Business Transformation Requires Transformational Leaders
Leadership and teaming skills are front and center in times of rapid change. Meet today’s constant disruption head on with expert guidance in leadership, business strategy, transformation, and innovation. Whether the disruption du jour is a digitally-driven upending of traditional business models, the pandemic-driven end to business as usual, or the change-driven challenge of staffing that meets your transformation plans — you’ll be prepared with cutting edge techniques and expert knowledge that enable strategic leadership.
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Imagine a clash between two worlds, one that is risk averse, traditional, and conservative and another that is risk seeking, opportunistic, and entrepreneurial.
Over the last few years, enterprise and operational risk management activities in many sectors have evolved from information gathering to a functional discipline with dedicated staff using established formal policies and both quantitative and qualitative procedures.
I come to praise RM, not to bury it.
Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.
-- The Devil's Dictionary [3]
Extreme Programming (XP) has a lot of practices for programmers, and it sounds like it might be just for programmers. But nothing could be further from the truth. XP is a software process focused on rapid delivery of value to the enterprise. In this Executive Report, I'll examine how this comes about.
"An army marches on its belly." In this Executive Update, Napoleon's motivational maxim will guide us as we continue our look at the issues involving project management husbandry, drawing on data from Cutter Consortium surveys. (See Executive Updates Vol. 2, No. 21; Vol. 2, No. 22; and Vol. 3, No.
Executive Report
Maintaining Alignment When Outsourcing
Have you ever tried to arrange dinner at a restaurant with a group of 20 friends? Agreeing on a restaurant in the first place is quite a chore when you take 20 different food preferences into account. But that's just the beginning.
Executive Report
Clicks and Mortar Internet Strategies: Making Them Work
This report is divided into three sections. The first section provides an overview of the history of clicks and mortar strategies. The second details two in-depth case studies: Dell Computer and Charles Schwab. The third section discusses developing a clicks and mortar strategy, including the role of culture and the strategy formulation process.