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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Performing market assessments. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Running design sprints. Feature prioritization and roadmap planning.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Remember: No matter how large Contect gets, it will stay agile and motivated. You have to admit that it would be a far more efficient approach, whether you call it holacracy or not: Faster decisions, made by the people who are most affected by them and know the ins and outs of the specific project, will make us much more agile.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.