Agile - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

it needs to go. The metaphor also hints at the agility of a group that doesn't have to wait for and then respond to a command from the front. That kind of agility is more likely to be developed by a group... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

that using the judo strategy approach allows small, agile start-ups to turn an opponent's size into a disadvantage. The closing presentation was delivered by Senior Research Fellow and Director of the HBS Life Sciences Project Juan... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

Profile

John Speer

way, the company could take consumer trust out of the equation somewhat.” “Talking to thirty to forty customers completely changed our minds,” John says. “It was the first time I had ever done anything customer-facing; it meant a new kind of View Details

09 Jan 2014
News

Tapping into Opportunity

Development will launch a competition created by Shenkar to bring economic drivers of clean tech to West Africa. "It is a tremendous business challenge," she says, "but, just like in the early days of the Internet, the smartest and most View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Parks Management is People Management

same way it would at a lean startup or a large corporation. The transferability of business practices, especially the need for agile thinkers in key management roles, is encouraging. I feel confident that I can utilize my MBA learnings in... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Aug 2001
News

Class Day and Commencement 2001

request, the traditional Class Day address format. The blunt, veteran CEO with the Massachusetts accent and his unabashed, youthful interlocutor - a Cambridge University graduate possessing formidable verbal agility and a rapier wit - put... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Emerging Into Singapore

venture offices to better understand the challenges on the ground, starting with a visit to Kuala Lumpur. What I’ve learned so far: The e-commerce industry is a very dynamic and agile space with growing competition, where every detail... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

Web

Why You Might Want to Say Goodbye to the Annual Performance Review | Working Knowledge

Business School Professor Katherine Coffman explores a software company’s more agile alternative to the yearly gauntlet, aimed at providing frequent direction to employees to support their career growth while also helping businesses... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

the other functions, particularly product and marketing? When is the right time to build a community team? How can modern, flexible product development techniques, such as agile and continuous deployment, be utilized to enhance the rate... View Details

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

to human engagement with the energy, loyalty, productivity, and creativity it generates both on and off the job. She says, “At their core, rebels are engaged.” In other words, if you’re seeking strategic agility and innovation, staff with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making

and high performers draw on them less. NEXT UP: NEW COLLABORATION TOOLS Not all intermittency is gone, despite management trends and collaboration tools pushing the always-on ethos. Sprints used by agile teams are an example of... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

moment. We have a baseline of what to expect, but the details might change days before. We just have to be more comfortable knowing that we might not have an answer until much later than we normally would—and later than we would like. It's an evolving situation and we... View Details

25 May 2015
Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

Innovation Lab and Rock Center for Entrepreneurship taught us how to build and organize an agile development team. Meanwhile, we reached out to countless alumni in the technology and telecom space. Again and again, we were blown away by... View Details

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South Asia - Global Activities 2021

South Asia South Asia Fostering Agile Leadership Pictured: Since the 2016 launch of the Senior Executive Leadership Program—India, some 300 business leaders have participated in the program, which takes place in Mumbai and at HBS. Five... View Details

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

governments to improve access to and uptake of malaria services in rural locations) to ensure they are agile and optimally positioned to help achieve and sustain malaria elimination. Why did you choose this internship for the summer?... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Ink

ecosystems—not just products. Create a network that brings together powerful partners engaged in complementary product and service innovation. Exploit leverage and power. If you have it, use your large size to advantage, but also be smarter and more View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Apple; Microsoft; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

02 May 2018
Blog Post

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

and contribute to an organization’s agility in a fast-moving competitive landscape. It also can build cohesion among employees and provide them a shared sense of mission. Vineet Nayar, former CEO of India-based HCL Technologies, is a firm... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

developing their double nature: male-female. Only the third group of people are 'good' leaders with complex thinking, agility and sensitivity." It prompts the question: How important is leadership gender in influencing the way we... View Details