Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

(The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). See Schedule Game #11: The Schedule Tool is Always Right as an example.). I wrote a series about that, starting with Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1.). And, they want metrics.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, businesses like Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, and Airbnb use AI-powered recommendation systems to suggest movies, videos, products, and rental properties based on a user’s browsing history, past purchases, and revealed preferences based on past behavior. These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

This article will consider three examples from military history that can examined to better understand competitive strategy in the business arena. As they gradually improve the quality of their product offering, the new entrant has the potential to take over the entire market.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The frustrations with current planning practices intersect with another fundamental managerial trend: organizational agility. One of the key principles underpinning team-based agility is that teams autonomously decide their priorities and where to allocate their own resources. Consider the Dutch financial services firm ING Bank.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Brimstone Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In an environment that forces agility, such as the one we are in, actionable strategy enables the strategy itself (and the organization) to become more agile. Take the example of V12. The process also helped the company to identify their market realities, customer needs, and market opportunity.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

It's the lack of words that keeps websites from getting launched and marketing tactics from getting implemented. The missing link between great intentions and great results is often a little talked-about leadership trait - emotional agility and courage. Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. Will I be fired?".

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Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. For these reasons, modern crisis teams are turning from command-and-control systems to more adaptive, agile approaches. Patrick Smith/Getty Images.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. This is especially true in developing markets where competitors can move very quickly with few of the obstacles that big companies face. But tangible examples of these new ways of working are few and far between.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

By Surya Panditi, GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. So organizations today are staying ahead of the curve by scaling agile and building agility into everything they do, and extending agile techniques and practices across teams, teams-of-teams, non-IT organizations and even across the business as a whole.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For example, I'm doing a webinar on November 30 where the value is primarily promotion for my new book. So the people in the learning/process improvement/agile center of excellence ask me for a free talk. You might have other considerations, such as how much marketing reach the other person/organization has.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

For example, Google popularized the 20% Rule , under which it has traditionally allowed employees to spend up to 20% of their paid work time on developing personal projects. Organizations can also adopt agile governance practices that allow for iterative decision-making and faster adaptation to the changing business landscape.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Perhaps my journey to agile will help you figure out how to begin your own.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

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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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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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. A growing percentage of this investment supports peer learning.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I'll use my product development as an example to explain how my experimentation and finalization work. We both use agility based on value: Small MVPs offer everyone early feedback, possibly as an experiment. You, as I, might discover new markets and new products. Not the customer and definitely not the organization.

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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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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

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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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

Just take a look at the pandemic, for example. Enhanced Organizational Agility If there’s one thing that the pandemic showed us, it’s that adapting to changing market dynamics is essential. Remaining agile, innovative, and competitive in a rapidly changing business landscape can make a world of difference.

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Comatch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Aside from Scrum, it’s the most important agile approach. Kanban can be used in marketing, sales, HR, legal services, accounting, procurement, auditing, and more, and it’s a great way of giving individuals a cross-organization look at work. . The bank implemented the agile approach across all departments, not just IT.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. Here are some of the examples. AI-driven applications).

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

This is confirmed by the recent PMI Pulse of the Profession report — they’ve found that companies that give particular importance to soft skills (or how they call them “power skills”) achieve better project outcomes and have higher levels of project management maturity and organizational agility [3].

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Agile approaches are not about doing more. Agile approaches encourage us to do the least we need to do, to the best of our abilities, to get feedback, so we can do it again. See Agile Transformation: Practice Change, Part 2 for an example.). Here's an example. “More” isn't the goal. Decreased risk, or.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 3, 2019

I started this series discussing the issue of the various product-based roles in an agile organization. Back when we started using agile approaches, many teams worked directly with their customers. And, what if you create a mass-market product? Agile Approaches Invite Collaboration and Frequent Delivery. Think small.).

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LSA Global

MAY 2, 2024

An example of a company with low process variation is In-N-Out Burger. Rigidity in processes can hinder organizational agility , making it challenging to respond swiftly to evolving market dynamics or capitalize on emergent opportunities. An example of a company with low process variation is Wolfgang Puck restaurants.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. Translating content into local languages or adhering to local regulations are some classic examples.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 22, 2020

Even if you use an agile approach, you still can't create an impossible project. One of my clients in the Visionaries part of the early market had typical problems: At least four separate types of customers, all clamoring for slightly different customer sets (features and time). The teams chose to: Use an agile approach.

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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. As an example, just look at legacy consulting. Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. Digitalization is forcing professional services firms to fundamentally transform existing business models.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. For example, you might give additional payment or delivery options to adapt to a tightened economy. Fourth, look for opportunities to broaden your reach within your target market. You could put certain product offerings on the back burner in order to promote others.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. For example, the application of the latest manufacturing technologies (e.g. To stay competitive on the market, automotive companies have to deliver their products faster.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

For example, McKinsey explicitly looks for people with leadership ability, problem solving skills, and initiative. market size and revenue forecasts), relevant examples (e.g. It is important to be open-minded and agile. Other skills that firms look for include organization, attention to detail, and critical thinking.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

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.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, if your CSF is improving service quality, you might use KPIs like average resolution time, first-time fix rate, or customer satisfaction scores to understand how you’re performing in this area. Market trends? How long does it take to bring those solutions to market? How do you facilitate collaboration (i.e.,

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Create Overarching Goals for an example of this.) Reducing the Costs of Delay More Than Paid for the “Duplication” When the departments decentralized, they did have more finance, HR, and marketing communications people.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional Services Overview Professional services firms – such as IT professional services firms, marketing/PR firms, or legal or financial advisers – are at an inflection point. RingCentral data suggests that the professional services market — overall — is growing at a CAGR of 9.1% — and stands to hit the $8B mark by the end of this year.

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