Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

It takes a major cultural shift in the company. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. The willingness to experiment has to permeate the whole organization. The risk had been managed well.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

.” Our solution – one transferable to other organizations pursuing innovation – has been to create an agile network of volunteer ambassadors and coaches throughout the company who have taken collective responsibility for making innovation happen and steering our organizational culture in the right direction.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But since Tom’s boss was under pressure to meet a number of website metrics, she didn’t have the flexibility to implement his ideas. It’s not often possible to ignore performance metrics or overcome policies and bureaucratic red-tape. Positive emotions are important in their own right, of course.

Management 53

Management System Metrics Examples 53

Harvard Business

JANUARY 22, 2018

Meta-analytic studies reviewing 50 years of research suggest that personality traits such as curiosity, extraversion, and emotional stability are twice as important as IQ — the benchmark metric for reasoning capability — when it comes to predicting leadership effectiveness. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI.

Leadership 28

Leadership Agile Emotional Intelligence Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

The corollary, of course, is “we don’t know how to do that.” By tracking a metric, they can sell optimized wait times (elevators as a service) rather than banks of elevators based on price. But sustainable growth relies on developing a culture of constant innovation in everything the company does.

Productivity 38

Productivity Engineering Accenture Banking 38

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

This message is reinforced in meetings, at events, and with various awards for contributing to the culture. 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.

Training 28

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” Defining and tracking success metrics. There are of course many other factors to consider for any role such as the type of product you are building (B2B, B2C, industry, etc.),

Productivity 28

Productivity Management Engineering Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

More recently, however, companies have widened their aperture, recognizing that success with AI and analytics requires not just data scientists but entire cross-functional, agile teams that include data engineers, data architects, data-visualization experts, and—perhaps most important—translators. Why are translators so important?

Data 28

Data Engineering Agile McKinsey 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Deliver a Strategy That Works by Managing Culture and Communication. Move quickly to correct course, reprioritize, and remove roadblocks. Build a lean and powerful governance structure to reinforce accountability, ownership, and a bias toward action, based on agreed-upon metrics and milestones.

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