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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. But many would say that Kodak failed because they didn’t foresee how quickly and completely digital cameras would take over the industry that depended on film sales. They were not agile enough. Autopsy #2 – Hummer.

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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

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

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

Harvard Business

Perhaps it will be the experimental approach of applying a single film over the car and then baking it on, like in a pottery kiln—currently being tested in automotive research labs. It would be expensive, if even possible, to reprogram robots and machines to be able to accommodate daily changes in factory production schedules.

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How Rudeness Stops People from Working Together

Harvard Business

Researchers filmed these simulations and had objective judges evaluate them. A study of cross-functional product teams revealed that when leaders treated members of their team well and fairly, the team members were more productive individually and as a team. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations.