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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. The better the team learns together, the better the product is. See the Flow Efficiency series.)

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How to Build Great Data Products

Harvard Business

Products fueled by data and machine learning can be a powerful way to solve users’ needs. Classic examples include Google search and Amazon product recommendations, both of which improve as more users engage. Data products are a team sport. Develop the data-savvy of product and business groups.

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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. The better the team learns together, the better the product is. See the Flow Efficiency series.)

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. They will represent the products more consistently. Metrics emphasized speed.

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Medical device companies are catching on to the financial potential of these devices and are beginning to add medical wearables to their product lines. While current devices can capture important vital signs and other fitness metrics, their ability to diagnose and treat chronic conditions is currently limited. Potential Benefits.

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How to Build a Better Sales Playbook

LSA Global

Like a playbook in sports that plans for the most frequent and most important in-game situations, a sales playbook is a unique collection of sales scenarios, strategies, plans, tactics, and tools to help a sales team consistently win when the stakes are high. What Is a Sales Playbook? Three Prerequisites to Creating a Better Sales Playbook.

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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business

But I’ve learned key lessons to help managers turn lofty goals — such as making learning and development a central pillar of the workday — into real actions that mitigate damage to, and even help strengthen, the bottom line. Get top-level guidance and metrics. Here’s how. There will always be some tension.

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