Business Marketing Meets Mission (via Harvard Business Review) Brands have the ability to use marketing for social good. The author calls out a Unilever soap brand that found ways to increase hand-washing, thus reducing infectious disease. A beer brand also…
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Professional Development – 2020 – Week 25
Business Are Our Management Theories Outdated? (via Harvard Business Review) This essay describes our society being at an inflection point where we try to maximize efficiency (Taylorism) and profit (capitalism) over the people in the system. People need a broader…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 24
Business 3 Things You’re Getting Wrong About Organizational Change (via Harvard Business Review) “Follow best practices” becomes “share your failures” “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” becomes “fix it anyway” “Control your assets” becomes “share your assets” Run Your…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 23
Agile Can a Team Vote Someone Off the Team? (via Mountain Goat Software) There are four types of team authority: manager-led, self-managing, self-designing, self-governing. You also need some kind of management for alignment and standards. The author gave an example…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 22
Agile The Agile C-Suite (via Harvard Business Review) Interesting piece about how a company used Agile principles all the way to the top. It’s about striking a balance between standardizing operations and pursuing innovations. The CEO, CFO, CHRO, CIO, COO,…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 21
Business What Happens When an Employee Calls the Ombudsman? (via Harvard Business Review) An ombuds (the more current term) is a neutral third party to resolve issues, such as sexual harassment. People in this role are good listeners and partner…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 20
Career The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker” (via Harvard Business Review) The “ideal worker” comes from the 1960s where a household has a breadwinner/homemaker couple. Having to work from home without schools and childcare available, those…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 19
Agile Time Pressure Improves Productivity & Quality…Up to a Point (via Mountain Goat Software) There’s a U-shaped curve for productivity vs. pressure. Not enough pressure, and delivery is late. Too much pressure, and you’ll build something unsustainable (or burn people…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 18
Agile If Estimates Were Accurate, We’d Call Them Actuals (via Spikes and Stories) I’m not sure how I feel about this piece. Part of me says his thesis is against estimation because it rarely works. Then he gives a metaphor…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 17
Agile Role of the C-suite in Agile Transformations (via Leading Agile) Clarify strategy and priorities so empowered teams can deliver Balance reporting relationships with skill-based teams Role-model the mindset and behavior changes needed for an Agile culture The 10 Steps…