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Easier Product Development Decisions and Why Backlogs Might Slow You Down (Day 3)

Johanna Rothman

I still want to write more in the book. I don't have just one product for my business. And I'm not a team working on just one feature set or a product. Those purchase orders are much larger sums of money than an online workshop or revenue from a book. As part of that strategy, I have interim deliverables.

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Book Review of “The New How” (Business Strategy Book)

Steve Shu Consulting

It is atypical for me to write a book review for this blog, but Nilofer Merchant’s “ The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy ” is very respectable contribution to both audiences of this blog and the process of strategy development in general.

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Business Book Review: Boston Consulting Group On Strategy

Management Consulted

Welcome to yet another opportunity to gain valuable insights from a book review, written by Preeti Vemu, MC intern, MC events organizer extraordinary, and an ex-Deloitte consultant. In this book, you will find more articles than you can stomach – awesome articles capturing key insights from the 1960s and moving forward to 2005.

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Book Review: Four Types of Problems

Markovitz Consulting

The title of Art Smalley’s new book, Four Types of Problems , is misleading. In that regards, it’s an excellent reference book that belongs on every bookshelf. The 5-Why inquiry that identified the lack of a strainer, and kept production on target, is emblematic of this type of problem solving. Type 2: Gap from standard.

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7 Keys to Unleash Employee Productivity, Motivation, and Engagement

Rick Conlow

Employee productivity is critical to a manager’s success. Increasing Employee Productivity, Motivation, and Engagement. 82% of managers fail because they do not receive on-going training and development. Most notably, companies foster toxic workplaces that derail employee productivity. And must be paid well.

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Perspectives on “The 24-Hour Customer” (Strategy, Marketing, and Innovation Book) in Context of Marketing Segmentation

Steve Shu Consulting

included me on her distribution list for an advanced reading copy of her new book, The 24-Hour Customer. I cannot say enough good things about this book. In my mind, the book is excellent for executives, strategists, marketing, and innovators. But a better strategy is to start by thinking about “why” people purchase.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. Next, analyze the data and develop actionable strategies to improve the business.