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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

This series is not about easy answers or practical tips, but to develop a more complete understanding of what may be going on. If you like it, and you’d like more of it, please consider supporting us too. It also doesn’t help us understand why selecting the best people doesn’t automatically result in a stellar performance.

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What George Orwell Can Teach Us About Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way about.” In the essay, he castigates writers of his time for using ready-made phrases to express themselves. While none of us likely use these kinds of phrases in our project management life, there is a lesson we can learn from Mr. Orwell.

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What Did the Pandemic Teach Us About New Product Development?

Planview

The questions covered in this download talk about getting started with Agile-Stage-Gate and how to get a team to buy-in. Almost three-quarters of executives stated that they believe changes brought about by the pandemic will lead to greater opportunities for growth and innovation. About Dr. Robert G. DOWNLOAD THE DATASHEET.

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What Boeing Reminded Us About Email

Bridge the Gap Consulting

There are a few lessons I have learned during my career about emails: Don’t put anything in the email you wouldn’t want on the front page of the paper (or CNN)! Use “We” and “Us” language, indicating we’re a team trying to solve something. Would your mother approve of what you wrote?

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Exploring the Overlap: Cost Optimization and Digital Transformation

Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

From a budget standpoint, US banks are feeling the pinch. Many US banks are bracing for increased defaults and lower demand for mortgages and other loans as interest rates have increased. Global economic conditions are soft at best. The largest banks have increased reserves to protect against deteriorating economic conditions.

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What the Military can teach us about Sprint Planning

Zen Project Management

Contingencies: Once we have a plan, do we thing about what could go wrong, a technique the military calls Red Teaming. While this seems to be bigger than a sprint goal, a good sprint goal will help the team understand the end-state of the sprint. Do we have them on the sprint backlog? What do we do if the test environment goes down?

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Coach Them Well: What birds can teach us about leadership…

PM Times

Written by: Kevin Torf In nature, mother birds coax their chicks in learning to fly with food and other tools.

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Changing Times, Changing Roadmaps

Speaker: Stephanie Lewandowski, Senior Product Manager, Teachstone

Change is inevitable - however, COVID-19 has affected the best-laid plans and left us wondering where to go next. Join Stephanie Lewandowski as she candidly talks about the realities of roadmaps - how often they change, how to navigate the changes, and how to survive in an uncertain market.

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A CHRO’s Perspective on Substance Use in the Workplace: Supportive Strategies to Help Your Workforce Thrive

Speaker: Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, Medical Director, Psychiatry and Naj Wright, MBA, C-Suite HR Executive

How to foster an inclusive and open conversation with your workforce about AUD and SUD, including ways that your organization can help. Join us for this important how-to discussion. Join this important webinar that addresses: How to identify employees at risk for - or experiencing - AUD or SUD in your workforce.

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A New Age of Hybrid Leadership

Speaker: Renee Thomas and Alexis Barone, Wrike Team

Join us for our panel with Renee Thomas and Alexis Barone of the Wrike Team, in this discussion about the future of work--hybrid, remote, and everything in between. We were all baptized by fire this past year, so now it's time to look back, understand the big lessons, and gain the insights needed to pivot forward.