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Reimagining Support Functions
With the coming “Perfect Storm,” the staffing or support functions in the organization like Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Marketing Communications, Operations, Business Process improvements, and IT are being reimagined. With technology-driven automation and digitization, these functions can become more productive, expand their scope, and contribute to the success of the organization. In this section, I will discuss how each area can be reimagined.
Read MoreOrganizing & Managing Information Security in Product Enterprises
An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. Hardly a day passes without reading about a data breach/ cyber attack in some business enterprise or the other. It is believed that more than 75% of the companies with any digital presence across the world have…
Read MoreOrganizing the Corporate Performance Management Function in Product Enterprises
An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. We have already seen the strategic role of IT in the business functions of an enterprise. As enterprises embrace decentralized operations in different geographical regions, many business support functions move closer to local decision-makers. This helps business…
Read MoreOrganizational Structure Considerations
An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. The key to overall company and product success is focusing the entire business on the customer and the customer’s experience. If done well, the profits will follow. How the organization is structured is key to that success.…
Read MoreMaking Fact Based Decision, Enterprise-wide
An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Every product enterprise, no matter whether they are organized as a hierarchy, networked or matrix structure, will have executive making decisions every day.These decisions could be central to their role/ responsibility or associated with business support functions…
Read MoreHow to Organize Roles Focused on Partnerships and Alliances
An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad. How to Organize Roles Focused on Partnerships and Alliances Channel Partner Affiliate Pricing Summary In this section, I discuss distribution channels, partners, affiliates and pricing strategy. The objective of using distribution channels, partners, and affiliates is to…
Read MoreHow to Organize Information Technology (IT) & Digitization Roles
An excerpt from the forthcoming book “Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products” by David Fradin with RN Prasad Digital teams are responsible for developing, testing, and implementing a strategy to reach and engage target audiences through digital channels like web, mobile, and social. Organizational Structure To operate more effectively, organizations should be structured like…
Read MorePM Insight-Sunnyvale: 20+ Innovative Ideas for Building Insanely Great Products
When: Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:30pm-8:00pm Where: Sunnyvale Community Center Ballroom – 550 E. Remington Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Last Date for Online Registration is 2/11 Register (Individual) Register (Group) Description: To develop a new product, most companies do it the same way they did it in the past. New companies tend to bring the practices over from their…
Read MoreThe Mistakes Apple Made with the Apple ///:
At the time, the Apple /// was the third best selling computer of all time. But the company killed its cash cow. Learn the mistakes so you don’t repeat them.
Read MoreCreate an Opportunity Definition
The biggest waste of all in product development is building something that absolutely no one wants.-Eric Ries, author, Lean Startup One of the key ideas of Lean manufacturing is to avoid waste. Spending more than a day completing a business document for an idea that won’t go forward is waste.We get ideas from myriad sources: executives,…
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