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523: #1 change to make OKRs work for you – with Ben Lamorte

Product Innovation Educators

Understanding OKRs: From Intel to Modern Product Teams The evolution of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) began at Intel during the 1970s and 1980s, where Andy Grove transformed the traditional Management by Objectives (MBO) system into something more dynamic and outcome-focused.

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11 Best Customer Success Tools in 2024 (for Startups to Enterprises)

Userpilot

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Top customer success management platforms for mid-market and enterprise companies. Zapscale – from $500/month to $2000/month and customizable enterprise packages. Defining a customer success tool and other FAQs.

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How to Make Product Management for Enterprise Systems Work

Mind the Product

I love building enterprise systems, because you get to work with your customers/users every day and literally see their lives change as you release new features. In my case, at Zalando , these are systems for fashion buying, supply chain management, inventory management and procure-to-pay processes (e.g.

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Going from College to Product Manager

The Product Guy

I discovered that I must research and understand the entire system and process, problem solve with my team, and share lessons learned. This was due to incorrect contribution amounts, the system not finding an account, or invalid employer data. These system errors increased our backlog and costs, and delayed enrollments.

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10 Hacks of Customer-Centric Enterprise Product Managers

Mind the Product

Over the years I’ve worked alongside a number of enterprise product managers in many companies. How the customer would like to buy the software (the biggest pitfall in my experience for enterprise products). I call this “building enterprise software while bypassing customer requirements at scale”. In Conclusion.

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Effective customer engagement is business critical – insights from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services

Intercom, Inc.

New research from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services reveals that businesses of all sizes – from small businesses to enterprises – are realizing the business value of personal, efficient customer engagement. And many are striving to provide just that. But they’re facing big barriers.

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Understanding Product Management

The Product Guy

Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. This could be due to lack of product, domain, system understanding and action should be taken to address such instances soon. This could also be due to stringent processes or lack of the same. Soft Skills Required for the Role.