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Critical Analysis Skills can put you a Step Ahead

Tom Spencer

Based on a recent conversation with Yinka, below is a summary of three main ideas as to how critical analysis skills can benefit young professionals: 1. While qualitative papers are much broader is terms of what form they may take, they usually contain limited amounts of statistical analysis.

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Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility

Johanna Rothman

One of my clients wants to use shared services “teams” as they start their agile transformation. The organization wonders why no one can “meet” a deadline. Agile approaches break the idea of a “shared service” model of people. ” Don't use an agile approach.

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What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? Part 1, Serial Lifecycles

Johanna Rothman

Are you trying to make an agile framework or approach work? Maybe you've received a mandate to “go agile.” Or, maybe you're trying to fit an agile framework into your current processes—and you've got a mess. I've seen plenty of problems when people try to adopt “agile” wholesale.

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Sprint-Based Work on Multiple Projects: How an Agile Resource Management Solution Can Assist

Epicflow

Agile has become the most popular methodology in recent years and has proven its efficiency for millions of companies already so nobody has any doubts about it today. Being agile means being flexible enough to adequately and timely react to any alterations of your project environment and any external changes that may happen at any time.

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How to Solve 3 Modern Cross-Cultural Leadership Challenges

Organizational Talent Consulting

link] Cross-Cultural Strategy #1: Culturally Agile Leadership Leaders increasingly face cross-cultural differences working with diverse customers and employees. Cross-cultural differences require leaders with cultural agility. Successful, culturally agile leaders can see themself through another person's perspective.

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Leveraging Consultants: Critical Digital Support

Business Consulting Agency

Understanding E-commerce Success Factors Market Analysis and Positioning: Consultants conduct comprehensive market analysis to identify market trends, competitive landscapes, and consumer behavior patterns. Leveraging consultants to gain critical digital support for any type and size business. Consulting services is smart business.

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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business

The frustrations with current planning practices intersect with another fundamental managerial trend: organizational agility. One of the key principles underpinning team-based agility is that teams autonomously decide their priorities and where to allocate their own resources.

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