Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

For example, if your goal is to increase sales, your L&D programs might focus on enhancing sales techniques, product knowledge, or customer relationship management skills. Productivity metrics: Assess changes in output per employee or team efficiency. Output per employee: Track changes in individual or team productivity levels.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 2, 2019

We have many words for people who shepherd the business value of a product. Here's how I think of the various agile product roles: product managers, product owners, and business analysts. Here's how I think of the various agile product roles: product managers, product owners, and business analysts.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Product owners have many challenges: They need to keep at least two thoughts about the product: what it needs to be in the near future, and what the organization wants it to be in the (distant) future. But the biggest problem I see is this: Effective product owners belong to at least two teams and maybe more. Strategic work.)

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Last year, I was part of a geographically distributed team who wrote the Agile Practice Guide. Shane Hastie interviewed us during Agile 2017. His interview (which was a ton of fun!) is here: Johanna Rothman and Mike Griffiths on the Agile Alliance/PMI Agile Practice Guide.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. They allow a company to be more agile and to more effectively adapt to digital disruption. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 9, 2018

Ryan Ripley interviewed me on his podcast, Agile for Humans 83 about Create Your Successful Agile Project. I didn’t stint on my opinions or on my experience with agile teams. The other opinion (based on my experience) was that of using ROI to predict which product, project, or feature a team should do first.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In How Product Goals Make it Easier to Create Sprint Goals and Reduce Feature Factories, Part 1 , I started responding to Tom's interview question. Here's the question again: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. ” All agile approaches limit WIP (Work in Progress).

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last August, back at the Agile 2018 conference, I had a chance to record a podcast with Howard Sublett. Howard is a terrific interviewer and a good friend and colleague. We spoke about Making Roadmaps More Agile. I hope you enjoy Making Roadmaps More Agile. We had a blast.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. To explore this question, we interviewed senior marketing executives across dozens of top brands. This includes the product, the buying process, the ability to provide support, and customer relationships over time.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Back in Part 1 of this series, I explained all the problems I saw with this interview question: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I recommend the team end an iteration in the middle of a week. See What's Wrong With Wednesday?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And at Greycroft, a venture capital firm, investor Teddy Citrin has laid out a veritable map for the further disruption of every consumer products category. Plug-and-play e-commerce technology, search engine optimization, and other distribution solutions are making it ever easier for products to directly reach consumers.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A colleague, Tom, told me about this question he received in an interview: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. The product owner is not part of the team. Too many varied tasks might mean the product owner treats the team as if it's a feature factory.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

Where our clients struggle and where we see challenges is not in the area of new product development. Standard agile approaches like Scrum and SAFe work pretty well for that. Transformation born in the product world typically hits the wall when it comes to critical productions and infrastructure. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

That would make his product unaffordable for most of his core customers, and they would almost certainly switch to his competitors’ cheaper alternative. Russia) in order to compensate for the depreciation’s effect on their USD earnings, but that means their product can become as much as 40% more expensive overnight.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2017

To understand what digital leaders do differently, Korn Ferry not only drew on broad research into business change but also interviewed leaders who are driving transformation at some of the world’s most successful organizations. Agile organizations are connected organizations. They are also prepared to take risks. Connectivity.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

We answered this question by interviewing freelancers in a wide range of industries — from tech to advertising. And what we found in our interviews was an interesting reinforcement of our prior work on employer branding and agile talent. In our interview, Charles, a U.S.-based Andy Molinsky.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 1, 2024

The more work you ask a candidate to do—at any point in the interview—the more you're asking for free work or consulting. Especially if you want to use agile approaches. And they don't want to waste a lot of their time answering questions or building your product. See Can Auditions Be Too Much of a Good Thing ?)

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Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

The results helped mobilize a significant part of the organization: people at all levels and functions teamed up to generate new revenues, cut costs, increase productivity, and enhance quality. Interview those individuals for fit. The Coty experience also informs case study examples in John P. Kotter’s book Accelerate.).

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 3, 2021

On the Maintainable podcast, Robby Russell often interviews people about technical issues. We discussed the Modern Management Made Easy books among other topics: A little about the origins of agile approaches. And why we might want to use internal project or product space to keep track of decisions. Not this time! One-on-ones.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

It’s a little easier in profit-motivated situations to understand whether you’re delivering on your vision or not, because your vision of your product or service should be easily measurable by profits. In fact, we’re not even sure you can legally do Agile! Government’s very different. These are public services.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Creating a High Performing Team Explore how team motivation and performance are interrelated in delivering productivity, efficiency, and quality. The People Leadership Fundamentals workshop results were: 98.2% Job Relevance 98.4% Satisfaction 151% Knowledge Gain 95.5%

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 18, 2018

Yes, I manage my own product development and my business. The great Joanna Penn interviewed me and the podcast is now live: Strategy And Business Plans For Authors With Johanna Rothman. Why did she interview me? I mentioned agile approaches. Consultants and writers share a common problem: we are business owners.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

offices where employees were entrepreneurial, engaged, excited to come to work, and as a result were quickly developing new ideas for customer-facing products. They told us that the compressed schedule increased their focus and led them to be more discerning about the functionality they included in the product. Leaders from the U.S.

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QEmploy

MAY 9, 2019

Interviews have been conducted with clients and consultants in order to give a realistic and broad outlook. It was also said in our client interviews that there are too many brokers out there. The terms, conditions and contract details are taken up during the interview process. This is where agile methodologies come in.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

The birds coordinate themselves with remarkable agility to find food and avoid attacks. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates.” Schools of fish do the same.

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QEmploy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Freelance Consultants A consultant is a highly specialized person with vast experience who is paid to provide professional or expert advice in a particular field or specialty, such as advising a company on digital marketing campaigns or on increasing productivity, etc. But how do you do that?

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. Production performance. What is “center-led”. The “center-led” concept provides that logic.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

Ostensibly, young companies are “acqui-hired” more for their best people than for any real interest in their products, services, or ongoing operations. Smart companies and smart leaders think strategically about how their acquisitions promote greater agility and empowerment throughout the enterprise.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. Gerald Lord/Getty Images. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Bad Managers Decrease Company Performance Higher performing managers realize a 48% increase in profitability, a 22% increase in productivity, a 19% decrease in turnover. Reduction in Leadership Turnover Choosing the wrong candidate for a leadership position not only impacts team morale but also leads to lost productivity and wasted resources.

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Similarly, Vin D’Amico, Founder and President of Damicon, where consultants “turn businesses from fragile to agile,” recalls a time when he spoke with a prospect by telephone, then e-mailed him a copy of a published article. After the prospect read the article, the two set up an appointment which led Vin to land a new client.

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LSA Global

MAY 25, 2022

New strategies, competitive pressures, leaders, products, and approaches. Conducted 360-degree interviews with key People Team leaders and influencers. People Team goals , roles, success metrics, and interdependencies were unclear and misaligned. To create executive team alignment, LSA Global: 1. Assessed the Current Situation.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2023

This can help small businesses develop new products and services that meet the changing needs of their customers. Organizational development can help small businesses develop the agility and resilience they need to adapt to changing market conditions. Managing Change: Small businesses operate in a constantly changing environment.

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