Actionable

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I needed to make sure that my vision was in my calendar every day, focus on where my clients wanted to go, and include Actionable as part of the journey. The post Scaling My Business with Actionable—Getting Out of My Own Way appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Last Friday night, shortly after midnight, I received an urgent text from one of our champion’s team members: “Houston, we have a huge problem!” he said. What was supposed to be routine dedicated server maintenance, the server, which hosts our site and that of hundreds of our clients, revealed a major malfunction with one of our mirrored disk drives.

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Actionable

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I needed to make sure that my vision was in my calendar every day, focus on where my clients wanted to go, and include Actionable as part of the journey. The post Scaling My Business with Actionable—Getting Out of My Own Way appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In Part 1 , I wrote about thinking in feature sets so everyone could see smaller chunks of work. (If you can see them, you might be able to plan for smaller and deliver smaller.). In Part 2 , I suggested smaller rolling waves than an entire quarter (two months, or preferably one month) so people could see what they might deliver as those small chunks.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In a move many people thought would never happen, the Catalan parliament approved a referendum that would allow a vote on the region’s independence from Spain. The central government seeks intervention from the Constitutional Court. But short of invasion who is going to stop the vote? (more…).

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

But most of us don't like to admit it. That's because selfish marketers are pretty scummy. They steal our attention, they lie to us, they use shame and guilt and the short-term zinger to get us to buy something we don't want and don't need. That's not you, of course. You're trying to bring your idea to the world, grow your freelance practice or do a great job for the company you work for.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. Digital transformation, the industrial internet, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and a plethora of other innovations are fundamentally changing the nature of work. Machine learning, for example, may not eliminate many jobs in their entirety.

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Strategy+Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

To address slow growth, multiplexes are replacing humans with machines, and popcorn and soda with gourmet treats.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The Fed’s Beige Book is a summation of useless anecdotal information compiled by Fed governors from each of the Fed’s 12 regions, eight times a year. The report is 36 pages long so inquiring minds may be seeking a short version. (more…).

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Is your board willing to be a driving force in the digitization of the company, or are you content to sit back and watch as born-digital companies transform one industry after another? Boards must recognize the unstoppable forces at play and drive their CEOs to reinvent the business while they still have the resources to do so – and before they come under pressure from activists to whom the necessity of digitization is obvious.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The post Lesson Learned – One Reason Business Owners Get Burned Out appeared first on Martinka Consulting.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Is It Possible to Shape Your Corporate Culture? Your corporate culture exists by design or by default. Chances are you shaped, inherited or stumbled into your workplace culture. But can it be “shaped?” Can rewards and consequences play a role? The Definition of Culture. Let’s start with a definition of organizational culture. We define culture as the way work gets done in an organization day-by-day.

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Gina Abudi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Get the Right People Involved and Give Them What they Need. Stakeholder Support Committees are useful on change initiatives to help other employees adopt to change. They will be primary communicators about the change initiative; sharing information about what is happening and when it will happen. Because they are other employees, employees who need to [.].

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

These six tactics create productive conflict with a focus on issues, not personalities.

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MBO Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Six ways to stay motivated when you’re self-employed.

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Cheryl Cran

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Barbin CEO of Appirio – his insights on future of work and technology and next generation workforces are eye opening and encouraging! Check out the audio interview here: [link]. The post Interview with Appirio CEO Chris Barbin – Future of Work and the Cloud appeared first on Cheryl Cran.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The Census Bureau International Trade report shows that the goods and services deficit was $43.7 billion in July, up $0.1 billion from $43.5 billion in June, revised. July exports were $194.4 billion, $0.6 billion less than June exports. July imports were $238.1 billion, $0.4 billion less than June imports. The country-specific details may have Trump howling.

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