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Cross-Functional Cooperation Breeds Innovation

Innovation Excellence

My name is Sari van Poelje, I’m an expert in agile, innovative design and I’m here to talk to you about cooperation in teams. I’ve been traveling around the world helping businesses innovate as quickly as they innovate their products. And sometimes what I come up against is teams that are not willing to cooperate.

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Lip Sync: Does Your Video Match Your Audio?

The Practical Leader

A participant told me later that last year’s conference required everyone to travel on Sunday to attend the Monday morning kickoff. When it’s clearly beyond lip service, this inspires trust, cooperation, and forgiveness in the people who’ll help take us there. That Sunday was Mother’s Day.

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Do You Have the IT For the Coming Digital Wave?

Harvard Business Review

As Angela Ahrendts , Burberry''s CEO puts it : "I need [IT] to move from the back of the bus, where it traditionally sits, to the front of the bus.and it''s traveling fast." New, more agile , software development tools and testing methods are utilized. They drive innovation and speed up time to market.

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An Astronaut’s View Of The Power Of We

Tanveer Naseer

Ron spent 178 days in space on board the International Space Station (ISS), travelling 71 million miles in orbit. Senator Mikulski felt this to be a very powerful tool to break down barriers to cooperation and to provide a common ground that will serve as the relational foundation for working together. Image courtesy of NASA.

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