The IIL Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Successful IT leaders need to develop and lean into a set of power skills. Lacking essential power skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, communication, influence and directiveness can harm both reputation of the IT leadership team and the stability of IT departments.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Each methodology is relevant in its own right, unlocking potential, driving innovation, and ensuring that your projects meet expectations. The Kanban Board originates from Toyota's manufacturing system in the late 1940s, where it is a part of the Lean Manufacturing principles by Taiichi Ohno.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, Zappos, the online shoe and clothing retailer, adopted a “Holacracy” model that eliminates traditional job titles and hierarchies in favor of self-organizing teams that are guided by a clear purpose and principles. Business Model Innovation – How innovate to simplify a business model.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 8, 2022

For example, a chocolate shop might serve retail consumers, but also prepare large gift arrangements of specialized packages for corporate customers. This will influence their approach to projects. This means following a lean innovation process in search of the right offering to serve the chosen customer segment.

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Leading Answers

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

However, all industries are changing and terms like “ Retail Apocalypse ” are invented to describe the trend in just one sector. Qualities like magnetism and charisma became important and self-help books had titles like “ How to Win Friends and Influence People ”. It means we are wasteful innovators.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 14, 2022

Hence, there are two types of channels: communication and distribution: Communication Channels – These are the means of getting the messages out to potential customers and influencers. Maintaining flexibility with a lean or agile innovation approach is probably best.

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Resource Guru

AUGUST 10, 2023

Not only do they need to put out great content that supports campaigns, but they also need to monitor trends and keep up with influencers. It offers plenty of integrations: “ Most of our dashboards pull in data from Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Google Analytics, and for our retail clients, Shopify. Not an easy job.

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