JT Pedersen
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Deadlines By Fiat, Agile, & Disaster!

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‘Agile’ is essentially a modern day metaphor for Communication.

Arbitrarily set dates lead to all manner of disaster: destroyed morale, missed delivery dates, being massively over budget, and/or delivering crappy software–even if you’re practice Agile.

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Your Followers: Quality vs. Quantity

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A never-ending question: What are your thoughts about Quality vs. Quantity of Followers? Should I focus on quality, or number of Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or other network followers?

In a word: Don’t.

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How To: Get Your Sales Team Onboard with SaaS

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Your Sales team is where your company’s efforts meet the world. They’re where the rubber meets the road. Your organizations efforts can live, or die, based on the performance of your Sales team. The happier they are, the more positive they feel, the more confident they are in your offerings, the better they sell. And the better revenue flows.

But what if the apple cart gets upset?

This is a challenge currently facing a lot of companies, particularly in the B2B (business-to-business) space. As SaaS offerings become more common-place, traditional software sales models are being upset.

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The Making of Squishy History

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Squishy history is what you get when you add 3 parts text, with one part digitization. As more of the text we read becomes digital, the temptation to fiddle, tweak, and change becomes irresistible.

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What I’ve Read Lately: You Can’t Not Communicate 2

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Book review of “You Can’t Not Communicate 2″ by David Grossman. Hint: The creators should have remembered, Communication is about balance.

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The Fourth Thing a Leader Should Focus On

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Effective Leadership demands effective relationships be built, whether with 200, or 30,000 employees. Effective Communication is a must…

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Crisis, Chaos, Panic, and Its Corollary

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Crisis, Chaos & Panic have a corollary: Decisions made in avacuum can often create explosive pressure.