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Unpacking Business Agility

Agile Velocity

I recently had the pleasure of having a conversation with Pam Ashby, a strategist at the Agile Business Consortium , to explore the world of Business Agility. Business Agility is a topic that’s been gaining momentum and for a good reason. What is Business Agility?

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Core Values and Agility Move Southwest Airlines Through the Good & Challenging Times | Emily Beatty & David Hawks

Agile Velocity

There have been many times in Southwest Airlines history where times were great. Focused initiatives and dedicated Teams are created to deliver on key projects… Agile-like. Fireside style chat hosted by Business Agility 2020 Emerging from Crisis. About Emily Beatty | Strategist @ Southwest Airlines.

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5 Key Responsibilities of a Product Owner

ProductPlan

Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: So, what do you do? Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: Me too! Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: Someone pays you to own products? It originated as part of the Scrum agile framework in software development, which has been around only a couple of decades. PO: I’m a product owner.

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Barry O’Reilly: Learning to Unlearn

Mind the Product

These individuals want the ability to develop new ideas and pursue them,” he says. He’s coached executive teams at Capital One, International Airlines Group, HSBC, Google, and Amazon, to name a few. What he does, he says, is to get these senior people to understand that they need to develop a system to adapt to changing circumstances.

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Going from College to Product Manager

The Product Guy

At Hewitt, I was a Business Analyst on the TWA (Trans World Airlines) and Nalco Team. After Hewitt, I became a Program Assistant of Northwestern University Center for Talent Development for Gifted Kids where I managed the application process for four different programs: preschool, elementary, junior high, and high school.

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How to Prepare Banks for Digital Transformation

The Product Coalition

For many years CSSSR has been developing IT systems for the biggest online banks, witnessing their success firsthand. To begin with, the development of new functionality requires considerable resources, including people. In-house resources were enough to develop and support these services.

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Close Your Eyes and Imagine a Strategy. Let Me Guess: Got Nothing?

The Product Coalition

Here’s my best guess at Southwest Airlines’ strategy circa the 1970s (it has changed little since): (1) Buyer + $ value pool. over-served by major airlines) who want a faster and similarly low-cost alternative. There is a big trend emerging in airline de-regulation. you can only book with the airline thus avoiding royalty fees.