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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business

Each state poses a different leadership challenge. Although they developed digital photographic technology, too many people in the company focused on the core organizational competence of film. Many have speculated since about failures of its leadership under its bullish former CEO, Fred Goodwin.

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Make Your Strategy More Agile

Harvard Business

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. They allow a company to be more agile and to more effectively adapt to digital disruption. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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