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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. He was proudly stating that! Practices for Leading a Cultural Movement.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

The resultant network shows how each of the expected benefits will be delivered through a combination of technology and business changes and how these are related to each other. If those linkages cannot be developed, then those investments should not be pursued. Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World. Sponsored by Accenture.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future? Organizational functions blur as processes become increasingly iterative.

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What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? Part 1, Serial Lifecycles

Johanna Rothman

Sometimes, they put the project on the parking lot, because maybe the laws of physics would change? Computers kept getting cheaper and more capable, so, in a sense, the laws of physics did change. Managers Had Many Cancellation Options. My managers didn't just cancel projects at the end of the requirements phase.

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration. This reinvention demonstrates that substantial organizational change is possible, even amid barriers such as regulations and politics.

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A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions

Harvard Business

In its fast-changing industry, big challenges loomed on many fronts. Advanced materials and new construction methods were bringing far greater complexity to manufacturing processes. Moreover, managers and teams were unsure who owned what decisions, constantly kicking them upstairs and putting more demands on the senior team.

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Why Process Is U.S. Health Care’s Biggest Problem

Harvard Business

This included Epic, an EHR company; Herman Miller, an office furniture company; Boldt, a construction company; and HGA, an architectural firm. It takes more design time to create a care model that builds in quality and efficiency, but without that work upfront, the technology doesn’t matter and, in fact, only increases costs.

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