Published inepekworks·Jun 6, 202210 reasons to have a coach on your startup teamStartups are like a long match of tennis, or a concert performance where your competitors are ready to pounce on every beat you miss, or perhaps like an ultra-marathon. And just like sports and performance arts, coaches can help you and your team shine; and do your best work ever. …Coaching3 min readCoaching3 min read
Published inepekworks·Jun 3, 2022How to build products like a scientistJust like the beginning of every scientific discovery, every decision and step we take at a startup is based on some hypotheses. Often it’s the founders’ belief that the product is needed in the market, but once you get over the initial discovery and launch, you get into the mode…Product Management3 min readProduct Management3 min read
Published inepekworks·May 31, 2022Creative ways to conduct User ResearchMost startups start as founders scratching their itch. With a bit of feedback from friends and family, we get a team together and start building. But 9 out of 10 startups fail within the first 2 years. Often this is because we build for too long after that first encouraging…User Research2 min readUser Research2 min read
Published inepekworks·May 27, 20224 keys to establishing a continuous improvement environmentContinuous improvement is a phrase you hear all too often at businesses. From the CEO to the newest intern, everyone wants to improve their outputs, their sense of achievement, the bottom line, and the customer’s experience. So what makes for a continuous improvement environment? If you look at human development…Continuous Improvement2 min readContinuous Improvement2 min read
Published inepekworks·May 25, 2022How to get started with Product Goals & KPIsIf you’re running a business or working for one, you must have heard about these things called Key Performance Indicators. Sometimes we go through extensive exercises to figure out the right KPIs, and have elaborate processes to follow up on them. …Key Performance Indicator3 min readKey Performance Indicator3 min read
Published inepekworks·May 23, 2022The trick to creating strategic roadmapsLove it or hate it, roadmaps are a reality of any tech venture. Sales, Tech, Product Management, everyone creates roadmaps. But often the roadmaps go stale or reality decides to deviate from the roadmap and we forget about them. This is often the case when the roadmap is created looking…Strategy3 min readStrategy3 min read
Published inepekworks·Feb 7, 2022Joy in Agile-LandThis is part 3 of our Agile article series. Read part 1: The only problem with Agile and part 2: All about Agile Transformation. All articles can be read independently. Why are so many Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Engineers, Product/Project Managers unhappy? Why is it that one of the fastest…Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
Published inepekworks·Dec 25, 2021Reflection and IntegrationReflection is often defined as serious or focussed thought or consideration, as differentiated from mind-wandering and ruminating — both of which involve thinking but are more random or focussed but painful or circular. …Reflections4 min readReflections4 min read
Published inepekworks·Jul 23, 2021Agile Transformation is People TransformationThe Buddha said that nothing exists on its own and everything changes. His students called these the two core truths of all existence i.e. emptiness and impermanence. …Agile Transformation8 min readAgile Transformation8 min read
Published inepekworks·Jun 4, 2021The only problem with AgileImagine Socrates, Plato, Confucius, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius coming together and writing one single book that represents the combination of their philosophies. Now imagine a one-pager version of this book. How much of it could you comprehend, let alone practice? That’s the problem with Agile. …Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
