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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1 to 1

JULY 2, 2013

1to1 Media''s Tom Hoffman speaks with Steve Kraus, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Pegasystems about the key themes that emerged from the PegaWORLD 2013 event, including the need for companies to become more agile and flexible in their approach to delivering on what customers are looking for. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Over the past 18 months, Sergey’s experience has been echoed in offices in Ukraine, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, and many other emerging markets that have faced substantial currency depreciation due to the drop in commodity prices and the flow of capital to the U.S. Normally, MNCs raise prices in the emerging market, (e.g.,

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Uncertainty There are various sources of uncertainty in manufacturing: inflation, ongoing supply chain challenges, geopolitical tensions, changing market demands, and even the latest technology adoption. However, focusing solely on Agile has its pitfalls, e.g., a lack of long-term planning is one of the biggest ones.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 23, 2020

Acme has been working towards agility for the last couple of years. and in Create Your Successful Agile Project. They don't have a program manager (as in Agile and Lean Program Management ). And, because there was a specific marketing event, the managers wanted the teams to complete the work in about six months.

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Eupnea Management Consulting

AUGUST 27, 2021

The main actors are employers and their workforce but labour market changes have been driven by a plethora of external factors that extend well beyond the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our societies and businesses. What businesses need to do? Endnotes 1. 2021 Gartner Hybrid Work Employee Survey, Gartner, Aug.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Below, we’ll dig into these market forces and what they mean for professional services firms moving forward. Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. While these changes might seem like a lot to take on at once, they represent a path toward agility, adaptability, and long-term resilience.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Successful change-agile leaders at all levels in the organization respond to changes in the business environment by seizing opportunities, including throwing out old models and developing new ways of doing business.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

.” 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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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The problem is that the intended outcomes and commitments to the market might be negatively affected, harming the reputation of the organization. But combine that with a minor delay in raw material delivery and throw in a sudden but not surprising market fluctuation, and you have a perfect storm. Adaptive planning becomes crucial here.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. Companies that follow the Toyota Production System use Kaizen events to improve productivity on the manufacturing line. Small and large companies alike are experimenting with these concepts.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Union Pacific, the leading railroad company has a market capitalization of over $80 billion, about 60% more than Ford or GM. Disney, the leading movie studio company, has a market capitalization of about $150 billion. That can’t be done through agility alone, but takes years of preparation to achieve. Agility is overrated.

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Kates Kesler

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Designing end-to-end functions as integrators of the business unit/market matrix. Building formal networks of global and local capability and resources with agile guidance from the center. Engaging both global and local leadership in highly integrated strategic and operating planning processes.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Analogously, the business environment is composed of firms and individuals who compete for limited customer dollars and investment capital and endure a continuously changing landscape resulting from economic, social and political events occurring in the background. Don’t aspire to be perfect – No organism is the perfect creation.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 20, 2018

Because the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. The mantra of “ first-mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their markets, became the conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley.

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Cheryl Cran

JUNE 28, 2016

They had a dinner and a ‘learn to dance’ event the night before I was to speak and they asked me to join them. I had the opportunity to follow up with Launi post event to interview her on leadership, change leadership and more. We need to be agile and ready to adapt to the ongoing disruptions.

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2017

However, there are times when flexibility is needed in order to adjust to new and changing market demands. strategy can anticipate every future event. Our organizational alignment research found that 92% of high growth companies agreed or strongly agreed that their leaders were highly responsive to relevant market and industry changes.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 30, 2013

What are the effective marketing activities that you should engage in to attract visitors to you? Have you positioned yourself for global reach through agility that enables you to eliminate borders and operate globally? Some ideas may be video conferencing tools such as Skype, live streaming of events or creating global communities.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In malleable environments, such as in newly created or disrupted markets, they will need to envision and realize new possibilities. For example, the presence or absence of a trade deal or an interest rate cut can potentially have a bigger impact than reducing cost or increasing marketing. They buffer against unexpected events.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

A D2C initiative can involve one platform or many, depending on things like image, objectives, target audience, and what’s feasible in a given market. At Procter & Gamble, for instance, technology says it’s time to remind parents about Pampers, while analytics says that direct marketing is the best way to do it.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2016

President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba in March 2016 drove excitement for businesses considering the market that the island could become. With many state-run enterprises dependent on public subsidies, Cuba has attempted to shift workers to the much more agile private sector, but progress continues to be slow.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. While most firms associate the consequential costs of these types of events as their risk, EvD is a subtler figure, which is revealed in persistent loss scenarios.

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Cheryl Cran

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I had the privilege to work for Pat Kramer and his team at their annual BDO AGM in September in Toronto and deliver the open and close keynotes for the event. . We are focused on arming our leaders with the ability to lead change, to increase agility and innovation skills. What is your leadership philosophy?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

This can be done in four steps: Attach a “value” to each source of uncertainty — strong vs. light currency depreciation, high vs. low future EU market access — along with your perception of likelihood (plausible, likely, unlikely) to build an “ uncertainty map.” For example, a U.S. Run scenarios.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

Unicorns and near-unicorns actually are much more prone to self-induced internal breakdowns than they are vulnerable to adverse events in the marketplace. Nurtured correctly, it can help a company achieve scale insurgency — a company with the benefits of both size and agility. Nearly two in three died or stumbled.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

Earlier this year, we walked the halls of the Hannover Messe, one of Europe’s largest events for industrial manufacturers. To avoid this roadblock, successful companies use a more agile strategy that relies on local solutions to capture value quickly, while gradually building the long-term IT and automation architecture.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2017

This collaborative approach is no longer optional: No single company, deploying only its own products or services, can capture IoT’s value by itself, and certainly not with the speed required in today’s digital market. Putting up booths at university recruiting events and hosting job fairs will not be enough.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

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. She makes adjustments and alterations depending on the client and the event.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2016

” In light of this dual purpose, running an effective one-on-one meeting “requires real cognitive agility,” says Margaret Moore , CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation and co-author of Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life. ” Here are some tips to get the most out of these meetings.

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