On Increasing Productivity

Stories and thoughts about inspiring new forms of value creation to boost productivity

The cost of focusing on the wrong customers

“How important it is on who we are for, and possibly more important….who we are not for. When we started nine weeks ago with the first prompt, I took it to our leadership team, where we discussed it deeply.  Why? Because we, as the leadership team, influence this. It starts…


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7 Inspirational Podcasts for Every Business Software Professional

Inspirational Podcasts

One of the best ways for business software professionals to find their inspiration today is via media and entertainment—and one of the best forms of entertainment for learning is the podcast. There are countless podcasts produced and released today that can help business software professionals improve their product strategy approach,…


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#10 – Empower people to be at their best by eliminating information overload An interview with David Lavenda, co-founder and vice-president of product strategy and marketing at Harmon.ie

My guest on this weeks’ podcast is David Lavenda, co-founder and vice-president of product strategy and marketing at Harmon.ie. He’s a veteran high-tech marketing and product strategy executive. He’s also a regular contributor to Fast Company and CMSwire, Financial Times, Business Week, Entrepreneur and other leading press outlets. David has…


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Becoming remarkable by redefining productivity

This blog is part of a series that originated from my original blog “What shifts are shaping the opportunity to become remarkable (again).” In that blog, I discussed four megatrends that drive new opportunities to reimagine the core of what we do. This blog zooms in on the third impact of…


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What links NASA, the humble spud, disaster relief and ERP?

Making the world a better place is what many non-profits set out to do. But without complete transparency to funders of where their money is being spent and the results delivered to the greater cause, many fail to be fully effective. By providing automation and visibility, today’s ERP systems can…


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