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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. How well does your business strategy support the fulfillment of your company’s purpose?

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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. 5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For.

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

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. 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. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Take the paint shop.