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Summary. Creating a unifying vision for an organization is a fundamental skill for leaders. A simple, bold, inspirational vision can feel almost magical: it brings people throughout the company together around a common goal and provides a focal point for developing strategies to achieve a better future. Unfortunately, however, building a vision has become more…
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It’s no secret that the tech industry has a long history of drama, squabbles, and rivalry in general. The 80’s saw IBM and Apple take center stage in the squabble spotlight, and then Microsoft and Netscape entered into fisticuffs in the 1990’s. Fast forward a few years, and what we have today are four large…
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
CRM What do these three letters mean to you? A quick poll of the people in the room proved the meaning to be quite elusive. A nine year-old responded, “See are em? I don’t get it, you’re so weird.” A five year-old pondered the question for all of two seconds and said, “huh…can I play Wii?” OK, I…
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The Outliers Inn; Andy Dobson
Topic: In this episode, your hosts, AntlerBoy an JP, start by lamenting the software industry and their almost arrogant – sometimes not almost arrogant – disregard for the customer and the user experience. Not that software companies will ever change, but rather a resignation that we have to endure. But the episode gets productive, or rather…
