Kimberly Wiefling, Founder And President, Wiefling Consulting, Inc. And Author, Scrappy Project Management Series, Discusses How To Prevent Designed-To-Fail Product Development Teams, Organizations And Individuals On The Global Product Management Talk December 17, 2014 Kimberly Wiefling, Founder and President, Wiefling Consulting, Inc. and Author of Scrappy Project Management recently spoke and presented two workshops at The Product Summit in San Francisco. She helps organizations achieve what SEEMS impossible, but is merely difficult. How? By turning managers into leaders and groups into teams. A physicist by education, she realized long ago the limits of technology devoid of human skills – the so-called “touchy feely” aspects of working in teams so vital to success, and so frequently overlooked. Kimberly says, "In spite of great advances in tools and business processes, many product development teams continue to fail for entirely predictable and avoidable reasons! I'm thrilled to be invited to share my insights and experience with effective product development teams with the Global Product Management Community!" Kimberly Wiefling is the featured guest joining host Cindy F. Solomon live from Studio132 in Oakland, California for the Global Product Management Talk on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the simultaneous times of 10:00 AM Pacific Time, 11:00 AM MST Denver, 12:00 Noon CST Chicago, and 1:00 PM EST Boston. Participants are welcome to listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prodmgmttalk and/or call in to talk on the show (323) 927-2957 and participate on Twitter by following @ProdMgmtTalk and using the hashtag #ProdMgmttalk (Best live listening quality is to call in to listen on the line during the show.) Listen! http://bit.ly/pmt121714 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prodmgmttalk/2014/12/17/designed-to-fail-in-predictable-and-avoidable-ways-teams-orgs-people

1. Why Individuals, Teams And Organizations Fail in Predictable And Avoidable Ways
Kimberly Wiefling, Founder And President, Wiefling Consulting, Inc. And Author, Scrappy Project Management Series, Discusses How To Prevent Designed-To-Fail Product Development Teams, Organizations And Individuals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog - Dec. 11, 2014 - OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kimberly Wiefling, Founder and President, Wiefling Consulting, Inc. and Author of Scrappy Project Management recently spoke and presented two workshops at The Product Summit in San Francisco. She helps organizations achieve what SEEMS impossible, but is merely difficult. How? By turning managers into leaders and groups into teams. A physicist by education, she realized long ago the limits of technology devoid of human skills – the so-called “touchy feely” aspects of working in teams so vital to success, and so frequently overlooked.

2. Kimberly says, "In spite of great advances in tools and business processes, many product development teams continue to fail for entirely predictable and avoidable reasons! I'm thrilled to be invited to share my insights and experience with effective product development teams with the Global Product Management Community!" Kimberly Wiefling is the featured guest joining host Cindy F. Solomon live from Studio132 in Oakland, California for the Global Product Management Talk on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the simultaneous times of 10:00 AM Pacific Time, 11:00 AM MST Denver, 12:00 Noon CST Chicago, and 1:00 PM EST Boston. Participants are welcome to listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prodmgmttalk and/or call in to talk on the show (323) 927-2957 and participate on Twitter by following @ProdMgmtTalk and using the hashtag #ProdMgmttalk (Best live listening quality is to call in to listen on the line during the show.) Listen! http://bit.ly/pmt121714 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prodmgmttalk/2014/12/17/designed- to-fail-in-predictable-and-avoidable-ways-teams-orgs-people About Kimberly Wiefling Kimberly has been working in Japan nearly every month for the past 8 years. She writes a monthly column for ALC Press’s Japan-based “English Journal”, and her first book, Scrappy Project Management, was translated into Japanese by Nikkei Business Press. Kimberly facilitates highly engaging organizational change and team effectiveness workshops based on her “Possibilities Toolbox”. Her intensive behavior-changing “learning laboratories”, which she playfully refers to as “workshocks”, directly translate into business results. Her latest book, “Inspired Business Cultures – Discover Your DNA, Engage Your People, and Design Your Future” will be published in the fall of 2014. Kimberly has worked globally with people from every corporate function, and from over 50 different countries. Her clients include many well- known global brands in diverse industries.

3. www.linkedin.com/in/scrappykimberlywiefling/ @kwiefling About Wiefling Consulting, Inc. As a Program and Project Management Consultant and Leadership Development Coach, Kimberly Wiefling, Founder of Wiefling Consulting, is known for creating an energized center of excellence in each environment in which she contributes. With over 17 years experience in all aspects of leadership and program management, as a Senior Technical Management professional, her accomplishments have included: coaching individuals and teams through the change management process of downsizing; having created an increased product development process discipline at Hewlett- Packard; and having led complex, cross-functional development teams to success. http://wiefling.com Redwood City, CA 94062-2946 USA Phone 650-867-0847 / Fax 650-365-4219 consulting@wiefling.com
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4. Questions for Discussion: Join us at https://www.crowdchat.net/ProdMgmtTalk to automatically append hashtag #prodmgmttalk Our format: we post questions Q1, Q2, Q3 Please answer using A1, A2, A3 PreQ: Please introduce yourself, where you are tweeting from & your involvement with #prodmgmt #prodmgmttalk Q1 What do you mean that Individuals Teams & Orgs fail predictably and avoidably? Q2 Got real world examples of predictable & avoidable challenges? Q3 What do you think are the root causes of these failures? Q4 Why do smart, educated, experience professionals continue to fail for seemingly preventable reasons? Q5 What can be done to change predictable fail situations & improve business results? Q6 Must you be an executive to make widespread changes in your organization's culture? Q7 What advice do you have for people who are determined to make positive changes in their work environment? Q8 Please share examples of these kinds of positive changes -------- ----------- Brought to you this week by:
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