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Innovation is a team sport

Cris Beswick

Naresh Jain (2009) claims: “Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realise their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations”. [4] Building Smart Teams: A Roadmap to High Performance. 4] Jain, Naresh (2009). Pearson/Prentice Hall.

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The 10 Reasons People Buy New Products

New Markets Advisors

Meanwhile, a study of my past research projects would suggest that consumers tend to buy products for a relatively small number of primary reasons?—?at In a project I did with a major retailer, we found that consumers highly valued a company’s ability to curate a selection of the best products. In 2009, just 10% of U.S.

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The UX Professionals’ Guide to Working with Agile Scrum Teams

Boxes and Arrows

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization.

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