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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, March 15, on the site 5 years, 4 months ago
This is interesting to me as someone who has spent time working with social media marketing strategies. I spent a lot of time looking through innovative campaigns in the Cannes Lion (the creative ad industry’s most biggest occasion), and brands have been using social’s secondary features to make it a sales channel even before this, and they saw a…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 16, on the site 5 years, 5 months ago
From a business perspective, the question is less of whether they “ought to” than whether they “can afford not to”. As social media exists in a social and political context, if enough users call for such an action, and if governments put pressure on a company to do so, the company faces greater lost in not responding than they do by standing…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 5 years, 5 months ago
By Linh Dang
The world of disruption, where you either disrupt or be disrupted (at least, that what many leaders seem to believe), it is tempting to bring about transformations quickly and forcefully. However, […] -
Linh H Dang commented on the post, Disney Investing Further into VR Entertainment, on the site 5 years, 5 months ago
Virtual reality can be a big thing indeed.
However, there is unlikely to be explosive or widespread adoption without the necessary changes in the surrounding entertainment ecosystem.
As Disney still relies on media and parks for sales. The traditional media experience includes the interaction between the following dimensions;
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Linh H Dang posted a new activity comment 5 years, 5 months ago
I am sorry I could not answer earlier. Yes. We are.
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Agile & Marie Kondo – Power of a metaphor, on the site 5 years, 5 months ago
Thank you everyone for your kind words.
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Metrics Should Be Used To Change Behavior, on the site 5 years, 6 months ago
I agreed wholeheartedly that a metric should be as interactive and actionable as possible, I am also familiar with “vanity metrics”, which are common in the marketing agency world.
However, I am ambivalent about whether all “good metrics” are necessarily actionable. I am thinking about cases where some measurements are static and stable, having…[Read more] -
Linh H Dang commented on the post, The 45.7 Meter Field Goal?, on the site 5 years, 6 months ago
This is a great summary of a great article.
I think the answer to the question you posed at the end, whether if it is the US or a team who makes the decision to adopt metric, depends on their ability to reconcile the needs of different stakeholders.
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Linh H Dang wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 5 years, 6 months ago
Most have probably heard about Marie Kondo and her miracle methods of transforming lives via de-cluttering. This article on The Drum took it a step further: by applying Agile in the mindset of a Marie Kondo […]
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Walter Hodge
Your blog and this article intrigued me, many of my friends have been talking about Marie Kondo and her methods for decluttering. I think it’s something I could gain value from and definitely am adding to my to watch list. I especially appreciate the analogy by Isman Tanuri on agile in the business, and the metaphors mentioned provide clarity to issues you see every day in the work place. The ideas and suggestions are simplistic to implement and in the long run make a business leaner and more efficient.
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I really like this metaphor comparing Agile methodologies and the art of tidying. I have both Marie Kondo’s books and can definitely see the comparisons you make with recognizing workflows at a glance and dumping everything into a pile to get rid of what we don’t need (or doesn’t bring us joy) and to organize what is left. The concepts from Marie Kondo’s de-cluttering methods definitely will spill over from your home life and can easily be applied to IT organizations. Many IT organizations are looking for ways to become leaner and more efficient. They want to find ways to add value instead of being a cost center as we discussed from other course readings. Keeping Marie Kondo’s concepts in mind will help IT organizations drive value and cut unnecessary costs.
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I really enjoyed this metaphor, it’s not often that business IT and home decorators collide. I also like the use of metaphors for an organization considering we just covered a part of “Images of an Organization” which talks about the different metaphors of business. In my corporate sustainability class, we have actually talked about redesigning business around Marie Kondo’s ideas of minimalism. By reducing the clutter of a business we can cut costs, create simpler aspects that help workers better understand things. IT has always been a power for efficiency so it only makes sense to look for ways to “cut out the fat”..
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Thank you everyone for your kind words.
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Linh H Dang wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 5 years, 6 months ago
By Linh Dang
With the topic of metrics coming up, I remember a folk story of a wise scholar who was challenged to weigh an elephant. No scale in that era was big enough for that, and so people thought it was […] -
Linh H Dang commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 29, on the site 5 years, 7 months ago
Due to my experience in advertising, I admire Steve Job’s ability to embody the best features of a good advert in his presentations. Like a good ad, Steve Job’s iPhone presentation made great use of concise ad copy (text), compartmentalized concepts, strategic placement of images, and concrete comparisons:
Throughout the presentation, he…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang wrote a new post on the site Linh H.Dang's E-porfolio 6 years ago
How it started
It started with one week reading books, two weeks working on a short story, a moment of a self-doubt before submitting the application, and an interview. Two months, when the job search for the […] -
Linh H Dang commented on the post, Discussion Question #7: So how did it go?, on the site 6 years ago
For me, the internship ended today. I was waving goodbye and hugging my team, my project team, and the whole class of Ogilvy interns this afternoon. Excuse me as I got long-winded a bit.
After everything, I learned the foundation of almost all aspects of advertising: from research, planning, strategy, to creative, production, and (data-driven)…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Discussion Question #6: You can’t learn everything in the classroom…., on the site 6 years, 1 month ago
Most of what I learn on this internship and the last were new to me, as Fox does not have a structured course in advertising or agency work. There are a few key things that can’t be learned in a classroom:
– How a particular organization works: how each person work with other members in the team; how knowledge-sharing works on Slack and other…[Read more] -
Linh H Dang commented on the post, Discussion Question #5: Classroom Knowledge…., on the site 6 years, 1 month ago
The following courses and activities at Temple have really helped me in this internship:
– Excel: our business Excel course does a great job in giving us the methods for using Excel effectively and efficiently.
– Analytics competitions: these taught me to find data from government/industry sources quickly, and then use knowledge of data to…[Read more] -
Linh H Dang commented on the post, Discussion Question #4: How do you do it all???, on the site 6 years, 1 month ago
It is indeed hard to tend to both work and summer course assignments, and admittedly I have come close to not finishing assignments on time or forgetting a task. Work and training at Ogilvy move quickly, capturing most of my attention.
I can’t boast to be successful at balancing work and study (yet), but I am trying to adopt the following…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Discussion Question #3: What is the most important…………?, on the site 6 years, 2 months ago
I am not using a lot of Excel right now, but I definitely agree that it’s a crucial one to be proficient at.
In my position right now, the most important skill to have is asking for work. As an intern in a large company, your manager may not know what to give you or how you can fit into the team yet, so they might not trust you with much work.…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Discussion Question #2, on the site 6 years, 2 months ago
Ogilvy has a very comprehensive orientation program, so I mostly knew what to do. However, when it comes to the details on using the VOIP phones, tech policies, and getting to meeting rooms across a huge building, I had to rely on my manager, ask around, and use the interns’ group chat for troubleshooting. This is also the first internship in…[Read more]
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Linh H Dang commented on the post, Question #1: Internship Discussion, on the site 6 years, 2 months ago
I am working at The Ogilvy Group, a full-service marketing agency in NYC, as a Strategy Intern in Ogilvy’s Social Labs. My responsibilities include:
– Supporting senior analysts’ strategic recommendations to clients by crafting data-backed reports
– Exploring data from syndicated sources for insights that can inform strategic planning
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Linh H Dang wrote a new post on the site Linh H.Dang's E-porfolio 6 years, 7 months ago
— FRESHMAN YEAR
I want to thank Professor Anderson for teaching me to look at my surroundings with both awe and scrutiny and to understand how the habitat we made for ourselves will facilitate more human […]
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