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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. Its cars didn’t match up well with those of top luxury brands like Mercedes, BMW, and Audi, yet the company lacked the capacity to compete with mass-market leaders like Toyota and GM. For years, Volvo was a brand stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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