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

Johanna Rothman

What might happen to the various cycle times? Managers make decisions faster. Everyone's cycle time decreases. Too many managers have been trained to talk about “resources” instead of humans. If you need resilience in product development, you might need resilience in: How you recruit and hire.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. Vincent Tsui for HBR.