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Why Product Managers Are Quitting In Droves (And What To Do About It)

The product management role is topping the charts for all the wrong reasons. According to the latest Payscale report, 66% of senior product managers plan to quit within the next six months—making it the #1 profession people want to leave despite commanding high salaries. For a role that’s supposed to be deeply fulfilling and influential,…
Don't let your AI implementation run into a road block as pictured, like your digital transformation did.

How to Prevent AI Implementation From Failing Like Your Transformation Did 

Everyone seems to be clamoring to get started on AI implementation, from enterprises to small startups. AI is a disruptive force that goes beyond technology. It’s poised to affect nearly every aspect of business–changing not just how work gets done but also reshaping processes, operating models, and even business models. For many companies, AI will…
A volcano erupting with ash coming out symbolizing the dramatic and sudden nature of organizational transformations, often seen as forceful but not always sustainable, contrasting with the gradual, steady approach of adaptation.

Transformation vs. Adaptation: Why Incremental Change is the Key to Success 

Why do so many IT organizations attempt a “transformation”? In the last 30 years, most transformation attempts have failed, so why do leaders want to try and try again? What Is True Organizational Transformation? Most IT transformation initiatives are not meant to actually change the organization into something completely different than before. Successful transformations are…
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Managing Innovation Through OKRs and Adaptive Portfolio Management  

I recently joined Daniel Montgomery on his podcast, Agile Strategies, to chat about innovation, OKRs, and strategic agility, particularly the need for resource fluidity (people, money, machines) and how it plays out in an enterprise portfolio management process. I’ve recapped the essence of the episode below, but you can listen to the entire conversation on…
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Leverage OKRs to Achieve Breakthrough Portfolio and Investment Performance – Part 5

Key Practices and Principles for the Demand Side of Portfolio Management In previous installments of this series, jointly produced by Adaptivity and Workboards, we discussed high-level strategy realization processes and how implementing them with OKRs can dramatically increase success. The last installment focused on optimizing the supply/capacity side of portfolio management structures and processes. In…

Agile Coaches: Is It Time to Tap Out?

With the rapid expansion of agile methodologies and the increasing presence of agile coaches from around 2009 until the post-COVID era, agile became a ubiquitous term in organizational transformation. Yet, despite its widespread adoption, many companies saw agile transformations falter and were left wondering what went wrong. Reflecting on this trend, it’s essential to ask…

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