Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Leaders recognize that lean and agile business strategies require new ways of accessing talent to fill critical gaps — without necessarily bringing on more full-time employees. Studies of the global agile-talent community vary in their estimates of the size of the population. One of the main problems is decision making.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

But a solution could come by following the example of the lean, agile, and India-based company Bharti AirTel Limited. In response, the management team made a counterintuitive move: It outsourced network installation, maintenance, and service to Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens, and chose IBM to build and manage its IT systems.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Putting data “in the cloud” essentially means paying someone else to manage it, and then connecting to their servers via the internet to access your data when you need it. This operational agility can be particularly valuable when facing uncertain demand or a fast-evolving competitive environment.

Technology 9

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 9