Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Apple’s and Amazon’s product lines are showcase examples of how to build a business ecosystem. In short, it means that companies are expanding beyond their traditional core products in order to increase opportunities for cross-selling and to boost customer ownership. Not likely.

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Companies that compete globally require organizational operating models as robust as their strategies. However, the reality is that these complex structures bring many challenges and senior executives are often frustrated by the difficulties of delivering growth in organizations that span numerous brands, products, and geographic regions.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Volume discounts have the same effect, by encouraging customers to order more product than they need in order to get a larger discount.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Taiichi Ohno, one of the fathers of the Toyota production system, described three manufacturing evils that companies should avoid: mura (unevenness), muri (overburden), and muda (waste).

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 4, 2017

in operations or product management). If you haven’t read The Lean Startup by Eric Ries , dovetail the concepts of cohort measurements and startup accounting in that book with the stuff you probably learned in consulting.

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Markovitz Consulting

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Last week , I wrote about how kaizen events can disrupt daily operations and overburden employees. If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Now however, controversy about the productivity challenges of leading remote work teams confront organizational assumptions about its effectiveness. The Council on Foreign Relations shares global research on how productivity increases in remote work settings. Owl Labs date says they are 47% more productive. hours a week.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Are you profoundly aware of how these top performers operate differently from you? Product and Service Range: In what ways do their offerings differ from or mirror yours? Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page. Continue your transformation with chatGPT as your strategic partner.

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Chad Barr

MAY 31, 2023

Consuming an entire book quickly: I provide chatGPT with the title and author of a book that piques my interest and request a summary to further dive into the book. Here are some of my chatGPT prompt examples: Could you share the essence of the book [book name] by [author name]?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the most common problems business leaders face is how to price a product. From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 1, 2023

They are an epidemic killing off employee productivity, loyalty, creativity and company profit. The worst bosses contribute to poor morale and bad attitudes, which lead to poor productivity, indifferent customer service, lower sales, reduced quality, and poorer overall financial results. Operates with position power.

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 31, 2022

We are your partner for consulting in the fields of operations, organizational behavior, automation, and strategy execution. We use operational excellence and organizational behavior tools to ensure your processes are effective and the right people have the right tools to follow them. Book your free call now!

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Maybe experiment with changing their current products and services. Possibly, create new products and services to disrupt their current market. You might recognize the principles from the Modern Management Made Easy books here. A SaaS-based organization can create different experiments than a hardware product organization.

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Sometimes that change means operating on yourself! Begin operating on your own situation by simply counting the how many times the letter f appears. To manage yourself to increase your effectiveness you must be willing to change some habits to increase productivity. Read a new book in your field every month. Get a degree.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

In our first meeting, Alan recommended the book The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner. I read this book in 2004 or so during my MBA studies and picked it up again to refresh my knowledge of The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® (2012).

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Chad Barr

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Under his guidance, LEGO adopted a collaborative ethos, rallying its entire workforce around a pivotal strategy that focused on the iconic LEGO brick, deepened community engagement, and streamlined its operations. Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. They offer an app for Android and iOS.

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Jerry Fletcher

JUNE 27, 2020

We know from 17 years of research that Consultant Marketing is not like traditional product marketing. Has the mainstream idea of the customer dictating the marketing of the product impacted on Consulting? The length of time a consultancy has been operating makes a difference as does the size of client. Yes and no. Does it sell?

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Epicflow Awards and Our Clients’ Achievements Best ERP Solution Epicflow has received another award from Crozdesk – the product review platform experts have recognized Epicflow as one of the best ERP Software Solutions in 2023. This means that for any operation in Epicflow, your business data remains secure on your servers.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

When team members do not communicate well or fail to provide timely and clear information, it can hinder productivity and create confusion. Decreased productivity: Bad teamwork can lead to decreased productivity as team members may struggle to work together efficiently. Of course, this is ignorance and not a viable excuse.

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Kai Davis

JANUARY 5, 2021

You’re booked solid. When you’re in feast mode, you’re booked solid and turning away work. This break, sabbatical, walkabout, or vacation is time that you can spend: Working on your own products (e.g., reading books, taking courses, attending trainings, improving operations, making a marketing plan, updating your website).

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The Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The concept of a product has always been a problematic one for consulting firms. As we’ve noted elsewhere on this blog, new consulting products—aka assets—are emerging every day, and not all of them are pretty. It smacks of a standardised, even commoditised, approach that leaves little to a client’s choice and nothing to imagination.

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. The book, The Speed of Trust , by Stephen M.R. They cannot dance with employees because they think they are too busy to engage employees.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This story exemplifies one type of empathic design, namely by a user-designer who combines deep knowledge of product use with the ability to foresee new possibilities for it. By definition, empathy includes emotion — a connection beyond satisfaction with the operational. An emotional connection between design and its users.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Companies that operate with integrity are more likely to build sustainable business models, which ultimately benefit the company, its employees, society, and the environment. Furthermore, they are also likely to create more sustainable business models that contribute to the overall well-being of society and the environment.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 8, 2020

This is the topic of my book Extreme Revenue Growth.). Here in the United States, we had and continue to have a major problem in scaling up the production of coronavirus test kits. There’s a growing concern around having enough medical staff available who know how to operate a ventilator.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 17, 2014

revenue, price per unit, units sold, product mix, segment mix, and gross margins) you will be able to discover the source of declining profitability. Revenue can come from various sources including advertising and product sales, but is normally thought of as being a function of price per unit and units sold. Product line.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2022

Roaming through a series of management books and business coaching sessions, one can easily feel overwhelmed by the constant reappearance of certain buzzwords. At this point, nearly all companies in whatever sector have incorporated digital solutions into their business models and everyday operations.

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Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 20, 2021

For example, in my work with book publishers, the many steps along the way from editorial to ultimate publication include proofreading, graphic design, interior typeface design, typesetting, double- and triple-checking, choice of paper quality, book jacket design and printing of actual book copies. To learn more visit [link].

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In this episode, we are talking about ways that you can effectively position yourself as an expert in your field, how to get your expertise recognized, and the danger of productizing your work, as well as what you should be doing instead. With productized, you do it the other way around. Tell me more about that. What do you mean?

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

Although there are several things, here are 2 key ones: First, you will learn different aspects of the business — everything from product development to sales to customer relations — and have some experience in each area. Read books or listen to audiobooks on business and consulting. Complete our Consultant For a Day exercise.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 29, 2021

Recognizing this fundamental aspect of the paradigm in which we all operate signals us that our jobs as human resource leaders is to continually identify opportunities that deliver greater value to all stakeholders. With our highest value resources, greater value comes from operating as a human resource development exemplar.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 20, 2022

James Sipe and Don Frick, in their classic book Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership, observe that “A systems-thinking Servant-Leader is adaptable because he or she knows reality is fluid and new issues call for new responses. The company collects customer feedback and, based on that data, launches a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) product.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 20, 2022

James Sipe and Don Frick, in their classic book Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership, observe that “A systems-thinking Servant-Leader is adaptable because he or she knows reality is fluid and new issues call for new responses. The company collects customer feedback and, based on that data, launches a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) product.

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Building a product, selling a service or solving a problem, etc. Examples include Standard operating procedures Processes documentation and policies Standing meetings around defined topics Predefined decision-making logic Forms and workflows Canned responses in customer support Many more. Book a call! I didn't say it was easy.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 31, 2022

In which allows him/her to focus on more important activities like strategy, product decisions or founding rather than more mundane, but necessary, tasks like invoicing, customer service, etc. Standard Operating Procedures are the first solution to lack of processes). This process also happens because of business scaling.

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