All around the globe, companies agree on at least one thing: effective resource utilization is the linchpin of success. From my personal experience, whether it’s a large company with hundreds of collaborators or a small or medium business in the process of liftoff,...
In recent years, the business landscape has witnessed a growing preference for staff augmentation as a reliable approach to focusing on their core business and a strategic move for companies aiming to attain flexibility, access top-notch talent, and enhance...
More than 30 years have passed since I first stepped into the ever-evolving tech industry, and it’s still fascinating to reflect on the questions that were raised then and continue to resonate today. One question that has persisted throughout my career is how to...
Happy new year! That's what we all say to our loved ones at midnight on Dec 31st. And it’s true, we wish everybody well. Probably, when we make that wish, we aren’t taking into account that a big chunk of that happiness had to be cemented before that moment, even if...
If you haven't read part 1 yet, you can read it here! Tips for starting to apply continuous improvement: Build the feeling of a “safe harbor,” always leaving a channel open for suggestions, especially with those who are involved in the execution. Encourage...
We live in a highly competitive world, we don't even have to point that out, right? Tech has been growing and changing at a remarkable rhythm over the last fifteen years. We are used to hearing about Continuous Improvement on processes, methodologies, and...
*Adapted from Mario’s contribution to the Local Impact of Global Trends for the ICT Industry, CUTI, Uruguay 2021. Arion is an Uruguay-based company that delivers its products and services worldwide. This means we closely follow what is happening globally,...
The phrase of disputed authorship “Innovate or Die” has become a shared sentiment among institutions of all sorts. But what is innovation? Certainly it is not constrained only to engineers and scientists, nor to the development of new products. Neither is it sheer...
So, first things first, What is Design Thinking? There’s been a lot of fuss around this concept. The number of articles in management literature and weekly magazines, as well as in the academic research has taken it to the level of hype or even the status of “a fad”,...
Software development is at the heart of any organization at any level nowadays. From managing your customer loyalty program to knowing when a specific purchase will reach your inventory, to enabling eLearning capabilities to your team, or calculating the chance that...