7 July 2020
Insights to help you transform ways of working so people love their jobs!
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What makes, or rather will make in a post COVID world, a successful organisation? We explore the impact of rapidly changing markets and the challenges of addressing customer needs, as well as shifting expectations in regard to organisational leadership.
BUSINESS PLANS? WHY YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME
With many businesses having to rethink their products post COVID-19, this is a timely discussion about the value of testing assumptions. Featuring Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, who reflects on the mistakes which lead to the movement that revolutionised product development, what MVP is and what it isn’t, and how he is taking the principles beyond software.
HAS BUSINESS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER?
If anything, COVID-19 has shown that organisational inertia with its resigned acceptance that change is inevitably slow, can in fact be overcome. Where given the chance, human ingenuity can enable organisations to pivot in a matter of days, and in ways that are purely altruistic. Which begs the question - has this set the tone for future business?
TAKING VIDEO CONFERENCING TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Whilst working remotely has been embraced with gusto, communication tools themselves have proved to be lacking when it comes to adequately capturing the nuances of face to face interaction - a complex problem tech companies are responding to in a myriad of innovative ways.
THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
A world-first study exploring the direct correlation between gender diversity and business success, has proved for the first time that companies with greater numbers of women in leadership positions are more successful. Which, in the case of ASX200 companies, is a difference of millions.
AUSTRALIA’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN DETAIL
This year has seen a whopping 200,000 shoppers entering the online shopping space for the first time according to this comprehensive report on Australia’s online shopping habits by Australia Post. A timely reminder for businesses that the digital revolution is here.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Who doesn't love a bit of zwing when it comes to delivering features? Problem is, it's all too easy to get carried away and lose sight of addressing customers' actual needs, where more often than not the simplest solution is in fact, the best solution.
AND ANOTHER THING…
The rise and fall of Blockbuster based on US store locations between 1986 and 2019 graphically depicted in a 3 minute video, here.
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Harvard Business Review is offering subscription-free access to articles in its special coverage on “Leading and Working in a Pandemic” here.
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Tickets for Leading the Product 2020 are now available and its gone digital! They are on sale here - get in before July 31st for early bird.
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Is it time for an organisational health check? We’ve consolidated everything you need to consider into a convenient POSTER.
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