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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

When I talk about culture, I mean the ideas from Edgar Schein's work about organizational culture and leadership : How we treat each other. The biggest problem I see in feedback loops is when managers think in resource efficiency instead of flow efficiency. Flow Efficiency Changes the Culture. What we can discuss.

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The 3 Company Crises Boards Should Watch For

Harvard Business

Another CEO used prodigious management skills to successfully consolidate, grow, and dramatically increase the efficiency of a vertically integrated industrial company. To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. Or it could be indirectly, as Opower does in giving people benchmarking data on energy usage to foster conservation and efficiency. Everyone on the leadership team has a role to play in making this pivot. Intellectual capital.

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Fulfilling the Promise of AI Requires Rethinking the Nature of Work Itself

Harvard Business

The promise of today’s breakthroughs is not just efficiency – it’s unleashing value creation and capture in a time of mounting performance pressure. This is true both for “on balance sheet” workers and the gig economy. Rethink your efficiency conversations. There is a genuine tension here.