agility allows the insurance industry to match stride with would be disruptors in the digital age. Inability to attract new customers.

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Insurance Insurance Case Study Case Studies 60

Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Stand-up meetings have become a routine part of the workday in many organizations, spread largely by the adoption of agile and other innovative management methods. When I was a managing partner at Accenture, our Organization & Change Strategy team helped design a new conference facility for one of our offices.

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Meeting Agile Accenture Conference 30

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

M&A is central to many companies’ growth strategies. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. In our work with dozens of large companies on growth and transformation strategies, we’ve found a set of principles and practices that create an operating system for growth. Topic Images/Getty Images. Insight Center.

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Company B2B Engineering System 33

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. Sponsored by Accenture. No strategy is static. Grow: Agility and Control.

How To 28

How To Agile Resources Accenture 28

Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

Sponsored by Accenture. No strategy is static. Transforming a relatively simple idea into a $19 billion windfall, it turns out, was more about solving problems with the tools at hand than inventing new solutions from scratch. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

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Productivity Engineering Accenture Banking 37

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

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. Operations in a Connected World. It’s a familiar story.

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Operations Data Engineering Software 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. Sponsored by Accenture.

Leadership 30

Leadership Case Interview Accenture Groups 30

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. The firm knew it had to build its internal design capabilities and believed its newly merged team represented an agile shortcut superior to hiring digital design agencies or recruiting people to build a department. ” Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Talent How To Agile 28

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 11, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Ranging in size from two- to four-feet high, these automated assistants work with humans to perform tasks that perhaps are slightly dangerous or repetitive, or that require a special agility to work in tight or hard to reach places, such as working underneath autos. Insight Center.

Automotive 29

Automotive Operations Wireless Efficiency 29