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Zero Effort Search, 3 Levels of Loyalty, and the AI Trap Coming for Indirect-value Organizations

Zero Effort Search, 3 Levels of Loyalty, and th...

Not every organization measures success by whether a sales number went up. Governments, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and NGOs have long operated at a remove from the revenue line — but...

Zero Effort Search, 3 Levels of Loyalty, and th...

Not every organization measures success by whether a sales number went up. Governments, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and NGOs have long operated at a remove from the revenue line — but...

4 Principles of tech forward management

4 Principles of tech forward management

We unpack Alan’s assertions & find some surprising tensions What does two decades of leadership, career changes, getting fired, and pulling yourself up again do to a person? If you’re...

4 Principles of tech forward management

We unpack Alan’s assertions & find some surprising tensions What does two decades of leadership, career changes, getting fired, and pulling yourself up again do to a person? If you’re...

Barks in the Backfield:  What Puppy Bowl reveals about customer experience

Barks in the Backfield: What Puppy Bowl reveal...

Aaron springs Puppy Bowl analytics on Ana as a way to talk about customer knowledge and delivery as aspects that can make even the most cutely chaotic product in the...

Barks in the Backfield: What Puppy Bowl reveal...

Aaron springs Puppy Bowl analytics on Ana as a way to talk about customer knowledge and delivery as aspects that can make even the most cutely chaotic product in the...

Alan Brouilette: the evolution of 18F, & the future of civic tech

Alan Brouilette: the evolution of 18F, & the fu...

Alan Brouilette spent years as chief of staff at 18F, the federal government's groundbreaking digital consultancy, after transitioning from careers in broadcasting, sketch comedy, and agile coaching.  In this conversation,...

Alan Brouilette: the evolution of 18F, & the fu...

Alan Brouilette spent years as chief of staff at 18F, the federal government's groundbreaking digital consultancy, after transitioning from careers in broadcasting, sketch comedy, and agile coaching.  In this conversation,...

Product & Project Managers: The Voice and the Engine

Product & Project Managers: The Voice and the E...

Product Management versus Project Management: What's the difference and how to excel at both. Follow up to our conversation with Mark Vogelgesang. 

Product & Project Managers: The Voice and the E...

Product Management versus Project Management: What's the difference and how to excel at both. Follow up to our conversation with Mark Vogelgesang. 

Diffuse Disciples→Focused Outcomes

Diffuse Disciples→Focused Outcomes

How the real art of business is making demands coherent (and critical) Product managers in modern software development face a peculiar challenge: they must master the art of saying no. ...

Diffuse Disciples→Focused Outcomes

How the real art of business is making demands coherent (and critical) Product managers in modern software development face a peculiar challenge: they must master the art of saying no. ...