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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. Build Agility. While it is easy to say these pivots were a result of agility, it is important to differentiate between “brilliant improvisation” and a repeatable capability.

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5 Ways AI is Revolutionizing Instructional Design

Clarity Consultants

Instructional Design Consultants Use AI-Driven Tools to Evaluate Learner Progress Instructional design consulting firms that use AI often harness the technology to support the effective and efficient evaluation of learner progress. In some cases, AI solutions can even create games dynamically.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. They were not agile enough. Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011.

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Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

While some banks and insurers were known for their service or products, most have long focused on operating as efficiently as possible. Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud. To succeed in the digital economy, companies in these industries are finding it necessary to make a shift.

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What Digital Change Demands of IT Organizations - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. One group works in a bimodal fashion, with day-to-day responsibility, but also being tied into the COEs. “Today everything is aligned with the COEs,” he said.

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Build Team Resilience: Work Together (Part 1)

Johanna Rothman

Company A is working on its umpteenth “agile transformation.” One of the big problems is that the managers think agile approaches will give them faster delivery. Company A managers don't believe in flow efficiency. When I explained the concepts of resource and flow efficiency, the managers nodded.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. The company needed to respond to changing customer desires more quickly, while also becoming more efficient operationally.

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