Remember when silicon valley was going to usher in a new, egalitarian world order? Challenge the Man on behalf of the multitudes? Set us all free? It’s been a long journey from Google to Snapchat—or to apps that enable drivers to auction off the public street-parking spot they’re about to leave in…

For decades, whole regions, nations even, have tried to model themselves on a particular ideal of innovation, the lifeblood of the modern economy. From Apple to Facebook, Silicon Valley’s freewheeling ecosystem of new, nimble corporations created massive wealth and retilted the world’s economic…

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Covid: Pulse oxygen monitors work less well on darker skin, experts say 31 July 2021Amara Sophia ElahiBBC News Prostock-Studio Pulse oximeters have been used increasingly during the coronavirus pandemic in hospital and the community A device designed to spot early signs of dangerous falls in oxygen…

Team Objectives – Overview After many years of being a very vocal advocate for the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) technique, in the majority of companies I meet, I have stopped recommending the practice. That’s because, in so many companies, even though conceptually the technique is simple and…

INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH Decoding the psychology of big data and smart decisions September 8, 2021 · Contributed by: Sonia Verma, McMaster University Facebook LinkedIn Mail Algorithms and data drive organizational decisions on hiring, staffing, priorities, production, expansion, marketing,…

design thinking, yet again, because, maybe, it could actually be useful, perhaps even necessary, given every thing cameron tonkinwise 12 min read· Jun 12, 2017 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size Following is a write-up of an opening statement presented at a panel organized by the…

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At Microsoft we’ve taken a page from the auto industry and have adopted a process called Kanban. Kanban (pronounced “con-bon”) is a Japanese word meaning “signboard” or “billboard.” It was first developed by a Toyota engineer decades ago to improve manufacturing efficiency. Engage with our experts!…

How World War II, Toyota Motors, Harvard, MIT, and a Vietnam Ace Pilot Changed the World Doug Foo 5 min read· Mar 4, 2020 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size The late Stephen Hawking whose book title I borrowed for this — Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Google “HBR Agile” (or…

Every second, seven boxes of LEGO are sold. For every person in the world, there are 62 LEGO bricks. What’s more, there are more LEGO people – “mini-figures” – than there are real people. But despite

Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado Since the Yale cognitive scientist Laurie Santos began teaching her class Psychology and the Good Life in 2018, it has become one of the school’s most popular courses. The first year the class was offered, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate student body…

Episode 226 On Average Click to enlarge image Objects Category Objects Date 08.23.16 Producer DownloadTranscript Share on Facebook In many ways, the built world was not designed for you. It was designed for the average person. Standardized tests, building codes, insurance rates, clothing sizes, The…

What is Kanban? Kanban is a visual work management system that provides a clear representation of work progression within a process. It is a visual representation of both the workflow process and the actual work (tasks, tickets, issues, etc.) currently in transit. The primary aim of Kanban is to…

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Knight Foundation is a national foundation with strong local roots, investing in the 26 communities where John S. and James L. Knight once owned and operated newspapers. For 75 years, Knight Foundation has continued their work by supporting the people, organizations and insights that lead to…

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Market research by and Raymond L. Price From the Magazine (January–February 1991) Once time was money. Now it is more valuable than money. A McKinsey study reports that, on average, companies lose 33% of after-tax profit when they ship products six months late, as compared with losses of 3.5% when…

In 1960, David Packard gave an informal speech at the company he co-founded that wasn’t intended for publication. The speech, which can be found in The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company, covered why companies exist, management by objective vs. control, and the importance of financial…

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It’s nearly expected these days for upstart news publications to declare, in some form, that news is “broken.” That was the pitch Axios made in 2015, as CEO Jim VandeHei memorably lamented the “crap trap” of lightweight, inconsequential “content” produced as sacrifices to the algorithmic gods. A…

Ask an independent news business leader what they need most and the answer will invariably be one of two things: more money or more people. We set out to address both last year when we launched the LION-Meta Revenue Growth Fellowship, which provides 12 news businesses with funding to make a new hire…

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Product managers are the glue that bind the many functions that touch a product—engineering, design, customer success, sales, marketing, operations, finance, legal, and more. They not only own the dec

In recent years, the explosion of software-based products and the growing popularity of Agile frameworks have dramatically transformed the field of product management, which now includes a number of roles and specializations. This expansion has led to misconceptions about the responsibilities of…

Change management by From the Magazine (January 2009) In October 2007 I attended the four-day program Leadership, Innovation, and Growth (LIG) at General Electric’s famed management development center in Crotonville, New York. LIG was the first effort in the center’s 51-year history to bring all the…

Users’ minds take shortcuts to get through the day. Usually, they’re harmless, sometimes they’re even helpful. But what happens when they’re not? In this #mtpcon Digital Americas session, David Dylan Thomas, the author of Design for Cognitive Bias, uses real-world examples to identify some…

The key to a successful product isn’t developing it with a whole market in mind; it’s developing it with a specific customer in mind. A market is a broader and more generalized idea of a target audience, whereas considering the particular needs of a specific type of customer narrows down the field…

In this ProductTank London talk, Merissa Silk, then CPO at Fundingport, provides some practical tips and tricks to becoming more product-led and ways to get everyone in your organization thinking like a product person even if management isn't entirely convinced. Her key points include: Applying…

In this ProductTank Buenos Aires talk, Stephen Culligan, Head of Product at Prommt and former Product Manager at Pivotal Labs discusses how we can build better roadmaps by focusing more on the strategy and vision of a product. His key points include: Traditional roadmaps Building better roadmaps The…

The lone editor at a small newsroom owned by a large corporation was overwhelmed, once again. A few big stories had consumed his entire staff of nine reporters — most of whom were newly hired and inexperienced. As he tried furiously to edit, coach and organize, he also was fielding phone calls,…

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“Attention without feeling,” Mary Oliver wrote in her beautiful elegy for her soul mate, “is only a report.” To fully feel life course through us, indeed, we ought to befriend our own attention, that “intentional, unapologetic discriminator.” More than half a century before Oliver, another…

This is a series on Better News to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) share replicable tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. This “win” comes from Kati Erwert, senior vice president of product, marketing and public…