Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. We surveyed nearly 1,000 leaders to find out. They run business units and geographic regions.

Self-aware 83

Self-aware Leadership COO Influence 83

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

Agility 8

Agility Survey Technology Company 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs.

TCO 83

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 83

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Henry discusses EY’s response to evolving workplace dynamics, including flexible work models and investments in emerging technologies. Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

She emphasizes the role of AI as an enhancer of human capability, dispelling the notion of technology replacing human skills. At The Coca-Cola Company, we expect leaders to embody a culture that’s inclusive, empowered, curious, agile, and rooted in a growth mindset. This is critical as employees tend to mirror rewarded behaviors.

Innovation 52

Innovation Diversity Leadership Leadership Pipeline 52

HR Digest

AUGUST 17, 2020

Technologies: Around 40,000 job postings in the 12 months previous for DevOps professionals, and 25,000 for security analysts. Surveying team members to identify their level of comfort with returning to work. Leveraging new workforce scheduling technology to support more fluid scheduling and flexible work arrangements.

Finance 98

Finance Short-term Human Capital Crisis 98

HR Digest

JULY 15, 2019

While 73 % of executives are carefully paying attention to a significant workforce shift from AI invasion, WEF expects the technology to create over 58 million new jobs by 2022. No generation is exempted from the ongoing changes in the workplace speeding up with advances in technology. Move your workforce into the future.

Brand 66

Brand Agility Technology Long-term 66

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

CMI Hong Kong supports Futures of Education Forum 2022 Derek Choi (fourth from left) attended the forum and the opening ceremony on behalf of CMI Hong Kong CMI Hong Kong was a supporting party for the UNESCO Hong Kong Association Global Peace Centre's Futures of Education Forum and its associated survey this year.

Webinar 98

Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In fact, according to the global staffing agency Ranstad, “many workers are seeking project or consultant-based work, with as much as 61 percent of the workforce choosing agile* careers by 2019” Greater use of Big Data in HR. Advancing work technologies are changing the ways in which companies and their employees work.

Trends 100

Trends Forrester Agility Emotional Intelligence 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

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 frustrations with current planning practices intersect with another fundamental managerial trend: organizational agility. The Fayol legacy lingers.

Agility 15

Agility Planning Fayol Strategic Planning 15

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Shannon Bagley: Even in the midst of uncertainty, I was taken aback by our organization’s incredible agility and speed in decision-making. We also developed new benefits, many of which were in place within a couple of weeks of working remotely. Shannon Bagley. Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Centene Corporation.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Diversity Real Estate Agility 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

Agility 13

Agility Team How To Project 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. But many have done so in a way that actually makes them less agile. These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

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

JULY 19, 2017

Without building on the basis of a digital operating model, there is no way to ensure alignment among a company’s digital initiatives. Operational excellence, customer intimacy, or product leadership — successful companies excel in one dimension and perform well in the others. Digital transformation requires new strengths.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Content Customer Intimacy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. And that means buying more new technology: IT organizations must adopt new platforms and processes and integrate services in new ways. Are IT organizations ready for the challenge?

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

As digital technologies permeate all aspects of their operations, companies around the world anticipate the need for massive change over the next five years, according to a new global survey by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. Read More from DXC Technology: The Questions IT Should Be Asking to Empower Employees.

Technology 8

Technology Company Content Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

These are just some of the many ways technology is transforming the demand and supply of resources. The adoption of robotics, internet-of-things technology, and data analytics — along with macroeconomic trends and changing consumer behavior — are fundamentally transforming the way resources are consumed.

Technology 8

Technology Resources Industry Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In our surveys, more than 66% of CEOs said they expect their companies to change their business model in the next three years, with 62% reporting they have management initiatives or transformation programs underway to make their business more digital. Digital business also is creating new challenges for information and technology (I&T).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content CIO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Is digital technology a democratizing force, allowing smaller, newer companies to compete against giant ones? Despite those trends, our research suggests that technology can in fact provide an advantage to small and new firms. Pivothead is a firm with 25 employees producing wearable technologies to help the blind and visually impaired.

Technology 8

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

The audience for such innovation wants to be receptive: A recent American Hospital Association (AHA) survey found that 75% of senior hospital executives endorsed the importance of digital innovation. We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

Traditionally, they might get vendors such as Gallup to survey employee engagement. With the rapid development of the Internet of Things , incorporating up-to-the-minute digital technology has become critical to its product innovation. Operations in a Connected World. How do these things connect? Insight Center.

Morale 10

Morale Metrics Motivation Venture Funding 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In a survey of 77 of my company Frontier Strategy Group’s global clients, 88.3% It’s also a massive operational challenge because companies are not set up to make very frequent pricing changes, whereas currencies can move hugely overnight. in anticipation of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

And a new survey by Cisco found that one-third of all completed IoT projects were not considered a success. Sponsored by DXC Technology. This approach lets organizations aggregate best-of-breed technologies to develop cost-effective solutions that advance their goals. How the best companies get up to speed. The reason?

Succession 8

Succession ROI Technology Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

In a new global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the most frequently cited barrier to implementing strategy was culture. Companies in the survey cited several different cultural barriers that have impacted their strategic implementations. Harness the Power of Feedback Loops for Better Strategy Design and Delivery.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Management Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Big Data has quickly become an established fact for Fortune 1000 firms — such is the conclusion of a Big Data executive survey that my firm has conducted for the past four years. How technology is changing the way we work. Insight Center. Corporate Culture for a Digital World. Sponsored by Accenture.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer Agility Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

As digital technologies continue to transform the economy, many leaders are struggling to set a digital strategy, shift organizational structures, and remove the barriers that are keeping them from maximizing the potential impact of new digital technologies.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Cloud-based solutions allow these firms to quickly and effectively identify, experiment with, and deploy external technical solutions without compromising operational efficiency. Agility is also a plus. Your organization does not have to be a SaaS/cloud user for you to participate in the survey.

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Development CIO Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

economy operates at only 18% of its digital potential, and the sort of productivity gains that digital technologies should be enabling are not showing up in the broader economy. This does not mean every technology company is leading; there are plenty of tech companies falling behind, too. Why is that?

Company 8

Company Technology Innovation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

The speed of technological innovation and industry demands is moving faster than higher education’s ability to adapt. When we at the IBM Institute for Business Value surveyed a group of academic and industry leaders about the current state of higher education, they agreed.

Education 8

Education Industry Technology Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

This globality phenomenon is itself surprisingly global: the Berlin and Beijing startup scenes, for example, appear almost as technologically transnational as Boston’s and the Bay Area’s. But speed and agility matter measurably more for many innovators than proprietary software development and patent filings.

Globalization 8

Globalization Entrepreneur Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

But being able to talk about IT risk is essential if you are going to make the right decisions about how you use technology in your business. Agility : Changing business processes with acceptable cost and speed. For example, ask yourself: do your security people think about agility risks? What''s going on?

Agility 8

Agility How To Incentives CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

A B2B technology supplier used Microsoft Workplace Analytics and other digital tools to track the behaviors of its sales reps. Commercial operations groups tend to be early targets for cuts in a recession. Many use Agile principles, setting up sprints to produce real business results, not just an improved process.

Team 9

Team Price B2B Tools 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2014

lean startup, design thinking, discovery-driven planning, agile software, and so forth) they actually have a remarkable commonality. As he watched cardiac surgeons work in the operating room, he noticed something obvious and yet completely overlooked: there was a lot of blood. Of course, because it was a cardiac operation.

Innovation 9

Innovation Business Model Marketing Strategy Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

To explore this question, over the course of six years, we surveyed senior-most leadership teams 99 times at companies representing a variety of industries, including financial services, food and beverage, energy, technology, healthcare, and retail. But should enterprise leadership teams also pursue cohesion?

Team 8

Team Bottom-up Long-term Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

For Equinix, surveys revealed that a third of employees were not confident explaining its company story. Today, creative marketers need to operate more like entrepreneurs, continuously adjusting to sustain “ product/market fit.” The company introduced an internal ambassador program for its more than 6,000 employees.

Creativity 11

Creativity Marketing Agility Budgeting 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite. A recent survey of CEOs reveals that HR is overwhelmingly viewed as the least agile function. Even HR itself agrees.

CFO 9

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 9