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Three Ways to Manage “Extra” Work in an Iteration

Johanna Rothman

Before you decide how to proceed, take a few of the emergencies and retrospect or do some form of a root cause analysis. Did the team meet the acceptance criteria but no one realized how the users would use the feature? Or, when a team doesn't have the conversation to confirm what they have in a given feature. Still too much?

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How to Correctly Start a Discovery Conversation

David A Fields

The key to achieving that goal can be summarized in a single word: dessert discovery. But how do you start discovery? If you’re in the hunt for a consulting project, you want to become the obvious choice. The better you understand your prospect, the more likely you are to close a consulting deal. When you [ ]

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Bots That Can Talk Will Help Us Get More Value from Analytics

Harvard Business

Advanced NLG platforms — including, full disclosure, the one my company has built — start by understanding what the user wants to communicate. Gartner predicts that by 2018, advanced NLG will be integrated into the majority of smart data discovery platforms and that 20% of business content will be generated by machines.

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The Best Business Sale Transactions are Facilitated in an Environment of Full Disclosure

Martinka Consulting

I have also witnessed alarming discoveries related to business practices during due diligence that have amazed me in terms of their sophistication and dishonesty. I have also witnessed alarming discoveries related to business practices during due diligence that have amazed me in terms of their sophistication and dishonesty.

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How to Focus your Team on Positive Aspects of Strengths

Leadership Vision Consulting

Then, we ask participants with this theme, to show how it is present in their lives, and provide opportunity for co-workers to feedback. On this day, people started focusing on the negative aspects, as they saw if, of those strengths. How to Focus on the Positive. Acknowledge how strengths should bring life.

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Do you judge people strictly by their actions — or by how they dress and present themselves? Do you judge a business based solely on their level of service — or by how their website looks? But, how you present yourself is critical for marketing and selling your services. If you are, then start with the data.

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To Innovate Like a Startup, Make Decisions Like VCs Do

Harvard Business

Responding to this promise, many companies have started putting these ideas to use: A recent study of 170 organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue found that over 82% are currently using a lean startup approach in some aspect of their business. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. paul garbett for hbr.