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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. They were not agile enough. Autopsy #2 – Hummer. They were caught behind the times.

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

Harvard Business

One major Asian electronics company built a design lab to develop new hardware product ideas. When sales of the Frankenstein product missed their mark, everyone shared the blame. Explorers work in teams like R&D, customer insights, or product development. They didn’t have a handoff, they had a drop-off.

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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. It would be expensive, if even possible, to reprogram robots and machines to be able to accommodate daily changes in factory production schedules. Insight Center.