Your path to business agility
Over the years we have exhausted the term “innovation.” How many times have you heard “innovate or die” or read articles about how to create a culture of innovation? While the term might seem overused, it remains a critical way of thinking for any successful company. But the question still stands: why is innovation important?...
Innovation can feel easy when the global economy is running at maximum strength. Investment pours in. Risks come with a promise of a soft landing if they don’t succeed. But with uncertainty about a worldwide pullback—from China to Brexit to Apple’s revenue—managers might find themselves confronting new challenges. Some see the slowdown as a natural...
We know from experience that to successfully scale agile across the organization, you must hire and retain the right talent. Additionally, current agile leaders need to take a good hard look in the mirror and understand their role and changes they need to make in order for the organization to reap the benefits of scaling...
The huge consequences for Britain’s decision to pull out of the European Union are becoming more apparent and worrying as time passes. Brexit, as Britain’s withdrawal from the EU is known, will quite likely have very extreme effects on the everyday lives of all British citizens. This will be especially true in a situation where...
In part one of this blog we discussed how over the past few years, basketball and executive teams have seen major changes in management styles and an emphasis on versatility. Following the digital revolution, a major shift to real-time analytics and fierce, swift competition modernized the old models. Today’s game, in both business and basketball,...
TechTarget defines business agility as “a concept whereby organizations seek to approach their operations and resources in a flexible, responsive manner.” Yet, many executives and employees who have experienced the imposition — rather than the implementation — of a business agility approach in their enterprise have another, less inspiring definition: chaos, chaos, and more chaos....
All companies and projects are driven by specific goals and objectives. These can be long or short term and can be based on achieving tangible, physical results or more abstract outcomes. Despite the fact that they are so similar as to often be used interchangeably, there are actually significant differences between goals and objectives and...
A modern project team will often contain team members with a range of different skills and competencies. This can naturally lead to problems for project managers who want to perform a balanced performance assessment that will judge every team member fairly. Knowing how to assess performance isn’t very easy when all the important metrics come...
Collaboration, when done right, can be rocket fuel for an organization. Whether it’s through a solution like Planview AdaptiveWork or a white board with sticky notes (ideally both!), teamwork can help us understand what we know and how we know it. In theory, collective minds produce better ideas. Yet our own experience might tell us...
Ask any avid cyclist about the importance of their wheels. If their bike is highly customized, ask them if they consider the number of spokes, lacing pattern, or manufacturer of the hub and rim that make up their wheel. If the cyclist is a world-class professional, ask the same question to their Tour Manager. The...
