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81 / Why Gamification Drives Human Behavior

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Yu-kai Chou
The Octalysis Group

Gamification mechanics work because they motivate user audiences to participate, engage, and act. Yu-kai Chou, who began work in this space nearly 20 years ago, explains why the application of game technique is so much more than points, badges, and leaderboards. It extracts all the fundamental components in games and applies them to real-world and …

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Yu-kai Chou
The Octalysis Group

The Business Case for Accessible Design

In this second of our 3-part blog series on Digital Accessibility, we present the business case in favor of digital accessibility. In Part 1, we argued the moral imperative and studied the legal consequences for infringing this basic human right. Here, we argue in support of accessible design by examining the economic benefits for businesses in service to vast, underserved market segments.

 

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80 / Lessons in Fearless Product Leadership

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Ronke Majekodunmi
PayPal

In this episode of the Product Momentum Podcast, Sean and Paul welcome Ronke Majekodunmi, Senior Product Manager at PayPal, for an inside look at product leadership. Especially during tumultuous times, it’s the leader’s job to acknowledge the context that the team is working in and to support them both personally and professionally. This can be …

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Ronke Majekodunmi
PayPal

ITX Corp. Names Burns Vice President of Global Talent

ITX expands its bench of departmental leaders with experience from across the tech landscape

February 24, 2022 Rochester, NY – ITX Corp. is proud to announce the appointment of Collene M. Burns to the position of Vice President of Global Talent. Burns will leverage her 20 years of experience in human resources and operations to shepherd ITX’s culture and champion its continued commitment to its team as the firm grows.

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79 / Create Outcomes That Change Human Behavior

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Josh Seiden
Seiden Consulting

Josh Seiden broke into product development from the designer’s perspective, crafting beautiful things he could be very proud of. Sometimes they worked; sometimes they didn’t change human behavior at all. “That deafening silence that comes when no users engage with your product is just a terrible feeling,” he says. So what we’re always trying to …

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Josh Seiden
Seiden Consulting

Dos & Don’ts of Adobe ColdFusion Migration 

Adobe ColdFusion is a robust and reliable development platform for many businesses. However, that doesn’t mean you’ll stay on ColdFusion forever. Even if you’ve been using the platform for years, there are many reasons you might want to make the switch to a platform like NodeJS, Rails, or Java.   Perhaps you’re ready to scale …

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78 / Psychological Safety Inspires Innovation

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Dr. Timothy Clark
LeaderFactor

Psychological safety is the great enabler, says Dr. Timothy Clark, founder and CEO of LeaderFactor. In this episode of the Product Momentum Podcast, Tim joins Sean to give us a behind-the-scenes look at his 4 Stages of Psychological Safety and explain why it’s the foundation of all high-performing teams. Product leaders are vital to building …

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Dr. Timothy Clark
LeaderFactor

5 Dysfunctions of Using Profit As Your Only North Star Metric

A Momentum-Based Mathematical Tool To Assess Your Blindspots.

A Momentum-Based Mathematical Tool To Assess Your Blindspots. The best teams, who perform with precision, purpose, and efficiency emanate vitality and optimism. These teams universally have great clarity of vision, intrinsic motivation, confidence in the competence of their team, and the proficiency that comes from their ability to execute well together. I call this combination of four leadership levers (vision, motivation, execution, and capabilities), The Momentum Framework. It is represented by a bounded four-quadrant model that represents an organization’s inputs, outputs on the horizontal, and its strategy and tactics on the vertical. When a team is firing on all four of these cylinders, pulling on all four of these levers, it manifests in clarity, creativity, adaptability, and proficiency (represented in the diagram by the orange arrows).

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77 / Building Human Solutions for Human Problems

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Tatyana Mamut
Pendo

We product leaders work to solve problems that are fundamentally human, explains Tatyana Mamut. They are by the people, with the people, and for the people. Applying a human-centered mindset is key to creating value for our customers and our teams. An anthropologist by training, Tatyana Mamut, Senior VP of New Products at Pendo, brings …

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Tatyana Mamut
Pendo

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