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The Myths and Realities of Being a Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Product management has become an aspirational career. A group of popular social media influencers regularly offers advice on what it takes to attain a job and succeed in this field. But their content tends to glamorize the profession, gloss over the day-to-day-realities, and dispense wisdom that isn’t always on point.

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Is Customer Obsession a Two-Way Street At Your Company?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken One of my favorite ways to measure a customer’s satisfaction level with a company or brand is by using the Net Promoter Score (NPS) question, which is, “On a scale of zero to 10, how likely are you to recommend this company to a friend or colleague?

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Brainstorming is dead – here’s how to generate your best ideas

Sopheon

Have you ever been in a magical brainstorming session? Me neither. Depending on who’s invited, a typical brainstorming session may consist of throat-clearing, eye-rolling, and apathy. And there’s very little magic involved unless someone brought Homer Simpson-like donuts with sprinkles. There’s nothing magical about watching the person with the loudest voice dominate the conversation.

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A Proven Model to Combat U.S. Drug Shortages

Harvard Business Review

By leaning into transparency, eschewing rebate schemes, and cutting out middlemen, this nonprofit is able to significantly lower the market price of insulin.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Crossing the chasm with Partner Ecosystems to grow your business differently.

Ecosystems4Innovating

A relatively quick post, partly as Hannover Messe 2024 is in full flow and tuning into events like this, you realize where we are all being pushed to the future, Although GenAI gets a lot of central billing in the talks and demonstrations, the future “buzz words” that tell much of the immediate future are wrapped up in the solutions being offered.

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Special Series: Tech at Work

Harvard Business Review

If you’re managing technology for your team or organization, this special series is for you.

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Building an Enterprise Technology Scouting Program- Video

Qmarkets

Watch this recording to learn how to stay focused in an everchanging world with the right organizational approach to innovation management. Julian Eberling from innovation management consultancy Lead Innovation will show you how to develop an effective scouting strategy and create the necessary processes and structures, before Qmarkets’ Carol Wright demonstrates how our Q-scout software can be seamlessly integrated to solve the most pressing pain points in practice.

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A Playbook for Technology Managers | ITONICS

ITONICS

Technological change has never been more rapid and impactful. Consequently, the role of technology scouts and analysts continues to grow in importance. Most large corporations have multiple positions responsible for scouting and managing emerging technologies across functions such as R&D, new product development, marketing, and innovation management.

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Parents are lonely. An unlikely prescription can help.

Christensen Institute

Last year, I wrote a blog about the loneliness and social isolation epidemic. When discussing the blog with a colleague, she brought up the topic of parental loneliness , a topic I hadn’t yet researched in detail. It’s clear that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and continuing afterwards, parents are facing significant loneliness. Parenting is hard.

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