Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. ” Or mine, “Explore and support effective ways of managing product development.”

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

For the growing companies, it’s crucially important to keep track of all their products and make sure they are in demand and meet customers’ needs. A good way to increase profitability is to work on the products that will definitely bring revenue and make the right improvements that people are expecting.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

McNulty, associate director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, and Leonard Marcus, founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, wrote , “The coronavirus crisis, like every crisis, is unfolding over an arc of time with a beginning, middle, and end. Build Agility.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 20, 2022

Leadership is a lot like a ropes course – you are confronted with challenge after challenge, each one testing your skills and giving you an opportunity for personal development and team growth. In this series, we are looking at elements of “The Leadership Ropes Course” that all leaders need to face – and master!

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 20, 2022

Leadership is a lot like a ropes course – you are confronted with challenge after challenge, each one testing your skills and giving you an opportunity for personal development and team growth. In this series, we are looking at elements of “The Leadership Ropes Course” that all leaders need to face – and master!

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

I’m tired of hearing about how much business and leadership is going to change in the “World 2.0.” It may be true that it’s more difficult to do these things when employees are remote, but show me any company that thrives when leaders won’t take responsibility for their decisions, create an environment of fear, or ignore new market openings.

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 6, 2024

Change management fosters communication and involvement, leading to higher morale and productivity. Enhanced Organizational Agility Organizations that manage change effectively can respond quickly to market shifts, customer demands, and emerging opportunities. This helps in planning and mitigating any negative impacts.

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Change Management Management Agile Efficiency 52

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In Part 1 , I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. In this part, I’ll discuss an option for a product-oriented organization. Consider a Product-Oriented Organization. That includes product ownership. How Many Managers Do You Need?

Productivity 65

Productivity Agile Efficiency Management 65

Brimstone Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

While there are many reasons for this high rate of failure, in our work, we have found that the bridge from strategy to execution tends to fail due to one or more of the following reasons: The leadership team is not aligned. The process also helped the company to identify their market realities, customer needs, and market opportunity.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

Marketing needed to change what they wanted, the code changed, our entire team changed. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.) The reason the teams worked on so many projects was that senior leadership was not clear on the strategy. These are delays due to management decision time.).

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. ” Or mine, “Explore and support effective ways of managing product development.”

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They help identify growth opportunities, assess market dynamics, and craft strategies that align with the company’s objectives. Strategic planning ensures that the business remains agile and responsive to changing market conditions. This leads to increased productivity and profitability.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

Essential reads on leadership and change for your library. The following list of 31 books on leadership and change is comprised of books we have found helpful in our careers and ones we often recommend to leaders. 31 books on leadership and change. Daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100% teachable.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 11, 2024

Industry Expertise and Best Practices Consultants bring specialized industry knowledge, insights into market trends, and best practices that clients can leverage for competitive advantage. times higher than those focused solely on domestic markets. According to BCG, companies that expand globally experience revenue growth rates 1.5

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

I’ve recently been thinking about this with regard to how leaders can be more strategic, able to effectively execute the core of their business while remaining open to trends in the market and adapting to meet them. I’ve begun to view this as the ability to hold two specific traits in balance: consistency and agility.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. This is especially true in developing markets where competitors can move very quickly with few of the obstacles that big companies face. Harnessing complexity. A new definition of ‘center-led’.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Learn and experience how agile works. What can I do?”

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) If you read the article above or any of the other articles you can find online, you might notice Economies of Scale focus on production—specifically manufacturing production. Product development requires teams who can learn together.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

A Chief Project Officer can have a significant impact on organizational success: they help organizations achieve their business objectives, drive innovation, and remain competitive in the market. Soft skills A CPO requires similar skills as a project manager but with a strong focus on leadership and strategic thinking.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Are product or service choices shifting? Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. You could put certain product offerings on the back burner in order to promote others. Fourth, look for opportunities to broaden your reach within your target market. Are those buying trends changing?

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 20, 2020

Agile strategy transformations organizations and delivers results. Agile strategy gives organizations the framework and mindset necessary to accelerate momentum and drive results while simultaneously developing leaders, aligning teams, changing the way the organization works, and energizing people.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 20, 2020

important;}”] Agile strategy transformations organizations and delivers results. Agile strategy gives organizations the framework and mindset necessary to accelerate momentum and drive results while simultaneously developing leaders, aligning teams, changing the way the organization works, and energizing people.

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Agile Methodologies Strategy Strategy 52

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 22, 2020

Even if you use an agile approach, you still can't create an impossible project. One of my clients in the Visionaries part of the early market had typical problems: At least four separate types of customers, all clamoring for slightly different customer sets (features and time). What about the constraints and floats? Not all, but more.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

.” In my experience, when organizations want to use agile approaches or transform in some way, the managers start with the teams. Agile approaches can help teams improve, and many teams do release value faster. External market forces created the need for the managers to change their minds. I'm always off. The problem?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

How do we move from a project-based organization towards a product organization? I’ve noticed these challenges in companies who want to move to a more product-oriented approach: The reward system rewards resource efficiency, not flow efficiency. Work Toward the Product Organization with Team Behaviors. We like to learn.).

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

That would make his product unaffordable for most of his core customers, and they would almost certainly switch to his competitors’ cheaper alternative. of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015. There was no good solution.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Are product or service choices shifting? Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. You could put certain product offerings on the back burner in order to promote others. Fourth, look for opportunities to broaden your reach within your target market. Are those buying trends changing?

B2B 52

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When a large automotive company shifted its organization model from a product center-of-gravity to a customer-centric model, its leaders initially believed the matrixed tensions were unnecessary complexity and associated tension with “failure.” 1 Networked, Scaled, and Agile. Amy Kates, Greg Kesler, Michele DiMartino.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise. Market trends? Agility Evolution Agile transformation represents an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. fusion development)?

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 23, 2020

Acme has been working towards agility for the last couple of years. and in Create Your Successful Agile Project. Let's walk through Acme's thinking for Release 6 of their flagship product. Acme's product is firmly in the mainstream. Release 6 adds significant additional features to the product.

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Kates Kesler

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Alignment of leadership characteristics with the market and the organization model may be the single biggest driver of successful re-organization initiatives. Both structure and the selection of executive leaders reflect these critical differences in leadership requirements. Very smart!

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. For example, Qualcomm includes its agile talent when the team is in training.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Yes, this is similar to how product or feature teams plan. Facilitative decisions tend to involve “people” issues, not product issues. Urgent decisions often mean the manager has several interdependent decisions to make: What and when to discuss the career ladder and salary bands with HR or senior leadership.

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