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Continuous Business Optimization is a 21st Century Next Practice

N2Growth Blog

Establish a business mindset that believes in agility, velocity, and high impact value and through impeccable product and service delivery you will possess the power to differentiate your firm from all the rest.” Sure, continuous change can be disruptive to an organization that is not accustomed to it.

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What Is HR’s Role in Change Management?

HR Digest

Adaptive change involves more gradual, incremental shifts, such as adjusting product offerings to meet evolving customer needs or transitioning to a remote work model. One of the first steps HR can take is to evaluate the company’s change readiness.

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Advanced Analytics Are Crucial to Digital Transformation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business Review

Those that successfully harvest vast troves of data can improve productivity; make faster and more accurate decisions; reduce costs; increase competitive advantage; discover new business models and innovations; and better engage customers, employees, and partners. Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus.

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All Management Is Change Management

Harvard Business Review

If a merger needs to be implemented, that’s change management. If a new personnel policy needs to be carried out, that’s change management. If the erosion of a market requires a new business model, that’s change management. Productivity improved? New products developed? Change management.

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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

The Future of Operations. Their structure emerged and continues to evolve without any blueprint or architectural integrity. Processes are bolted on in response to new products and services. This will inevitably have a significant impact on operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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Balancing Push and Pull Approaches to Improvement

Harvard Business Review

An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. A senior operations leader I spoke to was skeptical that the quoted financial savings from Six Sigma projects, while valid, were having long-term effects on their cost structure.

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Another endorsed “willingness to learn and adapt to changing environments,” and a third urged “adaptability, the ability to operate in multi-cultural environments and the openness to learn.” Another urged executives to “continue to educate themselves commercially, financially, and operationally.”.