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Crowdsourcing: The Next Generation of Field Service Management

TSIA

Crowdsourcing. The emerging trend of outsourcing services ordinarily performed by internal staff and resources to a large pool or network of labor providers is on the top of everyone’s mind, but what does it mean for field service management? On-demand services. The Uber model.

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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Pivoting, resilience, avoiding tar pit ideas, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)

Lenny Rachitsky

Simplify security • Coda —The all-in-one collaborative workspace — Dalton Caldwell is Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator. Brought to you by: • Eppo —Run reliable, impactful experiments • Vanta —Automate compliance.

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You’re Not a Manager of Multiple Teams, You’re a Leader: Tips for Leading Multiple Teams

The Product Coalition

If you have product managers, lean on them. Things I’ve seen: Sometimes the division of responsibility between project managers, product managers and business analysts isn’t clear; call it The Three-Headed Responsibility Monster. Crowdsource a standard and stick with it. You also can have designated floaters.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. Using the Lean Canvas is one tool I recommend to help product managers think through the business model while crafting new product concepts. How product managers can create new ideas.

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Customer needs with JTBD–and other innovation insights for product managers July 15, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. 3 characteristics of great product managers. (1) Product managers need others to create products and this means having influence, which starts with relationships. 2) Curiosity.

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Walmart Product Managers Struggle To Provide A Grocery-Delivery Service

The Accidental Product Manager

Walmart product managers are encountering food delivery challenges Image Credit: Mike Mozart. You would think that if you were a product manager at one of the world’s largest retail companies, getting into a new line of business would not be all that hard to do. Despite Walmart’s immense resources and more than 1.5

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Connect Product Strategy to Execution in ProductPlan

ProductPlan

More recently, we’ve helped you crowdsource new ideas from customers and stakeholders alike , and create a consistent GTM process for every new launch. A product manager can make smarter decisions faster and justify those decisions by connecting them to the overarching “why.” is a question product people get time and time again.