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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. Strategies and decisions are focused on revenue in the most fundamental ways.

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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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Your Ultimate Guide to Agile Transformation

Agile Velocity

Business agility encompasses aspects such as product innovation, customer-centricity, cross-functional collaboration, and adaptive strategy execution. Agile Transformation Strategy In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, agility isn’t just a buzzword; it’s necessary for survival.

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5 Factors to Consider When Building Your Product Strategy

Amplitude

When it comes to product strategy, there is so much conflicting advice that getting started can be confusing. Some companies’ strategies are so generic that they could mean anything, or nothing at all—as perfectly illustrated in this product strategy madlibs , which fills in the blanks with buzzwords and jargon and calls it a strategy.

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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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Demystifying Product Management’s Role in Pricing Strategy

ProductPlan

When there’s no traditional cost of goods sold (COGS) to recoup, the pricing strategy for a SaaS product can go in a lot of different directions. Let’s dive into this complex conundrum, while taking a product management lens to the pricing strategy problem. Demystifying Product Management’s Role in Pricing Strategy.