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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. Depending on the size of your organization, your HR department may have change management experts on staff who can help. If not, you can hire consultants. The VP liked what I had to say. Reaching the Economic Buyer.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Investments needed for Optimizing teams: Account for a 1-3 month productivity dip on each team. Ensure each team includes people who have business, market, and product expertise. Give each team full responsibility over particular products or market segments. The VP liked what I had to say. Get Team Buy-In.

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From Engineer to Executive: An Interview with Eric Muntz of MailChimp

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

For a short period of time, worked for the government doing web development and then actually started a consulting business in Atlanta where my main client was the Federal Government in Washington D.C. It was a very small little consulting practice. Consulting is great.” Eric: I joined as an engineer. Marcus: Wow.