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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

Others, such as ANZ, the Australian-based banking giant, have committed to adopting Agile at scale in less than a year, following some of the proven practices used by Spotify , the music streaming company. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

They are experts on something but they don’t care much about the structure of the company, they lack the knowledge about planning, accounting or even human resources. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. That is because owners of small and medium size businesses focus mostly on the product and how to sell it.

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