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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W.

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Challenging Our Own Mental Models Our Growth as Consultants.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. This has been my self-development path for sharpening my consulting skills. Sometimes I have to push myself into this Land Of I Don’t Know because it helps me retain my edge. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Guest Writer Submissions.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business

Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010. In 2010, J.P

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Systems View: A Social-Technical Perspective | Consulting and.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. The organization is people and technologies, which are matched together to produce an outcome, a product or a service. Think of technology in the broadest sense: Technology=Methodology. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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