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You Need a Transformational Business Coach

Lead Change Blog

Today, as cycles of technology, market conditions, and competitive environments continue to accelerate, responding in an agile and flexible fashion to that world requires clarity, more than ever before. I worked with another client planning fast growth for his telecommunications business.

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Eric Jacobson

But it also includes a real humility on the part of leaders and an openness to learning from others – whether that’s walking through agile working labs and asking people what they’re doing to visiting companies to understand how they operate to simply reading interesting books. He is based in Paris. He is based in Copenhagen.

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How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, And Adapt

Eric Jacobson

But it also includes a real humility on the part of leaders and an openness to learning from others – whether that’s walking through agile working labs and asking people what they’re doing to visiting companies to understand how they operate to simply reading interesting books. He is based in Paris. He is based in Copenhagen.

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4 Ways to Become a Better Learner

Harvard Business Review

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. ” To sustain success, you must develop learning agility. What is Learning Agility? How Do You Develop Learning Agility?

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IT on Steroids: The Benefits (and Risks) of Accelerating Technology

Harvard Business Review

A second accelerant of IT delivery is the iterative software development philosophy known as "agile development." While the definition of agile is still very broad, at the core are values of flexibility, individual interaction, focus on outputs, and collaboration over more rigid planning-driven approaches.

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Look Beyond Your "Social Media Presence"

Harvard Business Review

The Dutch telecommunications company KPN implemented social media to strengthen employees' connections to others, but the technologies have taken on a life of their own, creating unexpected benefits in surprising places.

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A Brief History of the Ways Companies Compete

Harvard Business Review

Scale drove consolidation and globalization of industries throughout the mid-twentieth century and it still does today, such as in steel, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. Scale and efficiency are mostly about competing by lowering costs.