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5 Capabilities You Need As a Digital Consultant in 2023

Comatch

Despite this, a UK study by Tech Partnership found that up to 59% of employers are concerned about the digital skills gap in their workforce. With the digital economy set to be one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world, many businesses are now looking to take advantage of the opportunities driven by this innovation.

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Cost vs Value Measurements for Agile Approaches

Johanna Rothman

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. See my series on Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Summary. This kind of measurement is antithetical to agile principles. Agile approaches allow us to do that. They only record estimates and actuals.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

And it’s those common links that inform tech investments, transformation strategies, and how firms respond to the disruptive forces that define the modern business landscape. New competitors, a rapidly evolving tech landscape, and the looming presence of uncertainty were already forcing firms to redefine legacy business models and processes.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business

. “A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise output per worker.” Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported. And, it turns out, agile talent in stages 3 and 4 is often eager to provide coaching and mentorship to junior professionals working with them.

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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business

Nearly every business leader I meet fears being overcome by tech-savvy upstarts. That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. If innovation projects are going to succeed, they’ll need to survive a handoff from an innovation team to an execution team.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. Experiencing this for myself gives me that extra edge to ask the tough questions and challenge some of the sales pitches from agencies and tech companies trying to sell me that big campaign,” Blackshaw says.

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