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Why generalists will become more valuable

Jeffrey Phillips

As we leave the COVID lockdown and the economy picks up steam again, I think many businesses will recognize a need for more generalists on their team. I'll present my case and let you be the judge. Pity the poor PhDs who try to find new areas of study to complete their research. A bank can learn from a tool and die shop.

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A better way: combining Business Intelligence with Design Thinking

mjvinnovation

To meet this need for innovation in processes, we present a full path to analyze problems and implement new actions. In the movie Moneyball, for example, a coach facing the challenge of running a low-budget baseball team decides to employ data analysis to improve the performance of his players.

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A better way: combining Design Thinking and Business Intelligence

mjvinnovation

To meet this need for innovation in processes, we present a full path to analyze problems and implement new actions. In the movie Moneyball, for example, a coach facing the challenge of running a low-budget baseball team decides to employ data analysis to improve the performance of his players.

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The enemy is already within. The flood gates are open. Can GE recover?

Paul Hobcraft

It is then through managing your future development, mostly through research and development, that when combined with a sound acquisition strategy, that you believe will then augment your present internal growth and look to sustain the business. Suddenly they have had to be faced with a cash-starved reality.

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The Dangers of Legacy Thinking

Daniel Burrus

A more serious example occurred last year when the British bank Tesco shut down online banking after 40,000 accounts were compromised. The first thing to understand about legacy thinking is that it isn’t necessarily all bad. If they’re more a hindrance, that’s legacy thinking.

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Unleash Your Visual Superpower!

Boxes and Arrows

From start-ups to banks, design has never been more central to business. In years of presentations working at an agency, I learned to sense the tension building before a design was revealed. Developers own the code, business owns the proposition, yet design is considered a “service.” Does a designer just make pictures?

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A Beginner’s Guide to Web Site Optimization—Part 2

Boxes and Arrows

In the previous article we talked about why site optimization is important and presented a few important goals and philosophies to impart on your team. We created the following minimum completion criteria for my past team at DIRECTV Latin America. I’d like to switch gears now and talk about more tactical stuff, namely, process.