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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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Didn't See It Coming

Leading Blog

Nieuwhof notes that technology doesn’t create disconnection, it just reveals what is already going on inside of us. Technology just makes it worse. ” That gap is a factor of how fast things change relative to you. You defeat it by continuouslychanging, learning, and evolving. Change staves off irrelevance.”

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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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The Future of How We Consume Things

Harvard Business Review

We often look at innovation in terms of the new products and technologies that come to market. Later, if you had complaints or suggestions about your the product, you were shunted off to a customer support line that was often busy, or staffed by someone with little or no authority to act on your request.

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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Their structure emerged and continues to evolve without any blueprint or architectural integrity. Processes are bolted on in response to new products and services. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Another urged executives to “continue to educate themselves commercially, financially, and operationally.”. Some argued that merely keeping pace with industry and market changes is inadequate; an executive must anticipate change. The costs of not doing so—not continuously changing and evolving—are likely to be high.

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How to Select the Right Freelancer for the Work

Harvard Business Review

As organizations confront new competitive challenges and disruptive technologies, an agile approach to talent provides both a means of rapid strategic change, as well as a way to increase strategic capability. The benefits are compelling: increased flexibility, speed, and innovation as well as cost management.