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.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A positive organizational culture can lead to improved employee engagement, higher levels of innovation, increased agility, and better adaptability to change. Furthermore, in the rapidly changing business landscape, the agility and resilience provided by a strong culture are invaluable.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 9, 2017

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. Did Kickstarter become a dominant force in the growing crowdsourcing industry because it was agile? Not at all.

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mjvinnovation

JANUARY 8, 2021

We all know that agile methodologies are not written in stone. The practice is very common within agile logic. We suggest reading our ebook “Design Thinking and Agile” so that you can go deeper into this subject and understand how these methodologies work together! Want an example? Gain more efficiency.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In this article, etventure’s Head of Product Gregor Ilg will take a closer look at the buzzword “Agile” – and de-mystify Agile in a business context. We love Agile at etventure – but we also understand it can create stress and confusion. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

This could mean workshops, webinars, or access to online courses. This agility allows your company to respond swiftly to emerging challenges and opportunities. Regularly track progress against these goals to ensure you are on course. Here are some approaches to ensure that your strategic planning remains effective and agile.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why take a course on innovation? List of courses. This is a round-up of short-term online courses for decision-makers who oversee driving innovation in their respective organizations. Course duration : 9 weeks. Course highlights. Course duration: 2 weeks. Course highlights. Course duration: 6 months.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why take a course on innovation? List of courses. This is a round-up of short-term online courses for decision-makers who oversee driving innovation in their respective organizations. Course duration : 9 weeks. Course highlights. Course duration: 2 weeks. Course highlights. Course duration: 6 months.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We want to be agile, reactionary, and cautious — It is a primordial instinct in many. But as I have mentioned to clients and colleagues many times over the course of my career: Agility will never set you ahead of disruption; it will only give you momentary peace of mind. Lego: An Exponential Thinker in Agility and Anticipation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Embracing Flexibility and Agility In a rapidly changing business environment, staying nimble is more than a virtue—it’s a necessity.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In the last few decades we’ve obviously seen many examples of companies with competitive advantages that seemed impossible to overcome completely break down in a matter of few years. I’ll illustrate this with an example using an imaginary company in an imaginary industry. In this imaginary example, the industry will get 0.5%

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Stay flexible, agile and adaptable, and have up-to-date contingency plans in place to adjust course if needed and, in a controlled manner, options to existing business strategy. Build relationships, network with industry leaders, and collaborate with industry experts and peers.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Joe is of course in a special position: as a CEO he has a series of steering instruments, like Strategy and KPI Setting, Strategic Initiatives and the Allocation of Budgets. The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Joe is of course in a special position: as a CEO he has a series of steering instruments, like Strategy and KPI Setting, Strategic Initiatives and the Allocation of Budgets. The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs.

Management 52

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Joe is of course in a special position: as a CEO he has a series of steering instruments, like Strategy and KPI Setting, Strategic Initiatives and the Allocation of Budgets. The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 23, 2021

For example, February’s focus on startup collaborations, agile mindsets, and innovation in sustainability practices. Especially if you’ve felt that you’ve had a crash course in UX over the last year, this will be a great way to take stock, pick up new skills, and see what else you can implement.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 17, 2024

In response, a solution is to invest in growth initiatives that are developed and incubated externally, as a “Venture NewCo” that operates with startup agility, and then to eventually integrate successful ventures back into the core business. Let’s explore how that works in practice.

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Planview

JULY 26, 2022

We have all been taking a crash course in dynamic planning – being ready for, hypothetically, anything: Finding ways to minimize losses and maximize opportunities while moving forward into the unknown. But Agile businesses apply this more frequently (dynamically) and learn from their own delivery performance to inform their next actions.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

It is an early example of root cause analysis. The top leaders were dissatisfied with the level of creativity, agility and innovation in the business. His direct action saved many lives – not just in London but around the world as his theory for the spread of cholera was gradually accepted by medical bodies and town councils.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 2, 2018

The idea of being independent and following your own course is a big part of it, as much as the gratification of seeing your product or service take off with customers. Change management, of course, encompasses the processes, techniques and tools that an organization utilizes to move successfully to new or better circumstances.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

For example, one of the biggest idea killers is the inability for many companies to take really good ideas and get them prioritized in the existing product development process. Idea Development and validation - you need a really good, agile and rapid MVP development process to bring an MVP to customers and prospects for testing.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Take a corporate-led accelerator, for example. The collaborative process can also teach a seasoned team a lot about resiliency, agility, and dynamic thinking. Of course, not all businesses go the accelerator route. Instead, many companies choose to establish innovation labs as a way of encouraging diverse collaboration.

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Daniel Burrus

APRIL 7, 2021

Whether it is a global pandemic or everyday disruptions, most of us default to reaction and agility when faced with a crisis. However, in our current COVID-19 world, agility and reactionary behavior is even less productive than it was before. Anticipation and Agility. There will always be the need to be agile and reactionary. .

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IdeaScale

MARCH 13, 2019

For example, if your organization is a hospital, your purpose is to help people be healthier. Agility of structure – so innovating doesn’t require navigating a thicket of corporate hierarchy just to get ideas heard. To clarify purpose, you must first understand what purpose is and not get it mixed up with mission and vision.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 30, 2018

The question isn't even: should we become more agile or more nimble? The answer to that one is "yes" as well, and (shameless plug) I wrote a book about how to become more nimble, agile and innovative. Deciding on the pace of change If the question isn't "should we change" or "should we be more agile" then what's the real question?

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What are some real-world examples of design thinking? What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? These courses typically cover the key concepts and steps of the design thinking process, and may include hands-on exercises and projects to apply what you have learned. What is a design sprint?

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 11, 2019

I'm a bit concerned that much of the digital transformation focus in placed on specific tools (machine learning as an example) and not enough focus is on solving actual problems (what should machine learning do and what benefit does that create?). Digital transformation almost goes without saying. If so, how?

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Planview

MARCH 15, 2024

For example, a large language model (LLM), a type of generative pre-trained transformer (GPT), is a form of text-based genAI that can output large bodies of creative text as if written by a human. Thus, one of the most profound examples lies in the world of VSM. AI models have proved their value rapidly, enabling productization.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 11, 2023

Of course, this is not limited to having less scrap as a manufacturing company or offering fewer refunds to dissatisfied customers as a retailer. For a business or organization, cost-effective solutions to current and future problems is a primary goal of many internal leaders. Yet you must always imagine the cost of being disrupted as well.

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ITONICS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In our latest report, Plugged In: B2C Insurance in the Digital Age , we detail the current state of the industry, explore the forces shaping the future, examine examples of organizations that have already innovated their operations and value propositions, and analyze the implications these shifts hold for future innovation efforts.

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ITONICS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In our latest report, Plugged In: B2C Insurance in the Digital Age , we detail the current state of the industry, explore the forces shaping the future, examine examples of organizations that have already innovated their operations and value propositions, and analyze the implications these shifts hold for future innovation efforts.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

And what happens when corporations with business models and structures and governing capabilities built for slower change and market dominance meet the agile, nimble competitors and shifting customer expectations at this unexpected crossroads? Take for example the automotive industry.

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CMOE

JULY 23, 2021

For example, Hitachi, a leading multinational manufacturer of automotive systems, construction machinery, and defense systems, divides its long-term vision into a three-year mid-term plan. Strategy Promotes Strategic Agility. A well-defined strategy is important— but strategic agility is even more important.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 4, 2020

In case you haven’t noticed, all of this is disappearing; for example, here is a great read from HBR (note #1). And Agility For All. The first thing that you would notice about them is that people’s work revolves around a key concept, agility. Say, you are not an agile organization. It is not exhaustive, of course.

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Planview

MAY 16, 2022

To me, this includes being connected as people around a common purpose; those people being connected to a shared strategic vision; and that vision being connected to the market and context it is in (which, of course, changes over time). As leaders, we have to set the example of how to take our mission – but not ourselves – seriously.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

New-work ambassadors help establish agile working within organizations. For one thing there are of course interesting startups there: this provides some great insights and direct opportunity for discussion. For example, we’ve also held ideation workshops with Viessmann and other big industry players. Key takeaways: .

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