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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Maximizing Agility and Leverage in the Global Organization

Kates Kesler

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. So why is it so hard to create networked, agile teams in large, global product companies? The global/local tension.

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The Challenge of Activation

Kates Kesler

There are only so many ways to design enterprise structure. The work of support and operating functions like finance, marketing, supply chain and human resources must change to leverage these technologies, and do so in a way that serves enterprise objectives, as well as the needs of individual businesses.

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Bridging Organization Design and Performance

Kates Kesler

Have conglomerates and diversified companies under-performed because of failures in enterprise strategy? The “global operating model” (GOM) is the means to manage this complexity, this tension, this need for both leverage and agility. Global operating and support functions (R&D, supply chain, marketing, IT, HR, finance, etc.).

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

As senior leadership peeled back the organizational onion, a clear case for change emerged in 2013. Senior leadership has begun a journey to reset decision authority – notably in the opposite direction from Philips. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets.

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4 Ways to Orchestrate Amazing Ominchanncel Customer Journeys

1 to 1

Based on that data, build an agile and insight-driven service delivery model. Extend the CX journey across the enterprise Looking at the big picture is key. Encourage other customer-related business units like marketing, sales, finance, and others to collaborate on a holistic CX ecosystem.

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There Are 4 Futures for CMOs (Some Better Than Others)

Harvard Business

These efforts have enabled operational efficiencies, cost reductions, and greater agility, preparing companies for the next phase of digital transformation: driving growth. This is a break from the traditional paths of finance, sales, and operations to the top spot. Up : CMOs are promoted into new roles. ” 4.