Introduction

An unsettling tension underlies much of the experimentation happening in management today. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review lays out some the best ways to acknowledge and work through the fears and the stress — while still embracing flexibility, creativity, and communication.

From “Consider Culture When Implementing Agile Practices”:

  • Agile practices help organizations bring products and services to market quickly and enable them to adapt nimbly to changes in the technology landscape.
  • A challenge to implementing agile practices globally is accommodating cultural differences. For example, openly expressing thoughts and opinions to authority figures and publicly discussing successes and failures are ...

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