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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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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

The data on change management are consistent: about 70% of change initiatives fail, despite the plethora of books, conferences, and scholarly papers dedicated to the subject. The same dynamic occurs in the workplace: small changes circumvent the amygdala, making it easier for people to adopt and accept a new way of working.

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3 Talent Management Traps to Avoid

LSA Global

Culture Can Weigh Heavily Against The Changes We Desire. But these prejudices can severely hamper the best-intentioned efforts to change and improve the talent in our organization. People Discount the Importance of Workplace Culture. If your culture is aligned with your strategy, this is a good thing.

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5 Tips to Better Engage People for Successful Change

LSA Global

With the vision in mind and the employees at the table, put together the steps required to implement the change. Solicit the input of front-line workers so you can consider carefully the effect of each step and prioritize and sequence the work in a coordinated fashion. Establish some principles that will guide you all going forward.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

From day one, Hiesinger began executing a plan for repositioning the declining core of steel manufacturing by divesting less profitable product lines, focusing on higher-margin custom manufacturing, and even opening 3D printing centers to fashion components such as parts for wind turbines. They Use Culture Change to Drive Engagement.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

” Sallstrom had a second reason for looking outside the company: He and Jacoby believed that only an infusion of fresh talent could transform Volvo’s culture into an entrepreneurial one. Today, there’s a greater need for software engineers because cars are computers more than anything else.”

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

This would allow it to uniquely identify every product, even distinguishing fashion items by size and color, as well as proving information on its location. A significant cultural change was also going to be needed, especially around information sharing and cross-cultural work.

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