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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Creating transparency: Value is created when data is made accessible to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner, for example, in manufacturing if data from research and development, engineering and manufacturing is integrated to enable concurrent engineering. This can significantly cut time in the market and improve quality. Image: Pexels.

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Scaling Change

Brimstone Consulting

The Vice President of a large information technology division within a leading Fortune 500 health services organization identified the need to develop leaders at the director and senior director levels within his organization.

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How the Big Data Explosion Has Changed Decision Making

Harvard Business

On the one hand, they desperately seek greater agility; on the other, they genuinely want to include all the right stakeholders in their processes. Customers and clients demand greater agility, and employees and partners expect greater empowerment. But effective agility frequently demands inclusive stakeholder involvement.

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The Industrial Era Ended, and So Will the Digital Era

Harvard Business

We need to start preparing for a new era of innovation in which different technologies, such as genomics, materials science, and robotics , rise to the fore. To understand what’s happening, it helps to look at earlier technologies. Even now, information technologies make up only about 6% of GDP in advanced economies.

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Research: Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete

Harvard Business

For example, KenSci is a small Seattle-based healthcare analytics company, which uses machine learning techniques to analyze hundreds of variables about patients’ conditions to provide real-time predictions about mortality, readmissions, and other health-related risks. Despite statistics suggesting a decline in U.S.

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A Tool for Balancing Your Company’s Digital Investments

Harvard Business

For example, some may provide a source of competitive differentiation like the investment that German manufacturer Bosch is making in its internet of things (IoT) data platform. For example, it might be a new business model shaped by digital. Note that whether the technology used is “leading edge” is secondary.

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