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5 avoidable mistakes that make bad business strategy
In the ten years I have been working with leaders of very large companies I have realised one thing above all. There is not a lot of good business strategy out there. I understand that there is a feeling that strategy is passé. I have heard the cry that the world is moving too fast…
“Introducing Kanban through its values”, three years on
Exactly three years ago today I published Introducing Kanban through its values. Not only is it still (and by some considerable margin) the most popular post on this blog, it is no exaggeration to say that January 3rd 2013 was a career-changing moment for me. Suddenly, I was Kanban values guy.
New on GeekWire: How to compute fireworks: tech behind Space Needle’s New Year’s show
While pyrotechnics may be imagined and installed by human beings, the design and execution of the Space Needles New Years fireworks extravaganza in Seattle spends most of its life inside a computer.
Strategy in a time of disruptive change
I have worked with some of the worlds largest organisations, and have found that managing sudden pervasive change, or disruption as I prefer to call it, is one of the things for which most companies are least prepared. This should seem counter-intuitive because in order to have survived and become big, at least in theory, a company needs to have started by being disruptive.
Cyber Monday & The Power of Mobile Commerce
According to PFSWeb, Cyber Monday 2015 continued to display the increasing power of mobile sales on the now $3 billion and biggest U.S. online shopping day of the year.
Digital sales across all devices were up 21% to $3.1B, with a 12% increase in desktop and an amazing 53% increase in mobile sales
Number of orders placed by China increased 78%
The Organisational Psychotherapy Approach To Agile Coaching
What’s the point of an Agile Coach? I guess the most common answer would be to make development teams more productive. After all, Agile Coaches cost money, and they don’t do much in the way of development work themselves. If they’re not a force multiplier.
Is the way people act around you a true reflection of your leadership?
No matter how authentic we try to be in our leadership style, we must remember that other people will only see the person standing before them. They will not see our beliefs and values unless our actions are genuinely authentic. Method acting does not cut it. Research into anti-terrorist investigations has proved that tiny facial muscle movement exposes true emotions and although invisible to our conscious awareness, these movements are seen by the viewer on the same subconscious level.
Vision 2020: Connected Healthcare Technology
According to a recent TokBox white paper, Beyond E-health Embedded Communications in Healthcare, a combination of factors will drastically change how healthcare is delivered over the next 5 years.
The growing and ageing baby boomer population, who will live longer and require increasing medical support.
Physician shortages are currently forecast at 45,000 in the US and projected to be 90,000 by 2025.
What Matters for Customers in Grocery Stores?
We all love shopping. Some more than others. But all of us need to engage with grocery stores if we want to eat at home. So, what does matter for us as customers of Grocery stores? This article looks into key drivers of store choices people make. There are five key factors that make us choose the store we want to go in. Read further to know what they are and how to apply them into your business!