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Optimizing FLOW Through Activating Technology – Part 1
The book, Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, tells the story of the 1936 U.S. Olympic Rowing Team claiming victory in spite of significant obstacles. They did this by leveraging the talent of their rowers, coxswain, and their technologically...
How To Visualize Operational Value Streams
Introduction Oh no! Your family’s holiday party is in two days and you’ve forgotten to get uncle Jim his new blender! You frantically search online and order one that you know he’ll love. Fast-forward to two days later, just as you’re getting ready...
Listening to the Voice of the Customer
Introduction New technologies are enabling a more immediate connection between businesses and their customers. In response, many companies are undergoing major customer experience transformations to remain competitive. One of the tools that drive...
Why Agile is Winning the War
In today’s rapidly changing markets where whole industries are undergoing digital transformations, companies inevitably find themselves on the edge of a burning platform, with looking for a software development framework to land in that will enable...
5 Essential Elements of Voice Based Customer Experience Transformation
Introduction A customer, Mary, calls with a question related to a recent claim. Before she even speaks to a live rep, the AI-enhanced routing system predicts what her need is on the basis of her profile data, latest mobile and web interactions, and...
Fast 50 2022
For the Third Consecutive Year, Experience IT Ranked Among Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Twin Cities Metro-Area by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal October 27, 2022. Today, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal announced that...
Getting Product and IT to Play Together Nicely
How to Get IT and Product Teams to Truly Collaborate Whether you are in the midst of a digital transformation, or an organization that has been operating using Agile principles for years, there is a fine line between healthy tension and...
The Magic of FLOW
Imagine an organization in an excellent state of FLOW that enables the team members to perform at their best to deliver an efficient and consistent flow of value to its customers. From the book, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, readers...
Six Key Elements of Customer Experience Transformation
According to Forrester Research, we are now in the ‘Age of the Customer’, a 20-year business cycle where: “… power is shifting from businesses and institutions to end consumers … as technology, information, and connectivity are combining to...
5 Challenges to Moving from Projects to Product Focus
As technology-enabled companies fall behind competitors, they are surprised by how fast their markets are changing, and they are being forced to realize how the way they work is holding them back. The reliable project-focused mindset that they have...
Can I Use Agile Outside of IT
When an organization first adopts Agile, they often begin in IT or software development, as the framework was first created with software development in mind. However, it’s not uncommon for marketing, HR, and other departments to see the success of...
3 Hacks to Accelerate Software Development
3 Hacks to Accelerate Software Development Roadblocks are inevitable in every setting, ensuring those roadblocks are not drastically impacting delivery can be challenging. Yet, there are 3 straightforward and relatively simple hacks...