Your Voice of Encouragement

MAY 14, 2010

Unfortunately, multi-tasking has often been perceived as a characteristic of energetic, hard-working, and goal-driven workers; a necessity to get things done in a competitive, time-to-market world. We're beginning to see, however, that multi-tasking is not necessarily the ideal work style that it's been thought to be.

Meyer 100

Meyer Video Blog eBook 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

And then this small voice, untraceable for a moment because it was so small, started to explain how this plan would put the company in 2nd place in almost every aspect of innovation or time to market. Yet it is certainly not comfortable to be the gadfly — and a lot of careers have ended over "not fitting in.".

CEO 16

CEO Engineering Consensus Review 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

“Urgency” suddenly becomes a value when time to market cycles are industry lagging and pressure from the Board is mounting. People fill workshops where executives tell heartwarming stories about how the values have shaped their careers and will distinguish their organization in the future.

Bottom-up 10

Bottom-up Competitive Advantage Organization Workshop 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Con: Breakthrough innovation may not get greenlit; time-to-market may seem to lag (though I’d argue what’s released is far better aligned with customer needs and more likely to successfully scale). Cons: PMs have less exposure to company strategy and are just one of many voices of the customer.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8