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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. They were not agile enough. Autopsy #1 – Borders.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. But corporate leaders today seem to agree that strategic alignment is high on the list.

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Tomorrow’s Factories Will Need Better Processes, Not Just Better Robots

Harvard Business

Today, in most mature markets, it’s more than 90 percent automated, yet it is still one of the most expensive and space-intensive sections of the factory. Clearly, there has to be a better way to paint a car, but to make that operation more efficient and take cost out will require the development of a new process. Insight Center.

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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business

Optimizers make up the core of most established businesses — they’re skilled at enhancing and perfecting the existing business to drive growth or improve operations. Scalers iteratively experiment and tweak new ideas until they find product-market fit using methods like agile or lean.

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