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Fueling Business Process Management with the Automation Engine that Can!

Strategy Driven

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

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Women and the economy: an opportunity for growth

Strategy Driven

Women are historically underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. computer software engineer and computer programmer positions. Martine Liautaud is the author of Breaking Through: Stories and Best Practices From Companies That Help Women Succeed (Wiley, April 2016). About the Author.

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business Review

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business Review

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Agile and Lean initially grew popular in the startup world, but soon were embraced by mainstream business leaders around the globe. ” Today, leading companies are embracing a new business process methodology. Insight Center.

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To Go Digital, Leaders Have to Change Some Core Beliefs

Harvard Business Review

Today, the list of disruptive new entrants is expanding and the primary differentiator is clear: they bring new mental models to existing industries and create new business models that customers and investors love. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, started off 2016 by saying : “We can’t be an industrial company anymore.

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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business Review

Sponsored by DXC Technology. In March 2016, Thales purchased Vormetric, the growing cybersecurity firm, for $400 million, which was 5.7 The acquisition communicated to the market that Thales was shifting its financial profile to the high-growth business. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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The Existential Question Facing the Auto Industry

Harvard Business Review

If the answer really is electric, autonomous ones, that will pose a huge challenge for an industry that has not fundamentally changed since the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford’s production line. We know that GM or Toyota cannot just close down production of gasoline engine cars and transform themselves into Tesla.