Ask Atma

APRIL 20, 2012

Become more agile: have regular big picture sessions where you evaluate progress or the lack thereof and be ready to pivot, repurpose, reboot. Find someone who enjoys creating and finding distribution channels and developing business relationship for the company is a key need that startups should ensure they fill. No financing.

Succession 71

Succession Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Diversity 71

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

It’s about creating an agile organization that can detect what type of change is essential and respond quickly with the most competitive solution. In our experience, most companies are already steeped in technology and learning fast about how it can transform their businesses. All of this has to happen fluidly and rapidly.

CEO 13

CEO Agility Technology Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. Her research found that another 26 percent have created the service level, but not the reusable components that make developing new offerings fast and efficient. And that’s not the only thing at work.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

” It might be hard for people in HR to hear, but only 20% of those who responded said that their HR function was enabling them to transform, ranking them even lower than finance — an area not exactly known for its agility. First, low barriers to entry into these sectors lead to more agile competition.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

Consider the core mission of the modern IT department: Taking in all the technology “mess” (often from several different divisions), developing the necessary competencies, and delivering savings and efficiency to the company. The company set up a stand-alone, centrally funded data and analytics business service unit.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Leading retailers have developed the ability to nimbly change direction, even based on beta testing.

Retail 11

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups. Product development: g etting closer to customers and moving faster.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

The business model innovation of accelerators is that they have a systematized selection process that is akin to the application process for college. Still, being astute and agile does not guarantee immunity to disruption. Money scales, time spent on analysis does not.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Understanding your company’s DNA can help you know what you can and can’t do, and how to achieve agility and authenticity in a changing world. We know from biology that DNA contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, function, and reproduce. But there may be more to the metaphor.

How To 8

How To Decentralization Environment Collins 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Finally, some companies have struggled to finance their activities without payment while they work on delivering the results, limiting their ability to innovate too.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. The issue arose as a result of changes to IBM’s business model for software. With this approach, cross-functional teams quickly develop prototypes to bounce off of customers.

Products 8

Products Productivity Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him. It wasn''t profitable, or scalable, but it was a brilliant way to learn what the business would really need. It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. George is one of the most thoughtful people you will ever meet.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. The most successful artists in this new landscape have begun to look at new business models and new industries to strengthen their existing brands. Enter Harvard Business School. We’ve all had to adapt. of course).

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2019

It’s the essence of agility. Why Agility is Important for Your Business. Agility is defined by McKinsey & Company as “… the ability of an organization to renew itself, adapt, change quickly, and thrive in an environment characterized by rapid change, ambiguity, and turbulence.”

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Agility Process Management McKinsey 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths. In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat. Similarly, Apoorva Mehta, a former Amazon engineer and founder of Instacart, now valued at $2 billion, tried up to 20 different business models that failed before hitting the right one.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8