Remove Conference Remove Marketing Remove Products Remove Rogers
article thumbnail

'Tis the Season for (Product) Camping

Lead on Purpose

Are you taking advantage of the many Product Camps or “Un-Conferences” offered this year? Product camps are a great place for product management professionals and leaders to step away from the day-to-day and engage in a day of learning and networking. Mike; “What are Product Camps and why should I attend?”

article thumbnail

The Making of Legends

Strategy Driven

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn. Being productive and fulfilled.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. Leaders focused on products, profits, processes, and procedures are aiming too LOW. Is it likely that you would learn something "game-changing" at the conference last week? It is about people.

Blog 315
article thumbnail

Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

ROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images. Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets. Sensor-fed software lets the company track precisely how people use desks, conference rooms, and amenities, and then use that information to maximize utilization.

article thumbnail

Focus On the Customers You Want, Not the Ones You Have

Harvard Business Review

After Everett Rogers famously made the distinction between early and late adopters , academics in marketing and technology identified a number of differences between those who take quickly to innovations and those who don’t. But original users confer a certain legitimacy to a business. Insight Center.

article thumbnail

HBR's Best Videos, Infographics, Podcasts, and Slideshows of 2011

Harvard Business Review

First off, our most popular podcast this year was Justin Fox's interview with Bob Pozen, " Productivity Secrets of a Very Busy Man." We took a look at the (really) big picture with a chronology of how our definition of "good business" has changed over the last century, from company towns to wartime production to triple bottom lines.

Video 14
article thumbnail

Design Thinking at Edmunds.com

Harvard Business Review

Breaking down silos and decision-making hierarchies, understanding customers better, bringing products to market faster — these are imperatives for many companies today. Before we embraced design thinking, it was a culture of "guru-dom" where product ideas were generated by executives, and the execution was left to their teams.

Rogers 8