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The duality of Agile

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It’s a mindset that underscores the concept of the MVP – Eric Ries’s construct of good enough – to get the product or service that your customers need into their hands as soon as possible, so they can start extracting value from it now. Then you continuously improve your offering over time. Big “A” Agile.

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Double defence

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Similarly, robo-advice is unlikely to replace financial planners; rather, it frees up the planner to focus on complex portfolios and provide other value added services. Of course, even if Jim did upskill himself in online course development, the company may very well have ended up outsourcing that work to an offshore provider.

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Similar but different

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Now I realise this is challenging and potentially unwieldy to do, so much so that I’ve suggested that universities pivot their awards accordingly – see Higher Assessment – while some providers have spawned a new service offering – see DeakinCo and RMIT Online.

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Badges of honour

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The initiative allows training providers to issue digital “badges” to the participants in their courses, who thereby earn online representations of their newly acquired skills. And that, of course, includes our financial services industry. The fact remains: people love recognition for what they do.

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My Twitter hero

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Soon after, I finally got around to reading 3 Examples of Stellar Social Media Customer Service. The article stated: One customer, Jennifer Hellum, sought customer service after the glass top on her Pottery Barn table shattered in the extreme Arizona heat last summer. Is this what customer service has come to? Star struck.

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The future of MOOCs

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Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? Universities will finally accept they are service providers.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? Universities will finally accept they are service providers.

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