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MOps leaders as scientists: Embracing the scientific method

This series presents a framework that describes the roles and responsibilities of marketing operations leaders. This fourth and final part discusses MOps leaders as scientists. Earlier editions described their roles as Modernizers, Orchestrators, and Psychologists. The path to knowledge employs the scientific method. Practitioners first develop a hypothesis, which is an assumption or potential explanation … Continue reading MOps leaders as scientists: Embracing the scientific method

A Proven Method for Operational Excellence

Laura Patterson February 24, 2021 https://media.blubrry.com/whats_your_edge/content.blubrry.com/whats_your_edge/operational_excellence_spinning_plates_podcast_1_online-audio-converter_com_.mp3 The goal of operational excellence is to improve business performance through process. Operational excellence is what enables organizations to achieve long-term sustainable growth. At its heart, operational excellence is about how, every person within an organization delivers value to a customer. Dr. Joseph Juran, one of the early experts … Continue reading A Proven Method for Operational Excellence

A Simple Method to Boost Your Support Team’s Productivity

Varun Tyagi — October 9, 2019 Let’s face it – it’s easy for anxiety and boredom to creep into any job, including customer support. Listening to customers’ rants, complaints, and arguments incessantly can be a challenging exercise. Not to mention the equally daunting and exhausting task of following-up and responding to one angry customer after … Continue reading A Simple Method to Boost Your Support Team’s Productivity

What’s a Little Known Coaching Method That Can Quickly & Dramatically Improve Your Results?

JoAnn Corley — September 16, 2019 Follow @joann corley — September 16, 2019 Sometimes as a leader, business owner, manager, we need a raw reality check! We all need those from time to time to achieve what we desire! We great distracted. We have so many things tugging at our attention…that may have less to … Continue reading What’s a Little Known Coaching Method That Can Quickly & Dramatically Improve Your Results?

Has There Been a Proven Method to Stop Procrastination?

Deanna Ritchie — December 19, 2018 — December 19, 2018 mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Procrastination is something that most people have faced at some point in their lives. For some reason, we as humans struggle to avoid things that are unpleasant. We delay the inevitable, especially when it’s unpalatable. And we even do the same procrastination … Continue reading Has There Been a Proven Method to Stop Procrastination?

Intro to Kanban Boards, the Highly Visual Project Management Method

Alexandra Hall — April 30, 2018 — April 30, 2018 If you’re forever fighting your project management system, Kanban boards are worth a look. “Kanban” — Japanese for “visual signal” or “card” — are card- and column-based project management systems that offer a convenient way to keep teams abreast of a project’s status, from initial … Continue reading Intro to Kanban Boards, the Highly Visual Project Management Method

The AREA Method: When a Good Strategy Is Not Enough

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn — August 18, 2017 Follow @CherylEinhorn — August 18, 2017 Recently there’s a lot of evidence of high profile strategy failures, whether it’s the health care overhaul in Congress, the inability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to bolster oil prices by cutting supplies, or disappointments from hot start-up initial public … Continue reading The AREA Method: When a Good Strategy Is Not Enough