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Making Sense of Speed, Agility and Innovation

Leading Blog

Or what about being more “agile.” Agile was originally a software technique, meant to shorten software development times and make the development team more accountable to customer needs. From there, everyone is adopting the concept of “agile.” There’s agile marketing, introduced by thought leaders at CMG. Probably not.

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What are the basics of a people strategy?

HR Digest

Focusing on the basics of people strategy, companies and organizations can boost their strength, agility and innovation to better prepare for an ever-changing environment. . Without a well-thought-out people strategy, there can be inconsistencies in managing employees leading to human resource (HR) issues and even employee attrition.

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Key HR Trends for 2022 and Beyond

HR Digest

This theory, practiced by industrialists like Henry Ford, led to unprecedented innovations in human engineering, with the creation of the assembly line, and a formula for optimizing performance in the workplace. Without the right skills, employers and employees will struggle to be agile in the future. New HR Trends (2022).

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Maneuver Strategy

Coaching Tip

In their new book, “OUTMANEUVER: OutThink, Don’t OutSpend” strategy and innovation consulting experts Jeffrey Phillips and Alex Verjovsky examine how maneuver strategies, based on speed, agility, insight and innovation win the most in any market at the least possible cost, for companies of any size, in any industry.

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Skills necessary to compete in rapidly evolving markets

Strategy Driven

Speed, agility, communication, delegation, innovation. The feature to feature competition is called “attrition”, and it’s adopted from the military, where the goal is to overwhelm and defeat a competitor, regardless of the cost. But attrition relies on size, deep pockets and slowly evolving markets in order to succeed.

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For Better or Worse: Meetings Are a Hologram of Organizational Culture

The Practical Leader

Organizational culture is also a key factor in levels of employee engagement, extra effort, innovation, morale, and teamwork. One study found “a toxic corporate culture is by far the strongest predictor of industry-adjusted attrition and is 10 times more important than compensation in predicting turnover.”

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Could HR be the most data driven function?

HR Digest

Innovation in talent management and workforce panning strategies is required to help companies make profits again. Most organizations need innovation that can be utilized seamlessly and is easily available using the cloud so it’s consistent no matter how you look at it, is sufficiently accurate, and agile enough to refocus.