Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

For product leaders , large language models (LLMs) arent just another shiny tech trend, theyre reshaping how businesses interact with customers, automate workflows, and make decisions. Implementation Challenges While the potential of LLMs is vast, product leaders must approach their adoption strategically.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Many companies build cultures that are focused on controlling the output of low performers, rather than growing and unlocking everyone’s skills. This approach is low-ROI and ultimately problematic for high-performance cultures.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 16, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business environment, ensuring employees are as productive as possible is essential. Learning and Development (L&D) is becoming increasingly important to make reaching productivity goals possible. Here’s a closer look at how L&D improves employee productivity. Contact us today.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Building High-Performance Cultures with the Effective Point of Accountability As consultants, we don’t have much authority within our client’s organization; we only have the authority that our clients give us. Even more so, how do we help our clients create a culture of accountability? But what about within the organization?

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 4, 2024

Organizations face a delicate ethical balancing act of maximizing productivity while ensuring the well-being of their employees. It involves considerations related to the ethics of corporate training and the complexities of achieving a balance between productivity and the well-being of employees. Contact us today!

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2024

Organizations can help by educating potential allies on how their efforts are received and by creating a culture where open communication and support are encouraged. New research suggests these fears are often unfounded, with acts of allyship generally being appreciated more than anticipated.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 8, 2018

That growth drives financial success, innovation, and helps organizations scale in ways that can deliver greater services and products to customers over time. Growth supported by a culture of learning is what will help your company stay relevant over the years. But growth for growth's sake is rarely a smart strategy.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But they also foster a reactive culture. The headwinds of false urgency can be intense. If everything is urgent, there’s little opportunity for creative and deep work, which tends to flourish only when there’s time and space.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 4, 2025

One of the hardest challenges I have faced is communicating a product vision to others. The Design Council’s re-imagined double diamond framework provides a holistic view of project design while preserving the fine details needed to differentiate your product. For example: Our [service/product] helps [Whom?]

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A matrix organizational structure means that a companys employees report to multiple managers, e.g., a project (or product) manager and a functional manager. A lot of communication and collaboration promote effective teamwork, a culture of mutual support, and uniting efforts toward achieving a common goal.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

However, there are many ways that we could re-imagine the heavy meeting culture and reform our meetings to make better progress. In this post, I will share my learnings on running virtual meetings to help you be more productive remotely. Like many of you, I get frustrated by unproductive meetings. Optimize your “tech” in advance.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2024

Managers struggling to implement hybrid work policies confront three key challenges: scheduling, culture, and productivity. To build and maintain culture, encourage employees to come in not for the organization or themselves but for their colleagues. And to ensure productivity, avoid surveillance in favor of support.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It’s toxic and wrecks productivity.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Building High-Performance Cultures with the Effective Point of Accountability As consultants, we don’t have much authority within our client’s organization; we only have the authority that our clients give us. Even more so, how do we help our clients create a culture of accountability? But what about within the organization?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

Meetings can either be a powerful catalyst for collaboration and decision-making or a drain on time and productivity. Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 23, 2023

One arena that deserves increasing focus is company culture, which substantially impacts the employee experience and an employer’s reputation. Here’s a look at how having a great company culture can improve employee retention. Enhanced Employee Engagement One of the key benefits of a strong company culture is employee engagement.

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Epicflow

JULY 27, 2022

Increasing employee productivity is a hot topic in every business environment today. What Affects Employee Productivity? There are plenty of factors impacting people’s productivity – from proper workflow organization to employees’ lifestyle and health condition. Company culture . Let’s figure it out in the article. .

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 3, 2024

As a result, organizations benefit from increased productivity, reduced turnover, and a robust talent pipeline to meet future leadership needs. Regular Feedback and Recognition Establishing a culture of constructive feedback ensures employees understand their strengths and areas for improvement.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2024

Although cultural change generally requires human intervention, it appears that new technology — especially a new technology like generative AI that captures human imaginations — can play a role in catalyzing a data-oriented culture.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 30, 2021

The culture in your organization matters. The concept of organization culture is popular right now. ASs a result, many owners are thinking about a high-performance culture, and how to go about it. First, let’s see what it really is: What Is a High-Performance Culture? Some believe it would make a difference; some do not.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2022

A conversation about creating a healthy, effective culture of debate in the workplace.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Research shows a causal link between happy workers and a 13% increase in productivity. trillion in lost productivity, equal to 11% of global GDP. A culture of autonomy, belonging, and purpose comes from a shared vision, and right now, it’s fair to say that many companies and their employees are simply not seeing eye-to-eye.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2021

When people learn more, they become more valuable to their team, the project, the product, and the company. I like to think of all deliverables as products. We need other people to create that product: Other developers review a developer's code. UI people help design the product. Testers test the code.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, challenges such as maintaining team cohesion and managing productivity remotely will need to be addressed. Building a culturally competent workforce is becoming more important as businesses operate in an increasingly globalized world. Digital collaboration tools are also becoming indispensable in this new environment.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 14, 2021

With that in mind, we wanted to talk more about accountability and how you can create a culture of accountability at your organization. The Importance of Having a Culture of Accountability at Work. A culture of accountability can create positivity, engagement, and productivity among the workforce. But how do you build it?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 30, 2024

But founders increase their odds of success by proving product-market fit on a budget, conservatively fundraising, and focusing on culture and governance early on. When fundraising dries up and uncontrollables become more prevalent, the challenge is even greater.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Hollywood films have long been made by teams of independent contractors and employees of different production companies brought together for short-term projects. Companies have embraced this model for transformations, with data showing that 45% of the people on these projects are not regular employees.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 22, 2021

Product strategy, to define the value the products offer to the product's users/customers. In addition, you might need these product strategies too: Product architecture, to shepherd the technical value of a product. Division 1 and Division require different product strategies. Your ideal users.).

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Shaping an environment that allows people to productively exchange opposing views and maintain mutual respect in the face of deeply personal differences is no small task. The authors share six strategies they’ve seen organizations employ for building conflict-resilient cultures.

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Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

This iterative process ensures that the final product or service is aligned with customer needs and market dynamics. Implementing Agile in Your Organization The transition to an agile framework requires a cultural shift. It involves roles such as the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and the development team.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 4, 2021

You might have heard about the Basecamp culture changes last week. I’m sure you heard about Google’s culture problems several years ago. These problems are issues of culture: specifically what we can and cannot discuss. Big product issues: Why we are working on this project at this time. The purpose of this product.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Our latest eBook, Empowering Future Leaders: Bridging Generational Gaps for Success, provides actionable strategies to leverage generational diversity for enhanced teamwork, productivity, and sustainable business growth. These skills are essential for navigating generational diversity and fostering innovation.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops. Instead of teams being responsible for delivering product, the managers are responsible for explaining when the managers want to decide. What about product decisions? The product value team might need to see product deliverables at least once a week. Or finish a project.)

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Focus on products, narrative, pop culture, and customer needs.

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Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2021

Seven strategies to smooth the transition to asynchronous work.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I started this series with many specific concerns about a particular interview question: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. Instead, I see assumptions that reveal a divide-and-conquer, and possibly a command-and-control culture, not an agile culture. Not one person.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The customers are moving away from the company's products. However, blaming doesn't create an effective culture. That's why it's worth discussing the role congruence plays in your culture. What Role Does Congruence Play in Your Culture? I've said that culture is: What we can discuss. Layoffs loom. What can you do?

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