First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

James is passionate about using decisioning technologies like business rules and predictive analytics to help companies improve decision making and develop smarter and more agile processes and systems. James is the leading expert in decision management and decisioning technologies. James has over [.].

Taylorism 75

Taylorism Taylor Agility Technology 75

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

And what we found in our interviews was an interesting reinforcement of our prior work on employer branding and agile talent. Variety: Development, seeking new opportunities to learn and grow professionally. Seeing your work in the wild and powering a business, which is of course a group of people, is very rewarding.”

Waldroop 8

Waldroop Agility Advertising Project 8

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 22, 2018

In the VUCA world in which we now operate many businesses have become more agile, networked and team centric in order to respond to the challenges of more competition and digital disruption. However, up to now many of these approaches have been implemented in functional areas like sales and operations, and the C-suite has been left unchanged.

Chief Information Officer 186

Chief Information Officer Team Human Capital Survey 186

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

Here are five new attributes that I think marketing agencies will need to develop to survive: 1. From how we initiate a project by establishing metrics and outcomes from the beginning, to being more agile in building programs that can bend, move and iterate as we learn from what the market is telling us (marketing optimization anyone?).

Marketing 9

Marketing Brand Advertorial Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

Agile narratives can allow you to take advantage of positive trends or even a world-changing event. As chief storyteller, you have more opportunities to develop compelling and relevant brand identities by including your customers in the narrative creation process right from the start. Being prepared is of the utmost importance.

Storytelling 8

Storytelling Brand Trends Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

You may appoint a temporary CDO to get your house in order, or you may develop other ways to get the job done. Whatever approach you choose, you need to create appropriate levels of digital technology synergy, brand integration, investment coordination, skill development, vendor management, and innovation over the long term.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

Lie #2: Product developer, "We'll be ready to ship in six months.". Product developers have every intention of finishing development on time, but invariably things take longer and cost more than people projected. The easiest way to address this lie is to change the development paradigm. They sincerely believe them.

Innovation 15

Innovation Market Segmentation Porter Sharpe 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. But many have done so in a way that actually makes them less agile. These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8