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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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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? How organizations are changing.

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Email and Calendar Data Are Helping Firms Understand How Employees Work

Harvard Business

Using data science to predict how people in companies are changing may sound futuristic. As we wrote recently, change management remains one of the few areas largely untouched by the data-driven revolution. Our advice for the change manager of the future is to make data your friend; never reorganize without it.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

They came up with incredible solutions in change management and supporting tools for the human resources side of marketing and sales. At this level, processes are well characterized and understood, and are described in standards, procedures, tools and methods. Travel & Transportation. sales force teams.

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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

These teams changed their ways of working. They utilized backlog prioritization, daily huddles, and the other tools of the agile trade. They reduced unnecessary work and process inefficiencies, proposing and then implementing everything from an overhaul of the firm’s IT infrastructure to a ban on business-class travel.

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5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

Harvard Business

Seek out what’s not working: The old adage says that bad news doesn’t travel up. They designed and implemented a new shared services organization that centralizes training development and vendor management. Show that the status quo is not enough anymore.

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The Significance of Flexibility in Organizational Structure

Clarity Consultants

Communication challenges –Communication can be challenging in a tall structure, as information can get lost or distorted as it travels up and down the chain of command. Benefits and Drawbacks of a Flat Organizational Structure A flat organizational structure can be beneficial for businesses that are open to change. Contact us today!