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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

In 1999, rock-and-roll legend Rikk promoted me within six months from sales associate and drum department head at Sam Ash Music to Operations Manager, where I not only led a warehouse crew, but I became the regional trainer on an Oracle-based POS system at the age of 23. That’s a lot of bending!

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IMS Consulting Group (IMS Health) Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A breakthrough occurred in 1979 when they introduced the Multinational Integrated Data Analysis (MIDAS) system. 1988 brought a major change when D&B acquired IMS Health for nearly $1.7B. Decision analysis. Life-cycle management strategy. Organizational redesign/change management. Negotiation strategies.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Businesses have to reinvent themselves to grow and adapt to changes. Google uses people analytics not just for feedback but also for organizational culture analysis. How can Organizational Culture be Changed? The following six proven leadership strategies can change how employees behave, and what they think, feel, and perceive.

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How AIG Moved Toward Evidence-Based Decision Making

Harvard Business

The Science Team intentionally refrains from using the words “data” or “analytics,” as the team’s capabilities stretch far beyond these two disciplines: behavioral economists, psychologists, engineers, and change management experts work hand-in-hand with data scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians.

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How One Company Got Employees to Speak Up and Ask for Help

Harvard Business

They couldn’t recruit fast enough. But, there was no special analysis that they could have done beforehand to figure that out. And once they found it, it didn’t need careful change management to extend it to the rest of Customer Support. The Bat chat was the perfect solution for this team.

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The Organizational Reasons Police Departments Don’t Change

Harvard Business

This includes introducing community policing; training officers in de-escalation skills and the use of non-lethal tactics; increasing the diversity of departments; improving data collection and public transparency; and enhancing the screening of police recruits. So why have most police departments failed to embrace these reforms?

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