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Author: Nancy Lyons
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Why program management is the digital leadership every enterprise needs
For 23 years, Clockwork has been in the trenches—engineering, UX, change enablement, and tech strategy—not just building digital ecosystems but leading them. Program Management isn’t just about managing projects—it’s about orchestrating the entire digital landscape. What is program management? Program management is the oversight, alignment, and strategic leadership that ensures technology serves the business, not…
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Clockwork and Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The featured image above is a free resource created by Marlena Myles, a Native American (Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscogee) artist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Marlena continues to create beautiful art that educates and honors Indigenous culture. Access her Dakota land map and accompanying audio to learn about the past, present, and future of the Dakota…
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2023: A year of relationships, purpose, and good work, all courtesy of our clients
My partners and I founded Clockwork to build a workplace that didn’t feel like other places we had worked. Rooting our business in values was one way we paved a different path for ourselves. We have always lived and done business by our core values. The values have evolved slightly over the years, but our…
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Artificial Intelligence and You
Every power can be used for good and for evil. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no different. In the coming years, we will see brilliant, insightful, and life-changing advances thanks to AI. And, we’ll see destructive applications of it at the same time. We will see dramatic innovations and whole new business models based entirely on…
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The next era of engagement
There’s no denying it, “engagement” is popular in business right now. First came an appreciation for and focus on user engagement, an outcome of our digitally-centered time. Then came an appreciation for employee engagement, a metric that’s become increasingly important as companies realize that engagement correlates with productivity. Both are necessary. If you aren’t focused…
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2023, here we come!
It’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of 2022. I can’t imagine I’m alone in feeling like this year literally flew by. And now here we are, staring at the front of 2023 like an oncoming truck. There are so many tech and business topics to talk about as we head into 2023,…
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Clockwork is closed on Election Day
Election day is not a federal holiday. Yet. Businesses remain open, and commerce happens. But Clockwork has chosen to officially make election day a paid day of service to not only give our people the freedom and flexibility they need to show up and vote, but also to allow additional time to volunteer to ensure…
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Clockwork is 20 years old AND we have a new website
In 2002, my three business partners and I sat around a table looking at a napkin scribbled with our business model. We were enthusiastic, determined, and, if I’m being honest, a little nervous. Looking back, these scribbles were actually more guiding principles than a traditional model. More than what we were going to do, we focused on how we…
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It’s time to prepare, not panic
What leaders should be thinking about to weather the recession and come out ahead We are watching a recession roll in. It’s everywhere you look — the news, podcasts, your inbox. Experts from JPMorgan to Jerome Powell are predicting it. The upside is that we all know it’s coming. The downside is now we have…
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A closer look at DevOps
When most folks talk about trends and topics in technology, they zero in on future-focused automation and enablement tech like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. But, there are more immediate shifts in the landscape that are paving the way for systems modernization and actual organizational evolution. Real change in the enterprise requires significant change in…