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The New Risk Management Playbook: Black Swans and the Rise of Scenario Analysis

Want a risk management strategy that fosters resilience and reveals new opportunities? Shift your focus from predicting events to preparing for impacts.

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Michael J. McDonald

Michael J. McDonald

Michael is an award-winning journalist who has worked at Bloomberg News and Thomson Financial. He is a Senior Writer for Toptal’s Finance Blog.

Craft an Outstanding UX Portfolio With These Recruiter Tips

Many UX portfolios are poorly formatted and lack crucial information. Leverage these portfolio design tips from a UX recruiter to stand out and get hired.

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Ignasi Boza

Ignasi Boza

Ignasi is a product designer and UX recruiter who has spent more than a decade working with tech companies, design consultancies, and outsourcing services. He specializes in developing research frameworks, creating wireframes, producing vibrant digital products, and building customer experience teams by recruiting talent from around the world.

Toxic Communication in Virtual Workspaces: A Looming Liability for Remote and Hybrid Companies

The tendency to “speak” more harshly from a keyboard than you would face to face—called online disinhibition—doesn’t just happen on Twitter. When it creeps into office conversations, it can create a toxic work environment that damages your brand and bottom line.

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Jeffrey Gangemi

Jeffrey Gangemi

Jeffrey is a digital growth strategist with Accenture Interactive and an alum of Telus International. He has an MBA from Cornell University with an emphasis in leadership and innovation.

What’s Below the Surface: A Look at UX in the Beauty Industry

Innovations in tech and shifts in consumer behavior are changing the cosmetics and skin care business. Here’s how designers in beauty UI and UX are adapting to the new trends.

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Abigail Beshkin

Abigail Beshkin

Abigail is a veteran of Pratt Institute and Columbia Business School, where she oversaw the design and production team for Columbia Business magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and been heard on NPR.

Extended Reality and Its Possibilities: A Guide for XR Product Managers

How can product managers leverage the possibilities offered by the latest XR technologies? Industry veteran Eugene Ovcharenko presents use cases and best practices for an evolving field.

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Eugene Ovcharenko

Eugene Ovcharenko

Eugene is an accomplished Head of Product with more than 17 years of experience. He has focused his engineering and technical management expertise on XR solutions design, prototyping, and product management for startups and enterprise companies such as Lucid Reality Labs, Room 8 Studio, and iLogos Game Studios.

Streamline Jira Workflows With These Best Practices

Jira’s flexibility can make managing projects complicated if your setup isn’t optimized for success. Use these Jira workflow best practices to strengthen the efficiency and clarity of your projects.

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Kelly Provost

Kelly Provost

Kelly Provost is a business analyst and project manager with more than 20 years of experience leading Agile teams. Her former clients include JPMorgan Chase and IBM, as well as startups and organizations such as BMW Financial Services and the Ohio Department of Commerce.

The Key Automation Opportunity Healthcare Leaders Must Focus on Next

Insurance verification and prior authorizations eat up precious hours that skilled staff could be spending with patients. AI in healthcare can help.

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Peter Matuszak

Peter Matuszak

Peter Matuszak is Toptal’s Senior Writer for Business. A former investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune and policy advisor to multiple governmental agencies and officials, he now writes about tech, finance, and the future of work for Toptal Insights.

When a simple logo refresh turned into a full-scale rebrand process, Toptal designer Rehan Saiyed took inspiration from ancient concepts of the number three—and a colorful parrot.

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Rehan Saiyed

Rehan Saiyed

Rehan is a multidisciplinary designer who specializes in branding, UX, and customer experience design. Past clients include Target, Volkswagen, and the Commercial Bank of Qatar. He’s won more than 45 awards, and his work has appeared in international design publications.

Proof in Numbers: Using Big Data to Drive Results

These case studies illustrate how data-driven product management can make a radical difference in how you solve large-scale product issues.

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Lavinius Marcu

Lavinius Marcu

As a product manager specializing in data science, Lavinius helps clients improve product performance and scale their businesses. His portfolio includes the creation of an AI price prediction engine, which used machine learning to forecast optimal pricing for the cruise industry.

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