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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Companies like ANZ, the Australian-based banking giant, have made explicit commitments to adopt agile principles , while others like Zappos, are on the bleeding edge of organizational transformation. a 525-employee software company, began applying agile methodologies in 2005. Systematic Inc., Not all decisions are treated equally.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. Beth Comstock, GE vice chair responsible for creating new businesses, embraced the lean process. Then it wasn’t.

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Case Study: Should an Algorithm Tell You Who to Promote?

Harvard Business

Although she was sad to see her longtime colleague, Anne Bank, go, she was more consumed with trying to figure out who should replace her. He also asked about the new subscription program, referencing a recent white paper on trends in subscription business models. nicholas blechman for hbr.