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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. With an agile methodology, Avaya didn’t just speed up its workflow — it communicated better with its customers.

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Fostering Employee Innovation at a 150-Year-Old Company

Harvard Business

.” 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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Why John Deere Measures Employee Morale Every Two Weeks

Harvard Business

They do this with methods proven useful in accelerating software development, such as “ Agile ,” and which are increasingly being used for hardware product development, too. Deere managers call it a “motivation metric” or even a “happiness metric.” Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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