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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. While those skills are useful, they are not enough.

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Does Your Team Hoard Information?

Harmonious Workplaces

They may also miss key data points to drive productive ideas. Increased Efficiency and Productivity: Knowledge sharing helps avoid duplication of effort and allows for more efficient processes. References Barbuto, Jr., & Cummins-Brown, L.(2007). Full range leadership. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. link] Bass, B.

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Mergers May Be Profitable, but Are They Good for the Economy?

Harvard Business

In recent research, we provide new evidence that while mergers may raise profits, many fail to deliver efficiency gains that could increase overall prosperity. manufacturing plants from 1997 through 2007, an important and diverse sector of the U.S. Firms engage in mergers because they see a profitable opportunity.

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

On the Salinas Valley farm, entrepreneurs with Mountain View-based startup Blue River Technology are trying to show that the Lettuce Bot can not only replace two dozen workers, but also improve production. food system - particularly fruit and vegetable production - depends on immigrants more than any other sector of the U.S.

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Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

MishTalk

Okumas clients "are not investing, not even to raise efficiency, so we are not investing either," he says. Heres a simple question: What happens to prices when more products are produced in the face of falling or static demand? December 2007 (69). November 2007 (91). October 2007 (56). September 2007 (49).

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Studies reveal that a servant leadership style improves employee productivity and creativity. Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations. 2007) Servant-leadership: A worldview perspective.

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Finding Surprising Success by Supporting Interesting Failure

Organizational Talent Consulting

Organizations desire certainty, success, and efficiency, and it is uncertainty, failure, and inefficiency that are sources of innovation. While this approach results in high-quality and low-cost products and services, the hidden financial and non-financial costs of avoiding failure are severe. Leaders fail as much as they succeed.