Lead on Purpose

MAY 5, 2009

Jim’s passion is product management and product marketing. With over 20 years of technology industry experience, he has a fresh and current perspective in leading product management teams and has a gift for taking conceptual ideas and turning them into strategic reality using methods based on market sensing best practices.

Marketing 113

Marketing Productivity Products Ethics 113

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Over time circumstances change, technology improves and opportunities appear that you do not expect. The more ideas you capture the more likely you are to get the perfect new product or feature. Many times ideas will seem silly or absolutely unobtainable; write them down anyway.

Open-book 150

Open-book Books Productivity Products 150

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 8, 2009

Often I’ve found that most product managers will focus their effots on the area of expertise from which they originate, be that marketing, sales or technology. One Response PuristProductManagement , on June 10, 2009 at 9:26 am said: As you correctly point out Product Managers are in a unique position.

Learning-by-Doing 118

Learning-by-Doing Ethics Taylorism Taylor 118

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Seth Godin calls it shipping, Mike Myatt calls it being an actionable leadership, and I will call it “mouthless [.]

Blog 332

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 332

Lead on Purpose

MAY 12, 2009

Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Market-driven , Innovation , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | strategy , customer focus , products , services , Carol Bartz , Yahoo! She has a tremendous task ahead to realign Yahoo’s products to the market. This is the new corporate strategy for Yahoo.

Strategy 100

Strategy Stage-Gate Productivity Products 100

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

Jim’s passion is enabling product marketing teams. With over 20 years of technology experience, he has a fresh and unique perspective in guiding and managing product teams and has a knack for synthesizing conceptual ideas and turning them into reality.

Class 110

Class Leadership Learning-by-Doing Productivity 110

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Today, Seth Godin examines the challenge of marketing to the world's poor. Its success will depend on the ability to create a market for the idea. Acumen creates these markets using patient capital.

Marketing 14

Marketing Mass Marketing Early Adopters Venture Capitalist 14

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.  I cannot recommend highly enough that you head over and check it out for yourself! .

Conference 133

Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. Great work… [link] davidburkus Good list. I did notice two missing blogs: Positive Organizational Behavior at [link]. And LeaderLab at [link]. I Think Not.

Blog 378

Blog Leadership Follow-up Media 378

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.   Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.

Company 140

Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

With the international economic recovery uncertain at best and the stock market convulsing wildly with every Beltway standoff or whisper of bad news from Southern Europe, it's obvious we can no longer rely on job security or investment returns to protect us from hard times. Marketing guru Seth Godin is a notable example in the business world.

Brand 10

Brand Supply Chain Godin Insurance 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Increasingly, the CIO and IT must be seen less as merely developing and deploying technology, and more as a source of innovation and transformation that delivers business value, leveraging technology instead of directly delivering it. Gary Hamel maintains that the key to future success is management innovation.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

It turns out that some of our best thinkers and innovators are introverted. Seth Godin: The tribes we lead. Leading business and marketing practitioner Seth Godin imagines a world where the mass market dies, where mediocrity holds no economic value. and who you spend them on. John Maeda: Designing for simplicity.

Godin 8

Godin Open-book Mass Marketing Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Just because it is going to take longer than it should doesn't mean we should walk away," wrote Seth Godin in one of the posts. Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. For us, good business and social innovation are one and the same.

Suri 13

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 13

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Commitment - While technology is a natural accelerant helping to catalyze new opportunities and extend relationships, creating trust and influence will still take time.

Media 368

Media Influence Blog Real Estate 368

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2012

Marketing once specialized in advertising and packaging that was identical everywhere. Seth Godin suggests that even time could be made more local. Surely, it has something to do with new communications technology. How will it change various goods and services, produce categories, promotion, marketing, and so on?

Trends 13

Trends Glocalization Advertising Godin 13

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Between the economy and technology, everything is changing. link] Michael Hyatt Open of the things I have found is to keep meetings small and focus on “shipping” (a Seth Godin concept). Humble, authentic leaders who really understand their craft are equally scarce. By then, the world has changed! I Think Not.

Blog 373

Blog Leadership CEO Media 373