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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. Historically at Southwest, the tough times focus around the core values of the organization: Warrior Spirit, Servant Leadership, and a Fun-Luving Attitude. About Emily Beatty | Strategist @ Southwest Airlines.

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Strategic jiujitsu: 4 Lessons from Southwest Airlines, Western Europe, and the Simpsons

The Product Coalition

Southwest Airlines gives us a great case study here. In the 1970s, all the incumbent major airlines had purchased the rights to the gates of the major airports, thus preventing new airlines from flying out of them. However, this approach had also caused those incumbent airlines to abandon gates at smaller airports.

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Two Development Team Configurations I Lobby Against

Mironov Consulting

And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn. The original developers are usually 5x faster at finding and fixing their own issues because they know what was written, where it lives, and why they thought it might be correct.  

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Your Ultimate Guide to Agile Transformation

Agile Velocity

This includes ideation, design, development, production, delivery, and post-sales support. Create a Vision : Develop a compelling vision for the future state of the organization post-transformation. Gain Leadership Support : Agile Transformation is as much about culture as it is about processes. Learn how we can help!

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Leaders & Lessons That Changed My 2018

Product Club

For me, 2018 was filled with inspiring and varied individuals and leadership styles. Several leaders had a big impact on my personal and professional development in 2018, as I made a transition from consulting on product and engineering strategy and execution with TribalScale in MENA to an internal product role with OLX Group in Europe.

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Product in Practice: Finding the Best Way to Communicate with Different Stakeholders

Product Talk

Lisa and her team were able to convince their leadership to allow them to run a one-month beta launch with a limited set of customers to test out their new feature. The next layer is the company’s leadership. I need to communicate with leadership so they can understand and buy into this new request or ask the right questions.”.

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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.