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Consulting Tip #6: Use Your Intellectual Property to Build Political Capital

Johanna Rothman

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants. That makes so much sense.

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Startup Consulting Services in New Ventures

Business Consulting Agency

Consultants guide entrepreneurs through entity formation, registration processes, permits and licenses, intellectual property protection, tax obligations, and compliance with industry-specific regulations. By ensuring legal compliance from the outset, consultants mitigate risks and create a solid legal foundation for the business.

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Create a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts, Part 5: Write Your Bio

Johanna Rothman

Here's my speaking bio, in specific lines, so you can see how I use that template: Johanna, known as the Pragmatic Manager, offers frank advice for your product development challenges. She works with individuals, teams, and leaders across the organization to resolve risks and see alternatives for their product development.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

That doesn’t mean that you should stop delivering your current products or services. Key performance metrics, such as “intent to return,” driven by expensive tickets and long lines, were worsening. Today, Delta has industry-leading operations in metrics such as on-time arrivals, flight cancellations, and lost bags.

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A Hands-Off Approach to Open Innovation Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

And this is precisely the problem that many companies are having in their efforts to collaborate with partners, share resources and knowledge, and create new products and services. This group worked to anticipate and resolve problems before any product codevelopment even began. They used the right metrics to measure success.

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How CEOs Can Make Smart Strategic Trade-Offs

Harvard Business

On one hand, pure cost-based strategies are now rarely viable because the forces of automated production, mass customization, global supply chains, direct channels, networked devices, etc., Today, this tension is perilous for CEOs. Focusing on one at the expense of the other is no longer a choice. Leadership is changing — fast.

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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business

Often, the reason given is to protect intellectual property or prevent a security breach. Once in production, models often encounter edge cases — situations, data, or individuals that aren’t enough like the data they’ve been trained on.

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