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Concepting: On finding the essence of your thinking. https://buff.ly/4f61DXD

Balancing Speed, Cost, and Quality in Today’s Market Let’s talk about this diagram that highlights a key challenge: balancing speed, cost, and quality. Is it just me, or does it feel like quality is being deprioritized in favor of cost more and more these days? As a business owner in video production, I’ve noticed a significant shift. Economic pressures are real, but producing exceptional work is tough when quality isn’t valued. Quality, cost, and speed are often seen as competing priorities, but sacrificing quality can undermine the effectiveness of your content and the satisfaction of your clients. Delivering top-notch work requires time and investment. If the focus is solely on cutting costs, the end product may suffer, which in turn could impact your brand’s reputation and client trust. We’ve lost some projects this year because businesses are prioritizing lower costs over high quality. This shift is concerning and presents a challenge I’m constantly working to overcome. Ensuring quality while managing costs is crucial, but it’s a delicate balance. To all the professionals out there: Are you experiencing this shift too? How are you navigating it? Let’s share our strategies and support each other in maintaining the standards our industries demand.

Reinvention Journal Volume 17 issue 2 - Blueprints of Knowledge This issue's theme is Blueprints of Knowledge, exploring the role of models and frameworks in helping us understand the world around us. Blueprints give us the power to capture our world on paper, allowing us to continually add detail and nuance to better reflect our reality. Read more here. https://lnkd.in/gpj-QaRB

Concepting: On finding the essence of your thinking. https://buff.ly/4faUm91

How Do You Handle Risk While Optimizing? In this video https://lnkd.in/eeQeMPtM we discuss how to model a simple production planning problem in Seeker and mold the distribution of the probabilistic returns so that your production plan best supports your business. #informs #operationsresearch #insideopt.com

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Excited to share the latest Steelhead post today - "From Niche to Necessity: Building a New System of Record" This "Idea Series" article is a follow up to one of the more popular Steelhead posts, "The Power of Central Records", where I explored how Systems of Record are built around a central record / data object. The Central Records post provided a new framework for thinking about these core enterprise businesses; today's article explores seven strategies for building a new System of Record (built around a central record) in a highly competitive landscape where many incumbent solutions exist. A brief overview of the seven strategies below (read the full post for full context and relevant examples): ↕ Integrate and Expand (Bite the Hand that Feeds): Integrate with an incumbent SOR as a point solution and gradually add more capabilities. 🎯 Hyper Focus and Expand (Or Not): Focus on a specific customer segment or vertical, then expand to others (or stay within initial niche if large enough). 👨👩👦👦 Rebundling: Create a bundled, well-integrated product that offers high quality solutions across multiple related categories. 🚦 Light Feature Set for Less Demanding Customers: Develop a solution with a lighter feature set that meets the needs of less demanding customers. 💡 GTM Innovation: Innovate with a unique go-to-market strategy that can give you an edge over incumbents. 💰 M&A Led: Use M&A to build a full-featured product offering. 🔥 Slow Burn: Take time to build a broad surface area product that grows gradually into a legitimate competitor. Link below! https://lnkd.in/e93Mz36b