Marketing strategy consultancy CMG Partners today releases the results of its sixth-annual CMO's Agenda, "The Agile Advantage," a qualitative survey assessing the role and responsibilities of the chief marketer. CMG Partners conducted interviews with more than 40 CMOs, lead marketers, and Agile experts between July and October 2013 to cull [...]
Organizations are ready for their next evolutionary step: a step toward self-management, wholeness, and a new sense of purpose.
Marketing strategy consultancy CMG Partners today releases the results of its sixth-annual CMO's Agenda, "The Agile Advantage," a qualitative survey assessing the role and responsibilities of the chief marketer. CMG Partners conducted interviews with more than 40 CMOs, lead marketers, and Agile experts between July and October 2013 to cull [...]
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If you aren’t disrupting yourself, someone else is. In this post, I want to teach you about a powerful tool you can use to disrupt yourself. Your survival as a company and as an entrepreneur depends on it. It all began at Lockheed in World War II… In 1943 the defense department called Kelly Johnson, the head […]
Hackers should hack. Acquire customers. Automate complex processes. Optimize operations. Reduce costs. Accelerate all the things. Hackers solve problems. Extremely well. In the most ridiculously…
What one manager did at Google is a good example.
MVP is a popular term used by startups. What are they, why do they matter, and how do you test MVPs?
When thinking of User Experience, we often think of a simple, beautiful, and easy to use feature-set of a product, that makes the user’s life easier. But as a matter of fact, features are merely a…
Digital transformation is more than just a technology initiative. It means ensuring our organisations are ready for the challenges and opportunities of digitisation in terms of products and services, but also the organisation that produces them and the business models it operates. It impacts structures, culture, practices, and leadership, which means it is as much about people …
It focuses on people rather than technology.
Two-thirds to three-quarters of large organizations struggle with execution. And it’s no wonder: Research reveals that several common beliefs about implementing strategy are just plain wrong. This article debunks five of the most pernicious myths. Execution equals alignment. Processes to align activities with strategy up and down the hierarchy are generally sound. The real problem is coordination: People in other units can’t be counted on. Execution means sticking to the plan. Changing market conditions demand agility. Communication equals understanding. E-mails and meetings about strategy are relentless—but executives change and dilute their messages. Only half of middle managers can name any of their company’s top five priorities. A performance culture drives execution. Companies need to reward other things, too, including agility, teamwork, and ambition. Execution should be driven from the top. It lives and dies with managers in the middle—but they are hamstrung by the poor communication from above. Redefining execution as the ability to seize opportunities aligned with strategy while coordinating with other parts of the organization can help managers pinpoint why execution is stalling and focus on the factors that matter most for translating strategy into results. HBR Reprint R1503C
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Getting a job in data science is as much about finding a company whose needs match your skills as it is developing those data science skills.
The Thinking Process Tools (TP) of TOC first appeared in the novel It’s Not Luck (1994), although a preliminary sketch of the Conflict Cloud had been published in the essay “What is this thing called TOC” that Dr. Goldratt wrote in 1991
The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing is ever complete.
Customer interactions with a brand are "moments of truth" where impressions are formed. UX designers strive for positive impact. Learn more in this article
If you aren’t disrupting yourself, someone else is. In this post, I want to teach you about a powerful tool you can use to disrupt yourself. Your survival as a company and as an entrepreneur depends on it. It all began at Lockheed in World War II… In 1943 the defense department called Kelly Johnson, the head […]
Companies rise and fall based on their ability to understand customer demand and adapt when it changes. We are in turbulent times brought forward by new generations of technology, increased consume...
