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Agile Transformations: Why Leaders Resist and How to Bring Them on Board

Agile transformations require significant organizational change, which can be unsettling for the C-suite. These tips can help Agile coaches address leaders’ uncertainty and create sustainable agility.

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Andy Deighton

Andy Deighton

Andy is an Agile expert and Professional Scrum Master who has introduced and implemented Agile practices at Lloyds Bank, National Grid, and others. A former Java web developer for BMW, Andy brings his deep understanding of software development teams to his work as a coach for both startups and multinational companies.

Designing Remote Ideation Workshops for Startups

Remote ideation workshops help companies address business-related problems through creative exercises that prioritize speed, teamwork, and innovative thinking.

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Guoming Xu

Guoming Xu

Guoming is a UX designer who specializes in user research, digital strategy, and interaction design. He helps B2B and B2C startups build innovative web experiences and SaaS apps.

Minimalist UX Design for Healthier Smartphone Engagement

It’s easy to waste too much time staring at our smartphones, but minimalist UX design can help users build healthier engagement habits.

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Florence Dairo

Florence Dairo

Florence is a senior product designer who has developed mobile applications for global financial services clients, including Carbon, Amplified Payment Systems, and Open Banking Nigeria.

Ensemble Methods: The Kaggle Machine Learning Champion

Two heads are better than one. This proverb describes the concept behind ensemble methods in machine learning. Let’s examine why ensembles dominate ML competitions and what makes them so powerful.

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Juan Manuel Ortiz de Zarate

Juan Manuel Ortiz de Zarate

Juan is a lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires. His research focuses on AI, NLP, and social networks. He has more than a decade of data science experience and he’s published papers at ML conferences, including SPIRE and ICCS.

Treating Remote Employees Fairly in a Hybrid Workplace

Unconsciously favoring in-office employees—also called distance bias—can make top talent quit. Toptal Insights spoke with experts at PwC, Gartner, and more about how to protect your business.

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Lauren Drell

Lauren Drell

A business communications expert, Drell has worked with Global 500 and Fortune 500 companies including Unilever and R.R. Donnelley & Sons.

Keep It Tasteful: A Guide to Food App Design

The pandemic has intensified the demand for online food ordering, and businesses are rushing to meet the need. With food apps increasing in popularity, providing an exceptional user experience is critical.

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Pili Fernandez Davila

Pili Fernandez Davila

Pili is a UX, UI, and product designer who has led teams at Clearco and Compass Digital Labs. At Compass, she worked on the Thrive app, which facilitates ordering from cafes in office buildings. She is an Associate Professor of Brand Design at Universidad Anáhuac in Huixquilucan, Mexico.

Creating React Apps With Redux Toolkit and RTK Query

Have you ever wanted to use Redux with features like React Query provides? Now you can, by using the Redux Toolkit and its latest addition: RTK Query. This article demonstrates how RTK Query is used in real-life scenarios, complete with detailed code examples.

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Gurami Dagundaridze

Gurami Dagundaridze

Gurami is a full-stack developer for the healthcare, gaming, and entertainment industries. As a Senior Front-end Engineer at the Bank of Georgia, he redesigned internal bank software systems. His redesigns leverage AWS, Node.js, GraphQL, and React.

Stakeholder Management: The Art of Saying No

To execute on product strategy, product managers must know when and how to reject stakeholder requests while still fostering an atmosphere of openness and innovation. Here’s how to do it.

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Felix Reiners

Felix Reiners

Felix is a senior product manager specializing in SaaS, mobile apps, and machine learning. He has led innovation initiatives at Deutsche Bank and defined product strategy at IDEO, where he also led product teams.

The New Trend in UI Design: An Overview of Neumorphism

Neumorphic design is a visual trend that has gained traction with UI/UX designers and become a popular aesthetic choice for contemporary software, websites, and mobile apps.

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Kayode Osinusi

Kayode Osinusi

Kayode has extensive experience leading creative teams while helping startups build and launch successful digital products in e-commerce, finance, and entertainment.

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