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How to Embed Agile Thinking at Every Level of Your Company

CMOE

Companies often have three levels in the management hierarchy: frontline, mid-level, and senior-level leadership. The term agile was coined in the information technology (IT) field in 2001 and was used to refer to a group of methodologies. Provides companies with solutions in times of uncertainty. Individual motivation.

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Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innovators Alliance

Apple began its stunning transformation with the iPod in 2001, during the darkest days after the Internet bubble burst. But of course not all of our organizations are as flush with cash as Apple, which gives the company the luxury to invest in creating the future while managing through the uncertainties of the present.

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5 steps to have an agile HR in your company

mjvinnovation

Technology. Today, Agile Methods are transforming the way companies hire, develop and manage their employees. In this post, you will understand what agile HR is, its main benefits, and how to implement it in your company. The concept of agile HR starts with the creation of the agile manifesto in 2001. What is Agile HR.

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The Key to Your Future Is Hiding in Your Company DNA

Innovation 360 Group

Just as brands have personalities, companies have DNA. The DNA of a company is a summation of what they are really good at, but its also more than that. Managers in these companies regularly discuss and analyze their own DNA in terms of the competencies where employees truly excel. 1 spot in digital camera sales as late as 2001.

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New Decade, New What?

100%Open

Clarke made one bizarrely accurate prediction as two astronauts in the movie 2001 can be seen reading a newspaper on something that looks suspiciously like an iPad, that he calls a Newspad. Open innovation will continue to grow as companies come under pressure for greater transparency, accountability and network-building. Their gut!

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Why Your Company Needs To Forget the Past in Order to Create a Brighter Future

Qmarkets

One common explanation is that due to strategic decisions made by Kodak's complacent executives, the company failed to move into the digital sphere well and fast enough. Another explanation usually focuses on the nature of digital technology and how it is interpreted. Kodak Learned A Lot, But Didn't Unlearn.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. They described 11 out of 1,435 companies that had shown the highest level of success over the decades. However, the majority of these great 20th century companies failed to sustain their level of greatness in the Open-Source era.