Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

Luxury brand Burberry maintains microsites where customers share snapshots of themselves in their own Burberry coats, and streams exclusive fashion shows for younger users of its mobile app. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Make room for new technologies. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. Use the right digital channels.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. In the face of relentless technological change, disruptive forces in industry after industry, global competition, and so on, planning seems like pointless wishful thinking. The world appeared predictable. The future could be planned.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. He hired salespeople and marketers from Google, who transformed Volvo’s use of technology and social media in those disciplines. Gerald Lord/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2015

Take fashion as an example. As they search for a new formula to stay relevant in a fast-moving environment, up and coming, more agile players are emerging with solutions to the unmet needs of today’s retail consumers. Are technology-driven personalization services like these supported only by early adopters?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

But now digital technologies allow companies to globalize in a leaner and less capital-intensive way. By creating virtual teams that collaborate remotely, companies can expand into new markets without losing agility. They have greater flexibility to hire specialized talent and follow pockets of demand growth wherever they find them.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Instead of making the leap to an entirely new form of organization — a radical change not without its pitfalls — perhaps we should think more seriously about the problem of agility itself. Holacracy, inspired by Agile software development , is optimized for adaptation, making these types of adjustments as a matter of course.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Over the past decade, technological advances have enabled us to work at all hours, often at great expense to our sleep. A wide range of studies have found a direct link between physical movement and mental agility. How do you create a great place to work? But the nature of work has changed. Facilitate physical fitness.

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How To Early Adopters Software Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Supply-chain speed and agility sharply increase when information is shared across the network. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate. Highways can’t keep up with demand. Improve information flows.

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Supply Chain Crisis Transportation Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The argument for the inclusion of the business community went like this: corporations have the combination of skills, resources, motivation, and agility to implement changes on a global scale. One of us wrote a book addressed at business titled Getting Green Done. But it just hasn’t happened.

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PPM Policies Engineering Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

It's the "new black," to borrow from a fashion phrase — as well as a reference to its influence on profitability. 1 billion price tag paid by Facebook for Instagram, whose primary asset is not technology, but the best photo sharing UX in the business (and some of the best UX talent as well). Just look at the. $1

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

While having the right education is an essential asset in today’s cutthroat job market, it can become difficult to obtain a position without experience using various applications and technologies that enhance and amplify one’s resume. Put these four technologies in your tech toolbox. Docs.Zone PDF Converter: docs.zone.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. Alternatively, they attempt to innovate in a lean fashion, but they are slowed immensely by numerous requests for budget, little tolerance for failure, and a general disregard for "experimentation.". What about a novel technology partnership?

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Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. We’ve all had to adapt. Photo by Lorenzo Errico. and Harajuku Lovers.

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Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. They Focus on the Business Challenge, Not the Technology. IoT technology is very cool.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2017

Faster than ever before, technology-led disruption is wiping out companies that rest too long on the laurels of their past success. Like the dandelion, leaders should use a faster, agile, flexible mindset to explore and exploit new opportunities presented by constantly challenging the status-quo, even when they are growing.

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Span of Control Bond Agility Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

When you get into a bar fight, you revert to what comes naturally — the old-fashioned tactics." Instead, what he looks for are intelligence, curiosity and an agile mind. They cannot hold a great conversation with the CEO about wine, but they can talk specifically about technology.".

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Succession Conference Outsourcing Long-term 16

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I would caution you against confusing speed with reckless abandon…I’m a big proponent of planning, assessment, analysis and strategy, but only if it is concluded in a timely fashion. Agility, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment and focus all lead to the creation of speed which results in a certainty of execution.

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