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Leadership Tip #13: For Innovation, Remove at Least One Policy or Procedure a Week

Johanna Rothman

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. A lot of the friction we see is anti-agility. This is a part of the series of intermittent leadership tips.

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How Little Can You Do (& Still be Effective)

Johanna Rothman

In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I ask the question: How little can we do to satisfy our needs? See my series about the agile roadmaps to see how that might work in practice. I want to avoid inflicting help as a manager on agile teams. Let Agile Teams Manage Themselves.). I think that way for management, also.

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An Overview of Software Consulting

Tom Spencer

Agile software development is a set of principles and practices that aim to improve the effectiveness of software development. Although agile software development promises to reduce costs and boost creativity, the reliability and consistency of a consulting service could be negatively affected.

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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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Guide for Effective Writing

Tom Spencer

A = “We need to build a more robust M&A pipeline that evaluates potential targets and moves to the execution phase with more agility. As much as people claim to like detailed documents, they dislike confusion and delay even more. This can be achieved by…”. Organise your overall argument.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

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. The tactics are clear, well-documented, and offered up in a myriad of flavors. A Quick Introduction to Agile Management. Related Video.

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

While Netflix relies heavily on leadership behavioral expectations, the automotive company relies on documented protocols owned and overseen by a person or committee. What is most important is thoughtful, intentional, and consistent management routines that make new leadership behaviors and outcomes possible.