On the Brink Podcast

OCTOBER 17, 2022

That's the premise of Marcella Bremer's book, Deve loping a Positive Culture where People and Performance Thrive , which focuses on helping organizations achieve more effective, productive cultures.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Finding valuable insights: Structured and unstructured data sources can uncover patterns and relationships that reveal customer needs, expose system vulnerabilities and improve productivity and performance. Tailoring products to individual needs: Big data allows an organisation to narrowly segment customers.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

One simple and often overlooked way for larger companies to experiment is to randomize the introduction of new products across a set of markets. To see how this can be valuable, consider how Uber rolled out its Express Pool service in 2018. Unsurprisingly, Express Pool created new kinds of trip matches.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2018

But thinking only about the costs involved in raising wages misses a key issue: pay hikes can also boost workplace productivity. In our own research, we’ve explored the impact that minimum wages can have on businesses, as well as the ways in which higher wages can motivate employees and spur productivity.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 13, 2023

Being heard creates psychological safety in relationships and is vital to establishing productive conflict and trust. Here are a few statements adapted from the research by Longweni and Kroon (2018) developed to solicit feedback from direct reports. Listening eases tensions and makes productive conflict work where resentment exists.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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. The support for LMX is that the ingroups experience less turnover, higher job satisfaction, and better OCBs (Robbins & Judge, 2018).

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

Determining appropriate product pricing (e.g. Prioritizing new product development efforts. Choosing specific product features. This form of segmentation is widely used since specific products often cater to individual needs relating to at least one demographic element. brick-and-mortar vs online).

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MishTalk

APRIL 18, 2015

You are more productive than ever. By 2018, it will cut another 4,000. Congratulations. Just don''t expect to be paid more for it. In reality, some machine is doing all that for you. The government’s involvement in this process shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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Halo Psych

APRIL 17, 2024

Here are 10 things you can do: A 2018 study looked at the findings from across 200 studies into meetings. As Professor Steve Rogelberg says in his book, The surprising science of meetings , “A poorly conducted and unnecessary meeting is indeed a form of time theft, a theft that can be prevented” (p.20). Mroz, J.E.,

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

Academic research suggests that the benefits of shared identity include: Productive conflict. In conversations, we tend to find communication more comfortable and productive with those we consider “us” versus “them.” Inclusion and belonging. Improved performance. Enhanced knowledge management. Ciampa, V., & & Liang, S.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 7, 2022

First, I have been talking for the last few episodes about the importance of not just identifying your ideal client but getting in their hearts and minds so you can position yourself, products/services, and copy to connect with them. So, I thought, why not bring on some of my former clients so you can hear for yourself?

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IMC USA

JUNE 5, 2018

June 5, 2018 — The Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA, www.imcusa.org ) announces the election of Juan A. CMC is a consultant with The Dallas Marketing Group and specializes in marketing, market research, strategic planning, sales, operations and product development in tech, medical devices and health care. Egan, Ph.D.,

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Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Recently economists have connected what is now labeled Quiet Quitting to a fall in US labor productivity output. Like me, you may have first learned about this company from their marketing campaign: "We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.". References. BASF at a glance.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

While robots were predicted and have led to significant productivity gains, there are at the same time a number of drawbacks (Taylor, 2019). This begs the question, why do we favour productivity and efficiency if the new technology is simultaneously kicking workers out of jobs and diminishing the user experience? 2018, December 28).

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2018

Google Assistant stunned the crowd at I/O 2018 with natural-sounding phone calls to unassuming restaurant and hair salon staff. The idea that this software will genuinely save us time and increase our productivity is not yet taken seriously by business people or the general public. The product is well beyond viable now.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

And our own survey of 795 large companies (average revenue of $22 billion) in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America found average per-company spending on IoT initiatives — $86 million in 2015 — was projected to grow to $103 million by 2018. The call center logs customer complaints. Or as Intel Corp.’s

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Everywhere you look online during the 2023 holiday season, you’ll see three things: A ridiculous amount of ads for products you don’t need or want… but might buy anyway. Delaying hiring or RIFs (reduction in force) means existing staff may be overburdened, which can lead to burnout, decreased productivity, and attrition in the new year.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 25, 2018

I’m working on my roadmapping talk for Agile 2018. I finally had the transforming idea about how to position the talk: Roadmapping and product planning are about feedback loops. That feedback loop works in at least these ways: The faster we learn, the more often we can question our product assumptions.

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Brimstone Consulting

AUGUST 9, 2021

A 2018 study found that 55% of Americans reported not using all of their paid vacation time – a 9% increase over 2017. What’s more, taking time off has a positive impact on productivity, performance, intrinsic motivation , and creativity. (A In our discussion, Amy shared that she had not taken a vacation in over two years.

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Kai Davis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A selection of products (digital and physical) from The Kai Davis Store ( [link] ). A special physical product. This offering got rave reviews in 2018, and it’s coming back. Are you planning to do a BlackFriday Promo? There will be a Black Friday/Cyber Monday event this year. A pre-order for a new video course on (shhh).

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 4, 2024

2018, May 23). How Data Maturity and Product Analytics Improve Digital Experiences and Business Outcomes. Challenging 21st-Century Competencies for STEM Students: Companies’ Vision in Slovenia and Norway in the Light of Global Initiatives for Competencies Development. Sustainability. 10.3390/su16031295. Daholstrom, P., Wiesinger, A.,

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Here’s to a prosperous 2018! Places all work products and recommendations in the context of the client’s environment. Knows details matter — Deliverables, work products, and communications are well formatted and flawless. First published January 12, 2015, it’s just as relevant today as it was then. Participation creates buy-in.)

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Harvard Business

JULY 16, 2019

In his case, “JUUL and the Vaping Revolution,” Harvard Business School professor Mike Toffel discusses the controversy surrounding the exponential growth of JUUL vaping products in 2018, in particular the success of its e-cigarettes with teenage high school students who had never smoked.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2018

At the CES 2018 held in Las Vegas, Steve Koenig , Senior Director of Market Research at Consumer Technology Association, presented on tech trends to watch. Outlining the big picture, he described 2018 as the beginning of the “ data era of consumer tech”, with the heralds of that coming age being 5G, AI, and AR. Image: Pexels.

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Rod Burkert

JUNE 26, 2018

But as entrepreneurs, we chose to want to live different lives – lives doing things that are creative, productive, and satisfying. Are you 50% of the way toward reaching your 2018 creative, productive, satisfying goals? Chances are, the A/B Activities are the things that keep you busy, but not productive. I’m Rod Burkert.

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Kai Davis

JULY 22, 2021

What I’ve discovered over the years is that many of my most profitable and productive business ideas happen when I’m stretched out in my hammock, watching the clouds, and just enjoying the sun and breeze. One of the best purchases I ever made (back in 2018, ~10 years ago) was a portable hammock like this one. Hammock Time.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 6, 2023

Reflection facilitates learning, provides perspective on self-limiting beliefs when used purposefully, and improves productivity. Evidence suggests spending 15 minutes daily enhances productivity by as much as 23% more than those without reflection time. References Doolittle, J. Green Peak Partners and Cornell University.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MAY 29, 2023

In addition to increased productivity of expected behavior, selfless love impacts an employee's discretionary effort , also known as organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations. Evidence suggests that increased employee intrinsic motivation causes people to achieve better business results.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

We want to have more collaboration across functions and teams because our products’ quality suffers. We might need to change our mix of products and services even more often. We want to create a culture of change, where we challenge assumptions and change our products and how we think. You might have another reason.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

You can start with teams, move to programs and the product part of the organization. If you and your organization struggle with this part of your transformation, please join us at the Influential Agile Leader , Boston, June 7-8, 2018. The super-early bird registration ends Mar 1, 2018.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2018

The first Possible Measurements post focuses on product throughput measurements. We are workshopping the product roadmap, the project portfolio, etc. We might learn about technology (languages, architecture, testing), interpersonal skills, product ideas, and about strategy or customer needs. Again, do start with your why.

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Rod Burkert

AUGUST 8, 2018

My wife and I are products of a program called Strategic Coach. Let’s say your goal is to grow your 2018 revenue by 10%. But if your goal is to grow your 2018 revenue by 100%, you might think of products and services that you could create one time and sell hundreds of times to get there. So … first, here’s THE TRICK.

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Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

And another company actually sends its customers videos of the quality inspector with the customer’s product as it goes through final inspection. Many of them aren’t elegant, but the passion eclipses the production values. And wait till next year—the 2018 conference will be live streamed. Bias for action.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, if you walk through your facility each day to check on production status, you could start using that time to catch your team doing something valuable and immediately say thank you. For example, suppose you are looking to create a habit of saying thank you to your team. References. Glasziou, P., Isenring, E., & & Rae, T.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 4, 2018

On January 13, 2018 the Wall Street Journal published an article by Morten T. The previous point is important because by having a narrow scope productivity goes up about 25%. I also just received a newsletter from my CRM provider titled, “3 Ways to Be More Productive At Work In 2018.” Hansen titled, “ The Key to Success?

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 24, 2023

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). billion on R&D. McKinsey & Company.

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1 to 1

JANUARY 23, 2018

After collecting myriad data points about shoppers, retailers are shifting to the next stage: using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze and leverage insight to deliver more customized customer experiences.Case in point: customer data and AI were top of mind at the 2018 NRF Big Show.

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