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Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

In nearly all cases, the ideas for these changes stemmed from some vision of greatness for the health and prosperity of the company or nonprofit. Training and Development: Ongoing learning opportunities enable staff to acquire the necessary skills to adapt to change and provide confidence in their abilities to handle all of the newness.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported. Experts are often looking for ways to help junior people in their profession, and younger employees are hungry for training and development.

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Why the Rewards for Ambitious Problem Solving Are About to Get Bigger

Harvard Business

In recent years, we’ve come to associate the practice of innovation with speed and agility, but accomplishments that truly move the needle can’t be achieved quickly or through mere iteration. One reason for the emphasis on agility and iteration in recent decades is that technology has been fairly stable. .

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Is Your Employee Ready to Be a Manager?

Harvard Business

Perhaps this person volunteers and recently ran a campaign for a nonprofit. Erick Tai, head of engineering and co-founder at Reflektive, the San Francisco-based agile performance management software company, says he tries to gauge his employees’ interest in management on their very first day on the job.