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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

This article is adapted from his recent book, What Matters in This Moment: Leading Groups Through Uncertain Times. Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. What do our customers care about?”

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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. His latest book, What a Unicorn Knows , is available on Amazon and reveals the secrets to building high growth startups. Here’s a Q&A with Matt that highlights the key points in the book. They are real.

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Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams

CMOE

Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. Team Mentality. Outstanding business teams possess positive attributes that enable them to perform at a high level—and sustain that level of performance over years. Why Is Decisiveness Found in High-Performing Teams? Decisiveness. Alignment of Values. Confidence.

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Momentum — Team Effectiveness Training

Gregg Fraley

…Accelerating Teams Through Assessment and Training. It’s a sad fact of organizational life that only a small percentage of teams achieve high function. Most teams muddle along, and get the essential things done — or not. And, all teams can improve, with training. Teams Improve With Momentum Training.

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RE-THINKING FOR A NEW AGE

ImagineNation

Adopting this approach supports your human-centricity and enables you to become future-fit through developing your set of 21st-century superpowers in the face of the acute disruption of COVID-19. Developing a habit of reflective practices. Re-thinking in a disconnected and disruptive age. Thinking, fast and slow.

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Creating high-performing and faster-moving teams

ImagineNation

It seems that every meeting I went to recently, and almost every person I spoke to, mentioned the new book, from the authors of How Google Works – The Trillion Dollar Coach. It is described as the “blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create high-performing and faster-moving teams and companies”.

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Using Lean Innovation in the Product Development and Commercialization Process

Moves the Needle

Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. Developing customer empathy, validating or invalidating key business model assumptions through rapid experimentation, and leveraging data and insights as market evidence results in greater possibility of successful commercialization. What is Commercialization?