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PRINCIPLES OVER PROCESS

N2Growth Blog

The bad news is that way too many of these programs are developed within their own organizational silo; they are not informed and specifically designed as part of and in support of the overall strategy and strategic plan. Agile and Fast. Agile and Fast is the fourth principle of Advantage Strategy. Engineered to Win.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business Review

Later, MBO evolved into strategic planning. Henry Mintzberg defined strategic planning as “a formalized system for codifying, elaborating and operationalizing the strategies which companies already have.” Now, strategic planning has fallen out of favor.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

Social Chain Social chain is agile and able to evolve according to what’s happening on one of the best marketing platforms today, social media. I don't think this is any longer the case, I think the Campaign is now the King, and without a strategic plan to distribute, most decent content won't have any effect at all.

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