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Balancing Operational Excellence with Innovation

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How many people struggle with juggling Business as usual (BAU) operations as well as delivering products to customers and well as investing in innovation? I have found that using metrics such as Innovation index are a good way to see the balance in an organization between operational excellence and innovation.

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Project Management Best Practices for Innovation and Co-Creation

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Everyone in business is talking about innovation, but how does one actually innovate? Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you practical steps you can take to innovate by using co-creation and project management techniques. In Review – Project Management Best Practices for Innovation and Co-Creation. Co-Creation Steps.

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Service Design: Process, Tools and Techniques

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It’s a collaborative process that aims to improve and innovate service offerings by understanding customers’ needs, expectations and pain points and aligning them with the capabilities and goals of the organization providing the service. ProjectManagers Gantt charts plan, assign and track service design activities.

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Product strategy: where customer needs and technology align

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Above: Pichler's (2024) strategy stack The product strategy Unlike a projects that focus on managing and delivering requirements, product strategy focuses first on the customer satisfaction gap with Scrum providing key strategic and tactical feedback loops regarding the success of the solutions developed to close that gap.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Using Multi-Product/Portfolio Level Product/Agility Practices To Support Your Project To Product Operating Model Journey

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Are Your Traditional Portfolio Processes Inhibiting Innovation and Agility? Teams operate in silos, unable to adapt or innovate. Missed Opportunities : You see competitors pivot and innovate while your organization struggles to maintain the status quo. Decision Paralysis : Uncertainty brings your business to a standstill.

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Rethinking Success: Lessons for Leadership and Business

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This preparation involves two key things: paddling—engaging in hard work and continuous learning and growth —and observing—paying close attention to the environment and adjusting strategies accordingly. #1 Creative leadership involves embracing uncertainty as an opportunity for growth and innovation.