Everyone seems to be clamoring to get started on AI implementation, from enterprises to small startups. AI is a disruptive force that goes beyond technology. It’s poised to affect nearly every aspect of business–changing not just how work gets done but also reshaping processes, operating models, and even business models. For many companies, AI will…
Why Organizations Struggle to Execute What Matters Poor Strategic Planning Processes Many organizations need more rigorous processes for strategic planning and goal setting. For example, a recent Bain survey found that 65% of executives rate their company’s strategy process as poor. Leadership fails to dedicate time to reflect and analyze market trends, competitive forces, and…
Article Update: we received some interesting feedback on this article and decided to record a more in-depth video that talks about this subject, we encourage you to watch it. Agile changed the world of software development. But in many organizations, those groundbreaking frameworks have grown stale, bureaucratic, and ineffective. Some even argue Agile is “dead”….
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) have become a popular framework for aligning organizations around strategic goals. However, many companies struggle to realize benefits from OKRs. Why do OKR implementations often fail? In our recent video, Adaptivity’s Adam Asch and George Schlitz dive into the three most common mistakes that doom OKR efforts: Misuse/Poor Application The…
Many organizations have adopted Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) as a modern goal-setting methodology. OKRs help align organizations around measurable outcomes and provide the focus for execution. However, organizations often need help setting OKRs and achieving the full benefits of driving engagement, accountability, and results through their application. The difference comes down to installing…
After all of the time and effort we spend on process improvement, we still do not realize the outcomes we are trying to achieve. Once, not long ago, we just told people “what” to do. The boss told the manager, the manager told the worker, and the worker did the work. Things got done until…
Technology is fantastic; the tools and services available to us have fundamentally changed how we work and the work we do. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest. It’s different. AI will disrupt entire capabilities that we have relied on and structured around for years. Unlike the cloud or the metaverse, which inherently provides us with…
Just this week, a crane partially collapsed on an apartment rooftop in my city. Thankfully, nobody was hurt or killed. However, the residents of the building and the surrounding area have been evacuated for days as they assess the damage. So, doing what I do for a living, I turned to my wife and said,…
Losing touch is easy; we are busy people with tons going on. We have our projects and products, stakeholders & shareholders. We track budgets and risk, and compliance. We work with teams for research and analysis, teams for architecture and security, delivery, and QA. Managing this requires process and meetings, documentation, and sign-offs – and driving it all is a massive list of things…
Having moved from New York City, New York, to Atlanta, Georgia, I have had the opportunity to do something I had wanted to do for a long while – plant a fruit tree. Being in Georgia, the idea of growing peaches made sense to me – it’s called the Peach State; plant it, I thought,…
I did it! I reached my 10k steps today. My watch congratulated me; I am so healthy! I will do it again tomorrow, and maybe even sign up for an ultra-marathon! Some people may realize that taking 10k steps a day is not an accurate indicator of how much exercise you get each day or…