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What is the purpose of a manager nowadays?

Idea to Value

How is it possible that managers have such a different belief about what their staff are doing, or how they should be doing it? How is it possible that managers have such a different belief about what their staff are doing, or how they should be doing it? You see, management theory is a relatively recent phenomenon.

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Time Management Tips to Maximize Innovation

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Knowing this, you and your team can experiment with different time management strategies to maximize your peak hours. Although the average American works 8.8 hours per day, most employees deliver peak productivity just 3 to 4 hours a day. This will elevate ideation and the quality of work completed on your latest projects. There is [.].

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Scientific Management, Taylorism and how employees are prevented from innovating

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It was the birth of a management theory, called scientific management or Taylorism. Essentially, scientific management aims to produce a process which is “perfect”, resulting in the highest amount of efficiency due to the removal of any unnecessary steps or even movement.

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Building a CFO-Ready Business Case for Innovation Management

HYPE Innovation

Learn why crafting a compelling business case is essential when implementing an innovation management platform. Make data-driven decisions for success.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI? This is your chance to gain valuable insights from the best in the field to understand the shifts AI is bringing to product management & development.

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Who are open innovation managers and what do they do?

HYPE Innovation

Typically, innovation managers are researchers, strategists, evangelists, or pioneers who venture on to become change agents, leaders, organizational designers, coaches, and ultimately fill the seats of process owners, decision makers, and project managers.

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88% of managers do not believe their teams are productive working remotely

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A new survey of 20,000 by Microsoft shows how little trust most managers have in their teams. Yet when managers were asked “ Do you have confidence that your employees are being productive? “, only 12% of managers said they were fully confident.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success. IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow.

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How to Build Data Experiences for End Users

Organizational data literacy is regularly addressed, but it’s uncommon for product managers to consider users’ data literacy levels when building products. Product managers need to research and recognize their end users' data literacy when building an application with analytic features.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

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How to Find and Test Assumptions in Product Development

Watch this webinar with Laura Klein, product manager and author of Build Better Products, to learn how to spot the unconscious assumptions which you’re basing decisions on and guidelines for validating (or invalidating) your ideas. Assumptions mapping is the process of identifying and testing your riskiest ideas.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations.

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The Essential Guide to Building Analytic Applications

What should product managers keep in mind when adding an analytics project to their roadmap? What are best practices when designing the UI and UX of embedded dashboards, reports, and analytics? What should software teams know about implementing security that works with the rest of their products?

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The AI Superhero Approach to Product Management

Speaker: Conrado Morlan

In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. The Future of Product Management 🔮 How to continuously integrate AI into your work to stay ahead of emerging trends and technologies.

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Why the Product Message Should Come From Product Management

Speaker: Jordan Bergtraum, Head of Product at Equip ID & Consultant

Product Managers may feel the “message” should be developed by the Product Marketing function, but I disagree. In this webinar you will learn: Why Product Management should create the initial “Product Message". Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours! The benefits of a good product message.