Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I’ll describe some of Avaya’s specific innovation techniques and strategies below, but again, it’s worth slowing down to emphasize how unusual this attitude adjustment toward risk is. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. It takes a major cultural shift in the company. The risk had been managed well.

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Methodologies Agile Metrics Exercises 28

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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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

Fast-iteration methodologies are a prerequisite, because talent tech has to be tailored to specific business needs and company context and culture. Knowing how to use lean, self-managing team methodologies is a prerequisite. For example, one large industrial company needed a better way to get people on cross-functional projects.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 16, 2018

Note, for example, the spirited defense by Paul Polman of Unilever of his long-term, sustainable business philosophy in the wake of a takeover attempt. Like any social movement, this one has started with many people starting small fires. Look around and you will see them: Individual CEOs and their boards deliberately deciding to take a stand.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

It consists of the author’s essays that cover the philosophy and strategies for managing projects. His ideas regarding remote work difficulties and how to handle them are based on his research of Agile software development, human resources, supply chain management, cognitive psychology, organizational behavior, and labor economics.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

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. They should have a plan for helping people use the new technologies and the related new methodologies more effectively.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

There are two different strategies here. There is your intervention strategy, which is what we started with. So that is not a methodology to build buildings. But there are plenty of examples of businesses that don’t do it well either. We started with strategy. That’s not how it works.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Mindful that many large transformation programs run into difficulties because of scope complexity and traditional “ waterfall ” software development, Shuttleworth and the team used a design-led approach combined with scaled agile delivery. The team sketched out user stories to frame the work (see below for an example).

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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.

Turnaround 39

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Eli Schragenheim is a respected expert in organizational improvement and strategy, celebrated for his deep knowledge of the Theory of Constraints (TOC). The article advocates for adaptive strategies and the use of buffers as protective measures against unpredictable organizational challenges. This is the “integration effect.”

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

But the most powerful drivers of change are not necessarily technological; radical improvements increasingly also come from applying new innovation methodologies like design thinking that focus on developing a deep understanding of patient experiences and invite patients and partners into co-creation processes. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Business simulations or unstructured large group dialogues are examples of this. Given the uncertainty in their industry, it was impossible for senior management to know what their long-term business strategy or organizational model would look like.

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