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How to Capitalize on Your Setbacks to Propel You Toward Success with Mitch Russo: Podcast #8

Consulting Success

Don’t waste your time dwelling on your problems — use your setbacks to achieve the consulting success you’ve been dreaming o f. Description: Mitch Russo is a certification business model expert who specializes in working with companies that are looking to quickly grow substantially in size. He understands that making small, calculated shifts in your thinking can change everything for your business and your success.

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Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 2, Rolling Wave Planning Inside One Quarter

Johanna Rothman

In Part 1 , I wrote about thinking in feature sets and how to quickly create a feature set of—with any luck—smaller features. That’s because features don’t arrive at the same rate and they change in value, during a quarter. Because features change in value and because some feature sets need to deliver value on a more regular basis, the real roadmap looks more like this graphic, “When the Agile Roadmap Changes.” Note that the top line feature set has more featu

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Hurricane Irma Strengthens, Florida Path Likely: State of Emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico

MishTalk

According to the latest national weather forecast, Hurricane Irma is headed straight for Florida. Puerto Rico will get hit first, on Wednesday. Both Puerto Rico and Florida have declared a state of emergency as Irma Strengthens to Category 4. (more…).

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The Better You Know Yourself, the More Resilient You’ll Be

Harvard Business

When we think about “resilience,” we typically imagine bouncing back from major hardship. Management theorists have increasingly put forward a more nuanced definition , however: resilience as the ability to adapt to complex change. But in today’s world, that means the demand for resilience is almost constant. With the ongoing onslaught of problems leaders face, and change being the only constant in organizational life, leaders must cultivate resilience as an ongoing skill, not

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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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Why First Impressions Are Often Wrong.

Strategy+Business

In his new book, Face Value, Princeton psychologist Alexander Todorov explores our predilection for judging other people by their faces.

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Kim Jong-Un ‘Begging for War’ Says US Ambassador to UN: What’s the Solution?

MishTalk

UN ambassador Nikki Haley says ‘enough is enough’ after North Korea’s sixth and largest nuclear test, and that Kim Jong-un is ‘begging for war’. (more…).

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Irresistible is rarely easy or rational

Seth Godin Blog

There's often a line out the door. It's not surprising. The ice cream is really good, the portions are enormous, and a waffle cone costs less than three Canadian dollars. And it's served with a smile, almost a grin. It's irresistible. Of course, once you finish the cone, you'll stroll around, hang out by the water and maybe start to make plans about where to spend a week on next year's vacation.

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Bloomberg’s View: “US Superstar Companies Gouge Consumers, Underpay Workers and Invest Too Little”

MishTalk

In a “Bloomberg View,” Noah Smith says America’s Superstar Companies Are a Drag on Growth. (more…).

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Why Preventing Disruption in 2017 Is Harder Than It Was When Christensen Coined the Term

Harvard Business

Every winter, my colleagues and I invite CEOs of some of the world’s largest businesses to join our students at Stanford University. Those that do spend an evening discussing the challenges of digital disruption with us and some of the brightest MBA students on the planet. Invariably, each CEO we host recognizes two truths: Digital disruption will reshape their industry in one fashion or another and they must find a way to embrace these changes.

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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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The Weekly Independent: September 5, 2017

MBO Partners

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the September 5, 2017 edition.

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