Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

We hear a lot these days about project-based organizations vs. product-based organizations. Much of what we do in software is in service of products. Products tend to evolve over time. Here are some examples of projects where we learn, but the product doesn’t change: Events, such as weddings or conferences.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

This helps discern where to focus your time, money and efforts and keeps you from being busy but not productive. Document ideas in the document we use for Directional Agreement. Offer your document as a “straw person” and starting point.

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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 26, 2010

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. through customized, experiential learning sessions.

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Kraft Kennedy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Consider the value of being able to ensure consistency across all documents. A tool designed to streamline workflow and increase productivity is gaining rapid adoption across law firms. Copilot’s ability to integrate with the existing applications used for the practice of law makes it a natural fit for firms ready to leverage AI.

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Kai Davis

JULY 23, 2021

One common objection that crops up when someone starts to contemplate ditching the proposal, launching a roadmapping service ( [link] ), and selling strategy is: “I don’t know if I can sell strategy. See, barring some exceptions, you shouldn’t attempt to sell strategy to everyone for everything. Which, fair objection.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The benefits of effective performance management are well documented beyond the obvious benefit of increasing revenue. Reduced productivity, inferior products and services, and team morale issues stem from tolerating poor performance in the workplace. Benefits of Effective Performance Management. Impact of the Talent Shortage.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

” and still have a great product. Not to release a bad product. No, to release a smaller product. In a regulated industry, the managers can advocate for more agile approaches with auditors and help clear the way from non-value-add documentation. Can you reduce risk by reducing the requirements?

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 3, 2024

Identify the strategies and actions that led to these outcomes. Strategies and Action Plan Formulate detailed strategies and action plans with timelines and accountability mechanisms. Strategies and Action Plan Formulate detailed strategies and action plans with timelines and accountability mechanisms.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 19, 2017

For 10 years as an independent change strategy consultant, I used this tactic to win several projects. Many clients don’t understand the difference between change management work and the more complex change strategy work. Potential clients aren’t likely to use the documents without you but don’t tempt them.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 13, 2022

A simple example is your company's strategy. Learning through experimentation You might test a new product or offering in an experimental setting. A new process, a new product or a new template. Organizations at scale often organize this form of learning in a comprehensive learning and development (L&D) strategy.

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PM Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Whether it’s how your group comes together to collaborate on project budget development or the systems you use to maintain stakeholder engagement, a willingness to blend new and old methods gives you wider access to options that can lead to the perfect strategy for your unique situation. Consider your communications strategy.

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LSA Global

MAY 27, 2024

A Performance Improvement Plan is a formal document that is part of a larger performance management process to help employees who are not meeting behavior- and/or result-oriented performance expectations. training, coaching, and stretch assignments) Communicate the consequences for failing to improve (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Many strategy execution processes fail because the firm does not have something worth executing. The strategy consultants come in, do their work, and document the new strategy in a PowerPoint presentation and a weighty report. Many so-called strategies are in fact goals. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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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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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In light of Snap’s IPO , there has been an immense amount of speculation about the long-term viability of the company’s strategy. How should you interpret the viability of Snap’s strategy amid the many opinions? Don’t Confuse Products and Platforms. But have they? a platform)? a platform)?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2023

They may also have good ideas, strategies, approaches, and technologies that you could benefit from. Test ideas quickly, and simply Although designed for small newly established companies, large companies can also innovate by employing the lean start-up method , an entrepreneurial process of quickly testing a new product idea.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 25, 2022

This past summer I was a product management intern at PNC Bank where I helped develop a growth strategy. Have a document on your computer open with pre-planned questions to guide your conversation. Keep these documents in a folder on your desktop or Google Drive named “Networking”. Write down relevant notes as they speak.

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This foundational document becomes a roadmap for the entrepreneurial journey. This empowers entrepreneurs to make informed decisions and ensures their products or services align with market demands. Financial Planning and Funding Strategies: Sound financial planning is the backbone of any successful business.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2023

Governance is the backbone of any organization Governance shapes an organization’s strategies, policies, and decision-making processes. Cloud-based document sharing systems like Google Drive and Dropbox can provide seamless and remote access to documents. Predictive analytics can enable proactive risk management.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2023

Hypothesis-based Problem-Solving Approach The hypothesis-based problem solving (HBPS) approach is a framework used in strategy consulting to develop insights and recommendations based on a structured, evidence-based process. This ensures that all data gathering and analysis has a clear purpose and time is not wasted doing aimless work.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Their branding helps drive sales by keeping their products or services fresh in the consumer’s mind. I used to be an expert at creating organizational change strategies for major system implementations like Oracle and SAP. Everyone in business recognizes strong brands and understands their importance. This is the whole point!

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PM Alliance

JANUARY 13, 2023

Instead, savvy groups are taking a fresh look at where risks exist in today’s supply chain climate and updating their strategies to identify and remediate possible perils. Your risk mitigation strategy may include increasing your project’s shipping budget in case it becomes necessary to expedite orders that have fallen behind schedule.

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Business Consulting Agency

JULY 20, 2023

Step 2: Business Planning and Strategy Once the idea is crystallized, the next phase involves crafting a comprehensive business plan. A well-structured business plan outlines the company’s mission, vision, goals, target market, competitive landscape, revenue projections, and operational strategies.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 10, 2023

Some of the many ways different business functions could begin utilizing generative AI in the workplace now are: Marketing and sales functions - writing sales copy and creating product user guides. Operations - improving customer service and identifying production errors and defects.

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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 2, 2010

Business plans can often take the form of workshop sessions and Powerpoint documents as opposed to a traditional textual Word document. Key goals of the document are to establish trust with prospects, enable the investment idea to be shared via networks, and persuade people of the merits of an investment opportunity.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a high stakes project post mortem for a leading gaming studio. 98% Job Relevance.

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LSA Global

APRIL 21, 2017

When you have invested significant time and money to hire new talent, you look for a payoff…productive employees who are engaged and stay. To learn more, download 7 New Employee Orientation and Onboarding Best Practices to Increase Speed to Productivity. Pretty dismal. What is going wrong? Train on systems. Monitor results.

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Kraft Kennedy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product? The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable.

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Asamby Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Reform your team’s meeting habits to boost productivity and business impact as a CEO (a post-pandemic approach). Too many meetings will slowly weaken productivity by splintering everyone's work into small chunks and reducing their time for deep work. And with less productivity comes less impact and/or innovation.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 23, 2022

Communicating through PowerPoint, also known as a “slide deck”, is an important part of any consulting, strategy, or analyst role. Collate your research in a word document. You might want to draw on relevant data about the product, market, and competition. Has your manager ever said, “Could you build the team slide deck?”

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Augmented Reality and Strategy. Augmented reality requires a strategy to ensure that the technology is not used merely as a toy but in order to lower costs within the supply chain or to increase the value provided to customers. Boeing has adopted AR and seen increased productivity and quality in their training process.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The first is that Brooks strongly suggested the idea of a “surgical team” That hierarchical team was a feature- or product-based team. Ten people, seven of them professionals, are at work on the problem, but the system is the product of one mind–or at most two, acting uno animo.”

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Other than their strategy consulting counterparts, they don't focus on product, market, positioning, competition and pricing. They help small business owners and CEOs to Understand bottlenecks Save time and money Ensure high product or service quality Stabilize growth Implement efficient and effective processes.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 20, 2012

Often these techniques for addressing obstacles are passed down through mentorship or peer exchanges, and as such, these techniques are less documented. For example, suppose a manager wants to adapt a software product for an adjacent customer market. The Associations Versus Strategic Approach – Strategy ideally comes before tactics.

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The 5-Why inquiry that identified the lack of a strainer, and kept production on target, is emblematic of this type of problem solving. For example, in Type 1 problem solving, Smalley cautions that “people naively assume that documentation and training are the best or only way to make countermeasures stick. Type 2: Gap from standard.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In today’s data-centric digital landscape, intelligence is central to any business strategy, especially as we look towards 2024. Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise. How often do you release new products/services?

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

Issues with the supply chain lead to poor quality of products and delays in their releases. AS9100 is an international standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry, which aims to improve safety and reliability of aerospace products. Step 4: Developing risk response strategies. Customer satisfaction. .

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