Showing 161 - 180 of 1373

In this Advisor, Jim Highsmith shares his list of the top 30 books on agile project leadership. Reading -- or even better, reading and discussing -- these books would be a good New Year's resolution for furthering project leadership in your organization.
January 18, 2007 | Authored By: Jim Highsmith
Athula Ginige and Marie D. Fernando look at the idea of value creation in the digital shift era. In particular, their interest lies in how current Web- and mobile-based applications support what they term the “social computing” model, a new computing paradigm that stands apart from preceding computing paradigms. Their article presents a model for human needs fulfillment, which helps organizations map out their digital value-creation process and reveals the underlying information flow pattern required to secure trust.
March 4, 2020 | Authored By: Athula Ginige, Marie Fernando
Trevor Hunter argues for the importance of leader character and instrumental skills in nonprofit organization (NPO) boards. The article explores distinctive duty-of-care expectations for NPO boards, emphasizing their role in protecting the organization’s mission and the quality of judgment required to navigate nuanced decisions. Hunter asks, “What are the implications for NPO performance if the board is not demonstrating leader character?” Examples illustrate how each of the Ivey Leader Character Framework (ILCF) dimensions can manifest in NPO board behaviors to safeguard the mission.
January 29, 2024 | Authored By: Trevor Hunter
Two Fortune 100 companies are struggling to compete in this fast-paced world. Does this sound familiar? Both companies were lumbering along in blind arrogance when their world changed. Why such blindness? They both held the majority share of their respective markets and were resting on their laurels -- and soon the competition came nipping at their heels. Of course, they continued to lumber. "We know what customers want" was the constant refrain. "Of course, we could be more nimble, but we just can't get IT to deliver."
January 31, 2015 | Authored By: Pollyanna Pixton
In her article, Andi Graham describes how those at her digital marketing agency started working actively with clients, co-planning and co-designing with them. These new behaviors required her staff to expose their doubts and uncertainties to clients. Resistant at first, employees saw the difference in speed and quality of feedback, improved client relations, and higher efficiency. This story shows Agile adoption through small steps with wide-ranging effects.
April 22, 2019 | Authored By: Andi Graham