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Are you creating remarkable products? - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Are you creating remarkable products? by Tom Spencer on December 15, 2011 · 0 comments. REMARKABLE products are products that are worth making a remark about. Definitions. Helpful Links. in Business Strategy. Case in point, the latest version of the NAO humanoid robot.

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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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Energy Prices: Is Volatility Here to Stay?

Tom Spencer

What is more, these market trends have tremendous geopolitical significance, since the price of oil and other hydrocarbon-based products has a big impact on the trade balances of resource-focused economies. Firstly, there are logistical barriers limiting production. Even so, the market could not fulfil global demand.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Surprisingly, some of the top sectors for reshoring from 2011 to 2015 are also sectors that have led the pack in further offshoring over that same period. manufacturing renaissance,” marked by the “reshoring” of production and the growing competitiveness challenges of many foreign nations vis-à-vis the United States.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Offshoring Outpaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Surprisingly, some of the top sectors for reshoring from 2011 to 2015 are also sectors that have led the pack in further offshoring over that same period. manufacturing renaissance,” marked by the “reshoring” of production and the growing competitiveness challenges of many foreign nations vis-à-vis the United States.

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Servant Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results

Rick Conlow

Adam Grant, management researcher and professor at the Wharton School of Business, shows in his book Give and Take that servant leaders are more productive and more highly regarded by employees. Also, research by Schaubroeck, Lam, and Peng (2011) found servant leadership at the team level gained 10% in performance.

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Consultant Ninja: The Math of Jefferson County, Alabama's Sewer.

Consultant Ninja

Saturday, August 13, 2011. August 15, 2011 at 2:13 AM. September 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM. September 19, 2011 at 10:51 AM. Saturday, August 13, 2011. Productivity. (6). The Math of Jefferson County, Alabamas Sewer Bond Bankruptcy. Jefferson County, Alabama, might declare bankruptcy on a $3.1B How come? ".126,000