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? Perhaps my journey to agile will help you figure out how to begin your own.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 2, 2021

” When Susan, the agile project manager, started the next day, she took a picture of the paper. Yes, it might start with no coffee or the video tool doesn't work. This organization wanted what agile approaches offered. Team 2's organization still struggles with its agile culture changes.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Substitute video for MBWAL. See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. I have more ideas and a more in-depth discussion in Create Your Successful Agile Project.). See Three Collaboration Secrets to Create Your Agile Culture.)

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Substitute video for MBWAL. See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. I have more ideas and a more in-depth discussion in Create Your Successful Agile Project.). See Three Collaboration Secrets to Create Your Agile Culture.)

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

Many of us know this intuitively: best practices are optimized for a particular place and time and don’t necessarily transfer well between cultures. That’s how it is with practices that don’t quite fit another cultural context. Managing Across Cultures. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. (I I didn't like what I saw at the Agile 2019 conference.) This part is about what “Agile” or “agile” means. I understand that people want what they perceive as the value “Agile” will bring them. Why a Manifesto?

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Asamby Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Once fun and collaborative workplace cultures can easily become a drag of meetings. In early 2022, we conducted retrospectives for past client work (as you do in an agile team), and we've also found this pattern. How can the effective meeting culture be optimized? We work mainly with remote only or hybrid businesses.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. This innovation in innovation requires moving from predictive plans (based on increasingly unpredictable market conditions) to adaptive, agile innovation teams. Agile innovation teams are small.

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Cheryl Cran

AUGUST 21, 2016

Organizations are faced with managing change at a faster rate than ever before and the fast pace of change requires agile and future ready leaders. Leadership development programs need to be a combination of online, video, case studies and coaching.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

This program gives employees across all disciplines and levels tools to educate them on the company, its culture, products and services, and how they solve its customer’s needs. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

” The product is hardly revolutionary in terms of its technology, but it is easy to use and allows people to do what they want — chat securely (individually or in groups), share pictures and videos, make internet calls — all without fearing that someone is watching over their shoulder or playing with their data.

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Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2016

The music and video industries, for example, weren’t redefined by converting analog to digital formats. My workshops are designed with an exponential mindset to generate new ways of thinking about marketing, culture and strategy. Grow: Agility and Control. Digital business models are a bit of a misnomer.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The term “company DNA” is sometimes used as a shorthand for an organization’s culture and strategy — a metaphor for what makes it unique. Understanding your company’s DNA can help you know what you can and can’t do, and how to achieve agility and authenticity in a changing world.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

In these activities, speed of innovation is critical, and the rallying cry should be autonomy, small teams, and organizational agility. Spotify is a 10-year-old music, video, and podcast streaming company with 30 million paying subscribers and about $3 billion in revenue. Here, too, the culture acts as a support.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

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. People need to understand the new cultural, organizational, and operational values they are being asked to embrace.

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Cheryl Cran

JANUARY 18, 2016

One of the infographic statistics states that 68% of employees feel their company doesn’t create a culture in which employees have a sense of purpose and meaningful impact. The senior leadership of Omnitel made big and bold moves to shift the focus to transformation and to create a culture where everyone at all levels were valued.

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Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

” or “Who actually watched the video fully?” Whether it’s a larger enterprise or a new brand, our research found that being agile and working across business silos is key for marketers to find and engage the right audience and motivate them to action. Beaudin: No. Size doesn’t matter.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 20, 2017

Teams were told that an expert from the United States would be watching them remotely (with video) and would occasionally comment and advise them. Staff had to identify and diagnose the condition and administer proper treatment, including CPR. That “expert” was a member of the research team.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Early in the video, Kent discusses the all-too-frequent sexism and racism I also see in tech. and Create Your Successful Agile Project. The closer to the left your products are, the more your managers might be open to changing their behaviors and the culture. TL; DR: “Stop making it harder” is a culture problem.

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