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The Art of Conducting a Comprehensive Training Needs Analysis

HR Digest

Determining Training Delivery Methods : Evaluate the most effective training delivery methods, such as classroom-based training, eLearning, on-the-job training, or a blended approach, based on the specific training needs and the organization’s resources and constraints.

Analysis 132
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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

This same approach can enable a group to be assembled to look at preparedness for the post-crisis recovery. The heightened awareness of the transpersonal leader means they can be freed up from the constraints of dealing with the details of the immediate challenges of the crisis itself.

McKinsey 294
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How to Get Employees to Care About Your Company

Let's Grow Leaders

Nothing is more disconcerting that watching employees share relentless feedback in focus groups and having execs finally pay attention when the consultant comes in and says the same thing. Creativity comes best when the constraints are clear. Give Them Context. Treat Them With Deep Respect.

PR 180
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Help Your Team Understand What Data Is and Isn’t Good For

Harvard Business Review

To effectively bring together the what and the why — a problem and its cause, in order to find a probable solution — leaders need to combine the advanced capabilities of big data and analytics with tried-and-true qualitative approaches such as interviewing groups of individuals, conducting focus groups, and in-depth observation.

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The Five Cs of Opportunity Identification

Harvard Business Review

Ronn, who helped P&G turn Swiffer and Febreze into billion-dollar brands, believes that small-sample contextual research is much more valuable than larger sample focus groups. Constraints. One of the time-tested paths to growth is to develop an innovative means around a barrier constraining consumption.

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

Look beyond your best customers to those who face a constraint that inhibits their ability to solve the problems they face in their life. Start with deep ethnographic research; avoid focus groups! How do I spot opportunities for innovation? Go to the source: the customer you hope to target. Which customers should I target?

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NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?

Harvard Business Review

Lean was designed to inform the founder’s vision to operate at speed, not as a focus group for consensus for those without deep convictions. It’s a response to scarce capital, and when that constraint is loosened, it’s worth considering whether other approaches are superior.

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