Leanstack

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post, Alejandra shares her perspectives on when and how to incorporate lean, agile, and design thinking into your product lifecycle. For the company where I worked, that was far too long and risky. For the company where I worked, that was far too long and risky. And still, none of them bullet-proofs your product.

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Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

As a newcomer to Planview with fresh eyes, here is what jumped out at me: The top-performing segment (eight percent of companies) crosscuts company age, size, industry, geography, and regulatory requirements. This debunks the perspective that business agility and successful transformation are limited to companies of a certain profile.

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Competition Technical Review Software Review Agile 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

It acts as the lifeblood of a company, influencing every aspect of how you conduct business. It influences employee motivation, attracts top talent, fosters company-wide alignment, enhances customer satisfaction, and ultimately drives performance metrics upwards.

Culture 100

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New Markets Advisors

MAY 29, 2019

For years, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath has been telling us that the traditional strategy of finding and exploiting a sustainable competitive advantage is becoming outdated. The world is evolving too quickly for competitive advantages to last for a meaningful amount of time. Or so the argument goes.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

You need to understand that the stakes are high, as the right culture can drive innovation, enhance business growth, and ensure your organization remains competitive in a rapidly changing market. Embracing culture change also positions your organization to better navigate uncertainties and challenges, making it more agile and resilient.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

When the competition launches a new product, how you react says a lot about you as a professional and your company as an organization. This is called agility, and we often utilize agility to change directions and head the competition off at the pass. Agility Is a Lateral Move, Not a Forward One.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

Let me provide these: Increased agility : Embracing a Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework enables organizations to be more agile in responding to market changes and customer needs. Embracing a Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework positions companies at the forefront of innovation management practices.

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Why does this happen, and how can you as a leader resist the urge to benchmark against the competition? I have five tips that can put a stop to counterproductive professional benchmarking, but first, understand this: The competition isn’t really competition, as we are all on the same team in one way or another.

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PlanBox Innovation

JUNE 26, 2020

To survive – and even thrive – in the post-Covid economy, companies will have to be faster than ever in responding to change. What will separate those companies that continue to lead and those that falter is their ability to rapidly react to changing circumstances and bring new ideas to the marketplace. Be Bold and Experiment.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Having a robust strategy helps you anticipate and respond to changes, whether they come from emerging technologies, evolving customer preferences, or competitive pressures. It also provides a framework for decision-making that aligns with your company’s long-term objectives.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 8, 2024

GUEST POST from Greg Satell A few years ago I was invited by Accenture Strategy, along with other thought leaders such as Bruce Weinstein and Andrew Winston, to discuss its research on trust and competitive agility.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This blog is about agility. The word “agility” is used a lot in the world of management, especially the world of innovation management. There is a real Quest for Agility: Agility seems the new Holy Grail and you can hardly find an article or blog post without a reference to “the fast changing circumstances” of the business.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This blog is about agility. The word “agility” is used a lot in the world of management, especially the world of innovation management. There is a real Quest for Agility: Agility seems the new Holy Grail and you can hardly find an article or blog post without a reference to “the fast changing circumstances” of the business.

Agile 52

Agile Strategy Strategy Roadmap 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This blog is about agility. The word “agility” is used a lot in the world of management, especially the world of innovation management. There is a real Quest for Agility: Agility seems the new Holy Grail and you can hardly find an article or blog post without a reference to “the fast changing circumstances” of the business.

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Agile Strategy Strategy Roadmap 52

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Understanding Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) refers to the investment of corporate funds directly into external startup companies. By investing in startups, corporations can access new technologies, products, and services that can significantly enhance their competitive edge.

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Strategy Strategy Technical Review Agile 100

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Agile Adoption of External Innovations: Description: Adopt an agile approach to assimilating external innovations. By leveraging external resources, companies can reduce time-to-market for innovative products and services. Solicit feedback, preferences, and insights to enhance product and service development.

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Open Innovation Collaboration Innovation Design 147

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Understanding organizational culture is crucial for leaders looking to steer their companies in the right direction. Culture is shaped by a variety of factors, including the company’s mission, leadership styles, policies, work environment, and the behavior modeled by those at the top.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Culture Change 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how your company’s employees interact and handle business transactions. High Employee Turnover : An increasing rate of staff leaving the company, especially high-performers.

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Culture Change Management Agile 100

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Corporate Growth and Startup Innovation Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. Corporations can leverage this innovation to drive growth, remain competitive, and enter new markets.

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Collaboration Innovation Agile Technical Review 147

mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 27, 2019

By dealing with requests from several sectors of the company, acting as an internal agency and executing the entire marketing strategy, the prioritization of demands was always complicated. Before Agile, MJV’s marketing team encountered many difficulties in dealing with its routine challenges. An Agile Coach for Agile Marketing.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Planning is vital for innovation because planning is the concept of thinking ahead - getting ahead of the market, of competition, of customers. Planning is the art of thinking ahead, and if done well, thinking further and more deeply than your competition, leading to better ideas, but not necessarily better outcomes.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 25, 2021

The goal should be longevity and significance over success , not merely one big payout and coasting down a hill, using reactionary mindsets and agility as needed to dodge obstacles while you coast. Instinctually for many, we choose to play it safe and protect and defend the status quo with agility.

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mjvinnovation

MARCH 5, 2020

In this article, you will see what exactly agile coach does, what benefits it can bring and how to take it to your company. What an Agile Coach does within an Agile team. Agile Coach helps train corporate teams in agile methodology and oversees team development to ensure effective results.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2020

Having a well-strategized innovation strategy is the key to maintaining your company’s competitive advantage. The competition of the rapidly globalizing marketplace expands daily and staying innovative will help your organization stand out from the crowd. Your company’s L&D function can help you get there.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These young companies thrive on adaptability, a drive for growth, and often, a technology-based solution that disrupts existing markets or creates new ones. These fledgling companies bring forth new products, services, and business models, challenging the status quo and pushing industries forward.

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Technical Review Agile Collaboration Engagement 113

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Within the value proposition, we actively shape these journeys, building adaptability, agility and innovation for long-term success in the changing business environment we all face today. A landscape and the navigation skills that provide the adaptability and agility needed for successful innovation in the current business landscape.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 9, 2017

When the competition launches a new product, how do you react? In short, you use agility to change directions and head the competition off at the pass. Put them in context with the concept of agility. Agility doesn’t allow you to innovate and jump ahead of the competition. Being a Company That Anticipates.

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Idea Drop

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Agile project management involves dividing tasks into short phases of work, or ‘sprints’, with continuous reassessment and adaptation of plans. Stemming from the word agile, meaning to move quickly and easily, it is no surprise that such a methodology goes hand in hand with innovation.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 12, 2017

To jump ahead with both confidence and lower risk, you will need more than agility. Agility serves an important role helping companies react quickly to unforeseen change. The biggest advantage to an agile organization is that they can react faster than their slower competitors. Anticipation. That’s a Yes … and a No.

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Kainexus

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Optimizing processes is crucial for organizations because it directly impacts their competitiveness, profitability, and overall success. It originated in manufacturing but has since been applied to various industries and sectors.

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LEAN Management How To Agile 86

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

Over the years, so much has improved and understood by the explanations, case examples, suggestions, clarifications and ways they were “built into” the individual innovation processes that each company chose to construct their innovation process. These tools and techniques enable ideation, validation, design-build and scaling.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Innovation 182

mjvinnovation

JUNE 1, 2020

The following five business trends will help you stay competitive. A large percentage of the workforce seeks job opportunities with flexible hours and some companies have already changed their policies to allow for this. Tip for companies: Take advantage of the reduced costs and increased productivity that this practice offers!

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2023

As a result, companies found their livelihoods relying on complex systems they did not understand. Competition IT organizations had a monopoly on providing technology. IT organizations were forced to adapt from monopolist manufacturers into competitive retailers. And that left them feeling very vulnerable.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 24, 2024

In the modern business world, where disruption is the norm and change is relentless, the ability to continuously drive innovation-led growth has become the ultimate competitive advantage. Failure to move with speed and agility can render even the most promising concepts obsolete before reaching their full potential.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Organizations with strong collaborative practices often see improvements in productivity, efficiency, and agility. Responding to Modern Work Trends The modern workplace is characterized by rapid technological advancements, distributed teams, and a shift towards more agile and dynamic work structures.

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Collaboration Technical Review Agile Trends 113

Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

GE, once a large conglomerate, has announced that it will divide itself into three companies , a healthcare company, an energy company and an aviation company. We can find out if the three companies become little GE corporate clones or pave their own way. All business must be fast, agile and innovative.

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Agile Innovation Culture Leadership 144

mjvinnovation

APRIL 9, 2020

In this article, you will reflect on the challenges of remote team management and how agile practices can help you make the transition efficiently. Company culture takes time to adapt to remote life. There are many agile methodologies incorporated in the management of even the most varied remote teams. Follow this!

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