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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround. None of these conditions exists in extreme events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major military battles — or large-scale business turnarounds. It’s for techies.

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Internal Hires Need Just as Much Support as External Ones

Harvard Business

This includes adopting a common methodology, frameworks and tools so that everyone speaks the same “ language ,” for example using the STARS model (for Startup, Turnaround, Accelerated Growth, Realignment and Sustaining Success) to align on the challenges leaders are facing.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

Smart companies understand that workspaces are a business tool. Because of its adaptation to an online visual format, our methodology was able to communicate to Adobe team members in a way that aligned with how they engage their end users — through imagery and through analytics.