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When is “Agile Scaling” the Answer?

Johanna Rothman

At the Influential Agile Leader workshop earlier this year, I led a session about scaling and how you might think about it. I asked if any of the teams succeeded at using an agile approach at the team level. We implemented wireless, broadcast, the equivalent of webinars, all kinds of stuff. No, none of them had. Back in 1977.

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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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3 Ways Resiliency Helps Companies Shift Back

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TTEC’s webinar, Shifting Back: How to prepare for what’s next in the contact center , discussed the innovations needed to build a long-term digitally resilient organization. They can now utilize an agile workforce that can be redistributed the globe with a hybrid of brick-and-mortar and virtual associates. Take the lead with digital.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

Harvard Business

” Many of us now work in constantly connected, always-on, highly demanding work cultures where stress and the risk of burnout are widespread. Since the pace and intensity of contemporary work culture are not likely to change, it’s more important than ever to build resilience skills to effectively navigate your worklife.

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How Freelancers Can Make Sure They Get Paid on Time

Harvard Business

When freelancing is your primary source of income, you have to be meticulous and organized about keeping your books, according to Jon Younger, the founder of the Agile Talent Collaborative , a non-profit research organization and the coauthor of Agile Talent. “Ask about the corporate culture,” she says.