Fri.May 10, 2019

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Product Roles, Part 8: Summary: Collaborate at All Levels for the Product

Johanna Rothman

Too many teams have overloaded Product Owners. The teams and PO have trouble connecting the organization's strategy to what the teams deliver. The teams, PO, management, all think they need big planning. Too often, the POs don't do small-enough replanning. They're not living the principles of the agile manifesto. That insufficient collaboration means the PO doesn't always connect the strategy to the tactics.

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Master Your Engagements with Deltek Vantagepoint - and Guarantee Happy Clients!

Management and IT Consulting

Deltek Vantagepoint provides engagement managers the visibility they need to communicate and manage expectations correctly, which leads to satisfied clients - and a win across the board.

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Announcing the CEO Club of Greater Boston

Emerson Consulting Group

Why CEOs Need a “Watering Hole” CEOs are a lonely bunch, often uncertain where to turn for advice, feedback, peer support or knowledgeable coaching. But CEOs lucky enough to come across a gathering place with other CEOs, in effect a “watering hole,” will be able to also locate both answers and emotional relief to keep them and their companies moving forward, and in the right direction!

Meeting 40
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Accenture: Continuing to stretch the meaning of “consulting”

The Source

Watching Accenture in action is always an invigorating experience. While scale is still a key part of the firm’s narrative, the years in which Accenture offered the consulting equivalent of Bauhaus brutalism have given way to an altogether smarter approach, all agile and innovation. But where is Accenture going now? Based on time spent recently in its San Francisco Innovation Hub, it’s going into engineering and product development, helping its clients design, prototype, and launch new products

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Is Your Corporate Culture Cultish?

Harvard Business

There’s such a thing as too many pep talks and team-building activities.

Culture 47

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Time travel is exhausting

Seth Godin Blog

If you’re imagining your future and then looking back at today through a rear-view mirror, it can wear you out. Writing a book (all caps, WRITING A BOOK) or preparing for a TED talk (already in all caps) can paralyze an ordinarily productive person. At the same time, tweeting is easy for a lot of people. That’s because Twitter makes the false promise that it’s all about now.

Travel 32
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Voice Recognition Still Has Significant Race and Gender Biases

Harvard Business

It’s both a social justice issue and a missed opportunity for companies.

Company 45
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How Asking Multiple People for Advice Can Backfire

Harvard Business

Advisors don’t like when their advice is disregarded.

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7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success

Harvard Business

Emphasize learning, not just doing.

Talent 50
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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Inside Mount Sinai’s Hospital-at-Home Program

Harvard Business

It led to fewer readmissions and complications.