What do Spotify Design specialists do all day? Learn what UX Motion Designer, Ade, and Senior Art Director, Simon, bring to the band.

Product Matters is a knowledge-sharing and learning session that I’ve been running at NHS Digital. It’s for product managers to come…

Agile HR is an approach to HR that prioritizes speed, responsiveness, flexibility, and collaboration. As discussed in depth in our free Agile HR Dandy People poster, Agile HR has two facets that are…

This is a story about a company with 400+ people searching for their ultimate organizational design, moving beyond agile approaches into a so-called “team of teams” structure. Meet Unity Group.

<p>Today’s leaders must learn to think like scientists. </p> <p>This does not mean you pick up a pipette and stop being a manager, dedicated to creating value for customers. Instead, thinking like a scientist means understanding that your job is to navigate uncertainty with curiosity and passion – so as to engage others in the inherently collaborative process of progress and discovery through which today’s knowledge work gets done. </p>

Private rocket companies like SpaceX have driven launch costs so far down that they have increased demand for services in space. The secret to their success is that they treat rocket systems as platforms rather than as bespoke, one-off projects. Having standard and reusable components makes it easier to extend the functionality of rocket systems and the reusability of the components enables these companies to benefit from constant incremental improvement. It’s an approach that may well help businesses face other major challenges.

In this guest post, Patrícia Osorio, Co-founder and CMO of Birdie.ai discusses how organisations can adopt a product-centric approach, and why this can be an imperative tool to achieve product discovery and customer satisfaction. 

Microsoft’s annual Work Trend Index, a survey of thousands of workers worldwide, shows people around the world have a new “worth it” equation, with 53% of respondents saying they’re more likely to prioritize their health and well-being over work than before. And they’re taking action: The number one reason cited for leaving their jobs in the last year was for personal well-being or mental health reasons. As it turns out, work doesn’t have to be energy depleting, and the volume of work may have less to do with whether or not it is than you might think. What people find de-energizing is a lack of meaning in their work, the cognitive load required to prepare for and get through interactions with toxic bosses and colleagues, and the seemingly impossible trade-offs they feel forced to make between their or their family’s well-being and the demands of their jobs. If your team isn’t displaying the vibrant energy you believe them to inherently possess (or that they once had), the authors present six renewable energy sources you can tap into to help replenish it.

Curiosity is a superpower. Here's how to inspire it in your team.

A tip to help you neutralize power dynamics in groups