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Turbulent Times Demand Dynamic Rules

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - May 11, 2021

Turbulent Times Demand Dynamic Rules

Circumstances can change rapidly in an uncertain world — organizational rules should be designed to change along with them.

By David R. Hannah, Christopher D. Zatzick, and Jan Kietzmann
Forces of nature

strategy+business - Apr 30, 2021

Forces of nature

Understanding how ecosystems grow, thrive, and regenerate can help leaders steer their organization in the future.

By David K. Hurst
Eliminate Strategic Overload

Harvard Business Review ($) - May 1, 2021

Eliminate Strategic Overload

I believe that strategic management faces an attractive, back-to-basics opportunity. By simplifying strategy—by selecting fewer initiatives with greater impact—we can make it more powerful. In this article, I describe an easy-to-use framework. …more

By Felix Oberholzer-Gee
The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday’s Aneel Bhusri

Masters of Scale - May 4, 2021

The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday’s Aneel Bhusri

Your first hires are your cultural cofounders. And it’s worth your time to get every one right. That’s why Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri personally interviewed his first 500 employees. Today, with 12,500. …more

By Reid Hoffman and Aneel Bhusri
Getting AI to Scale

Harvard Business Review ($) - May 1, 2021

Getting AI to Scale

Don’t try to change everything at once, but do begin with something important.

By Tim Fountaine, Brian McCarthy, and Tamim Saleh
Creating Valuable (and Trusted) Experiences With Digital Personas

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Apr 27, 2021

Creating Valuable (and Trusted) Experiences With Digital Personas

Deepfakes have received much (well-deserved) bad press — but the underlying technology holds plenty of potential for companies to build positive customer experiences.

By Sanjay Podder, Shalabh Kumar Singh, Neville Dubash, and David Light
Cultural Cohesion

Medium ($) - Apr 28, 2021

It’s Not a Leader’s Job to Motivate

The truth is that employees start out motivated but the work environments they find themselves in suck that motivation out of them. In other words, they come to the job with their. …more

By George Bohan
11 Sources of Disruption

Rotman -

11 Sources of Disruption

A quantitative futurist advises leaders to pay attention to 11 sources of disruption.

By Amy Webb
The strategy-analytics revolution

McKinsey & Company - Apr 26, 2021

The strategy-analytics revolution

It’s time to bring advanced analytics into the strategy room—here’s why.

By Chris Mulligan, Nicholas Northcote, Tido Röder, and Sasha Vesuvala
Try this NBA strategy to help manage hybrid work

Fast Company ($) - Apr 28, 2021

Try this NBA strategy to help manage hybrid work

The author notes that at its core, load management is really about building a hybrid workforce, which is different from a hybrid workplace, where some people work in the office and others. …more

By Tim Sanders

Anaplan - Apr 19, 2021

The growth driver — S&OP the ultimate engine aligning business plans

Given ongoing challenges of disruption, some S&OP processes may be constrained while other elements are proven essential to planning with agility. One of the key benefits of S&OP is collaboration across functional. …more

By Dr. Svend Lassen and Michael Detampel
Algorithmic Nudges Don’t Have to Be Unethical

HBR.org - Apr 22, 2021

Algorithmic Nudges Don’t Have to Be Unethical

“Nudging” — the strategy of changing users’ behavior based on how apparently free choices are presented to them — has come a long way since the concept was popularized by University of. …more

By Mareike Möhlmann
Building a learning culture that drives business forward

McKinsey & Company - Apr 16, 2021

Building a learning culture that drives business forward

Too often, training programs fail. Here’s how businesses can create a learning culture and invest in the capabilities that will help individuals and organizations thrive.

By Matthew Smith and Elizabeth Young McNally
The Future Of Work Now: Product Managers At Shopee

Forbes ($) - Apr 20, 2021

The Future Of Work Now: Product Managers At Shopee

Shopee’s growth and success have been driven by its mobile-centric strategy, enabled by its data, analytics and AI capabilities. Over 95% of Shopee orders occur through the mobile app, and the company. …more

By Tom Davenport

HBR Ideacast - Apr 20, 2021

Streamlining Your Company’s Strategy

Felix Oberholzer-Gee, professor at Harvard Business School, says many organizations spend so much energy on strategy that it overwhelms with conflicting priorities. Instead, he argues companies should simplify and focus on two value. …more

By Curt Nickisch and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
The CEO Innovation Agenda

BCG - Apr 15, 2021

The CEO Innovation Agenda

Although the particular emphasis varies by industry and by individual company readiness, we found five recurring topics that CEOs wrestle with as they work to embed innovation in their companies’ DNA and to. …more

By Ramón Baeza, David Allred, Michael Brigl, Sandra Deutschländer, Charles Gildehaus, Deborah Lovich, Matthias Schmidt, Christopher Stutzman, and Lauren Taylor
BMW’s Virtual Factory Uses AI to Hone the Assembly Line

Wired ($) - Apr 12, 2021

BMW’s Virtual Factory Uses AI to Hone the Assembly Line

The German automaker uses new software from chipmaker Nvidia to simulate train robots and human workers.

By Will Knight
The sharing economy’s next target: Business-to-business

Fast Company ($) - Apr 14, 2021

The sharing economy’s next target: Business-to-business

Some parts of the sharing economy took a big hit during the pandemic. But businesses sharing with other businesses is poised to be an incredibly lucrative model for the future.

By NAVI RADJOU
Laugh more, lead better

McKinsey & Company - Apr 15, 2021

Laugh more, lead better

Naomi Bagdonas and Connor Diemand-Yauman, lecturers at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, hilariously explore the power at the intersection of humor, business, and leadership. It’s no joke.

By Naomi Bagdonas and Connor Diemand-Yauman
How Digital Underdogs Can Fight Back With Relevance

Forbes ($) - Apr 12, 2021

How Digital Underdogs Can Fight Back With Relevance

Ten years ago, when I only waited ten minutes to get a cab, I was thrilled. Flash forward to today, if I order an Uber that’s ten minutes away, I’ll immediately cancel. …more

By Louis Tetu

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