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Unemployed Agilists: How to Move from a Staff Role to a Line Job, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

Cutting overhead is definitely not personal—it’s all about how managers perceive an employee’s value. These skills plus my deep agile and lean understanding, would allow me to use the flow metrics to increase agility. That’s why showing tangible value, as I asked you to do in Part 1, is so important.

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Tesla Shows How Traditional Business Metrics Are Outdated

Harvard Business

At the core of the confusion over a company like Tesla is that traditional business metrics are outdated and can create overconfidence or underestimation. Classic metrics like market penetration and market share, which many leaders are measured on, are the very things causing us to miss market opportunities and threats.

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The goal trap for small businesses

Asamby Consulting

These goals can be tracked through metrics that gives continuous feedback such as OKR, MBO, etc. These metrics are like receiving a score in a video game, which allows everybody to know if they are going in the right direction. The definition, measurement and use of them often wither and fail within a short period of time.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 5)

Markovitz Consulting

If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good. Managers capture all kinds of metrics, from the number of patient falls in a hospital ward, to the first pass yield in a production line, to the number of hits on a website, to the time it takes to repair a bicycle. However, not every change is meaningful.

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Project resistance

Seth Godin Blog

Some of the symptoms of Resistance seem contradictory, but if we go back to the definition, that makes sense. It happens everywhere we look.

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The Differentiator that Makes a Great Visionary

Makarios Consulting

That is the straightforward definition of a visionary in business, and it is the basic job description of any and every visionary. If metrics need to be consulted, they run the reports. You might think that a great visionary is someone who comes up with wonderful, creative, profitable ideas.

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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Analytical skills: definitions and examples. Analytical skill sets also need to include: negotiating consulting communication developing others quantitative analysis Also, organizations need analytical leadership at every level, not just in the CTO or IT department. & Siegel, K. Organizational models for big data and analytics.

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