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10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

book excerpt Management Is Not Leadership From Chapter 4, Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World By John Kotter Listen to how most people talk in everyday conversation, and you'll find that they often use the... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

2024
Other Unpublished Work

Future Trends in Agile Organizational Design

By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Emily Tedards

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16 Oct 2024
News

How to Avoid the Agility Trap

11 Jan 2021
News

An Agile Approach to Change Management

01 Jan 2020
HBS Conference

Agile Performance Measurement & Management

May 2022
Supplement

Maestro Pizza (G): Corona, Time for Agility

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais

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2014
Book

Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World

By: John P. Kotter

Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter. It's a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Organizational Structure

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26 Nov 2020
Interview

Agile Strategies for Higher Ed's COVID-19 Response

By: Euvin Naidoo, Sally Amoruso and Chris Howard

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20 Jul 2020
Interview

Agility in the Startup and Venture Ecosystem

By: Euvin Naidoo

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25 Jun 2003 - 28 Jun 2003
Conference Presentation

Agile Software Development: Evidence from the Field

By: Alan MacCormack

Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development

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2002
Working Paper

The Role of Subcultures in Agile Organizations

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September 2019
Case

Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility

By: Ranjay Gulati, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga

By 2018, Netflix had been credited for revolutionizing how viewers consumed entertainment—shifting from ad-fueled linear network programming to a highly personalized, on-demand, all-you-can-consume, ad-free model. The company was riding a long wave of revenue and... View Details

Keywords: Digital Technologies; Streaming; Video On Demand; International Expansion; Leadership; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Style; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Entertainment; Media; Change Management; Expansion; Technology Industry; United States

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February 2019
Technical Note

Can Multiunit Organizations Remain Agile as They Grow?

By: Tatiana Sandino

This note discusses how multiunit organizations incorporate flexibility into their management control systems, some by authorizing all or a select number of their dispersed units to make input and process decisions, some by investing in data-analytic technologies to... View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Flexibility; Management Systems; Business Units; Decision Making

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June 2020
Case

Agile Consumer Product Innovation with Alibaba's Tmall Innovation Center

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano

Consumer products companies were beset by changes on all sides during the 2010s. Customers were increasingly turning to ecommerce platforms rather than shopping in-store. Meanwhile, nimble, digitally-savvy competitors were gaining market share by capitalizing on the... View Details