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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

Companies innovate and develop new products. But customers validate those innovations by “voting with their wallets.” They learn from their customers and continually innovate. Their teams are more productive, creative, and innovative. They innovate and create. Great companies pivot without mercy or guilt.

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5 Tips To Re-Energize Your Daily Standup Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Because after a few weeks I realized that the energy levels weren’t what they should be for such a creative, innovative agency. Our recommended Agile training course for project managers is The Agile PrepCast. A full PMI-ACP exam prep course. So far so good, right? Not really. Recommended The Agile PrepCast $229.00

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Lean Startup and Scrum

Scrum.org

After the conference, I bought Eric Ries’s book - Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. In 2016, Gartner created a diagram that showed how Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Scrum combined. A member of the audience asked, “What do you think about Lean Startup?”.

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Servant Leadership in PMO Management: A Path to Success

The IIL Blog

Servant leaders encourage collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to continuous process improvement. Our team leans into this philosophy, strives to innovate, and reduce waste, while delivering more value to business partners of the PMO team. Browse IIL’s Leadership and Interpersonal Skills Courses here!

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2019 Project Management Conferences You Won’t Want to Miss

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APM is always an exceptional event and I’ve spoken at it in the past (You can read my write up of the 2016 conference here ). The theme is Innovation Made Possible by a Project Manager. I spoke at the DPM Summit in San Antonio in 2016 and you can watch my video diaries from Day 1 and Day 2. Please try again.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Strategies for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

With knowledge and a plan, you can lead your dynamic teams toward achieving project completion and driving innovation in today's dynamic work environment. Harnessing the collective knowledge and perspectives of a global team enables organizations to drive innovation, creativity, and virtual project completion.

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2018 Project Management Conferences You Won’t Want To Miss

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The theme this year is “Disrupt or Disappear: Connect, Innovate & Transform.” APM is always an exceptional event and I’ve spoken at it in the past (You can read my write up of the 2016 conference here ). You can get a feel for what the event is like by watching my video diary from my time there in 2016.

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