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See no evil

E-Learning Provocateur

In this research study , strategy consultants who used GPT-4 as a tool to assist them with “inside the frontier” tasks (within the capability of AI) performed significantly better than their counterparts did in terms of quality and productivity. Hence for such tasks, the authors called AI a quality and productivity booster.

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The duality of Agile

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To some it’s the powerhouse of efficiency and productivity; whereas to others it’s a vague label at best, or an empty buzzword at worst. The term “Agile” means different things to different people. Then you continuously improve your offering over time.

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The beauty of customer education

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It’s not so much about pushing product, although the positive impact of customer education on revenue and retention is well documented. In other words, MECCA’s education strategy isn’t product centered. ” I think those two observations describe customer education in a nutshell. It’s customer centered.

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Rubber bands and chewing gum

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When you’re aware of your limiting beliefs, you recognise them as a barrier to your innovation and productivity. And so it dawned on me that it’s not necessarily ineptitude, laziness or apathy that stops many of us from making it happen. It could be the lack of belief we have in our own abilities.

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The best of both worlds

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Likewise I am continually surprised by the great lengths to which some companies go to ensure their product is flawless. In the heat of the market, the cycle of learning continues, and so the product evolves. We make assumptions and just know what is best for others. So we launch blind. No wonder so many initiatives fail.

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Yellow submarine

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He proudly explained how the year prior, the lab had applied the progressive methodology to the development of a new product which had, finally, launched. In the yellow Walkman example, Cowan offers: Sony’s product designer mocks up several colors of Walkman and puts together some kind of an ordering page with the options.

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The Average Joe imperative

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In fact, while we experienced a peak of inflated expectations with Second Life, and then the trough of disillusionment, I don’t think as a profession we ever reached the slope of enlightenment, let alone the plateau of productivity. Compare Second Life’s journey to that of other products that have emerged recently.