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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

As a consequence of accelerating change, the old model of managerial skill development and application is no longer effective. How did you develop it? 2: Disaggregate. 2: Disaggregate. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 3: Prioritize.

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

Harvard Business Review

The fact that they are joined at the hip in so many people's minds means that marketing agencies are thriving — but that the rest of our organizations are not. They see it as the purview of two functions: marketing and service. Social can be and is more than marketing or communications-related work. But they shouldn't be.

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Approximately Correct Is Better than Precisely Incorrect

Harvard Business Review

A Harvard Business School marketing professor named John Deighton once came up with a vivid analogy to illustrate this and show why a business should sub-segment its customer base. Still, companies often make the mistake of developing products and features to appeal to the mean. There's no such thing as an average customer.

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The World Needs a DARPA-Style Project to Prevent Pandemics

Harvard Business Review

and governments around the world to develop an equivalent to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), that focuses cross-sector efforts on advancing biological and pandemic risk readiness. And it’s not as effective as it could be, because the money is allocated in a disaggregated manner. It’s not enough.

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Who Wins in the Gig Economy, and Who Loses

Harvard Business Review

Without a full-time job, a true sense of security was elusive, benefits were inaccessible, and you were more likely to be stranded on the fringes of the labor market, observing rather than living the American Dream. All of that is changing.

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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product

Harvard Business Review

Getting toothpaste onto a toothbrush can be messy if your fine motor skills are still developing. In the Industrial Era, becoming an "inventor" meant you also had to create an organization that could produce, market, and sell your invention. And, of course, this slowed innovation and restrained market outcomes. Even cars?"

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The Human Element in Digital Prototyping

Harvard Business Review

There’s a common perception that product development for digital solutions is easier than it is for physical ones. While this can be true, we’ve seen many digital solutions fail because the product development process is too far removed from the user and lacks a human touch. development, bandwidth, fulfillment, etc.)