Who Gets the Credit? A Simple Question for Leadership

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Ah! It feels good to be coming back to the basic leadership questions. It’s amazing to read through the journey of leadership philosophies and understand its evolution.   One thing I am sure of in a leadership position is that it is not a perfect science. These principles are certainly great as guiding beacons. But … Read more

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in a business context

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Maslow – The Hierarchy of Needs: I have been wanting to write about the hierarchy of needs for quite some time. During the early days, this was one of the theories which had a formative impact on understanding people. Although the theory belongs to the 1940s and a lot of it is not as valid … Read more

Managing Customer Expectations in Agile Framework!

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Always deliver more than expected – Larry Page Managing Customer Expectations: This may sound like a slight overlap on our previous discussion about going the extra mile in an agile context. I do admit, there are a few similarities, In the last discussion, we went through the importance of definition of done, customer expectations management … Read more

Going the Extra Mile in an Agile Context

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Going the extra mile in an agile context – is a discussion about managing customer expectations while delivering an excellent product. The discussion centres around priorities of product management, agile philosophies and defintion of done. These lines of thought culminate together to provide customer the expected product and a level of satisfaction which encourages brand loyalty

Look and Feel in product design – Product Management

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Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs Product Design Design is almost a favourite topic in the standard product management meetings. General UX conversations for me mostly tend to be about improving accessibility and convenience in a product. This in other words take … Read more