The future of a fully remote workforce is already here, as thousands of businesses have moved to remote. We witnessed Zoom becoming a social network overnight. We too use Slack more than before, and double-down on Asana. Now is the time to do what every innovator does best: adapt.
COVID-19 is infiltrating every aspect of life. So what’s it like to start in a new role in the time of global pandemic? We sat down with Benjamin Prigent, our new Senior Product Designer at Highline Beta to talk about this unique experience we know others may share right now, as employers and employees.
At this point, we all realize that the situation we’re facing is serious. Having been through the dot-com bust, the financial crisis and now going through this, we know for certain that things will be tough, but it’s entirely possible to come out the other side and be in a better position than before. Here’s how.
Mike Finnerty of CBC’s Daybreak Montreal sat down with Marcus Daniels, CEO & Founding Partner of Highline Beta to discuss their latest exciting venture – a new Montreal office. Montreal’s economy is doing well, the artificial intelligence sector is booming alongside gaming, higher education and innovation. And so Highline Beta has opened a new Montreal location to add to its offices in Vancouver and New York.
Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner at Highline Beta and co-author of Lean Analytics in conversation with Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast that brings you the best and the brightest in the world of startups and innovation. The following excerpt is from the podcast episode featuring Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner at […]
How do you find the True North metrics you should be focusing on? Setting the right framework and benchmarks helps measure progress towards business goals, both in startups and in large organisations.
At the recent Highline Beta event in New York, we hosted innovation teams and leaders from Citi, Credit Suisse, Fitch Ratings and Mitsui & Co. to dig deeper into the good and the bad of innovation metrics. Learn about setting the right metrics and KPIs.
On the surface, the industries of farming and finance couldn’t look any more different. Sachin Shende, with farming in his blood and degrees in agricultural engineering and computational hydraulics, begs to differ. While working as a quantitative developer in London’s asset management sector, he started noticing the similarities between the fields. “The concept of managing […]
Successful startups usually don’t win with their first idea or first product. There are many examples of startups that pivoted (in some cases multiple times), or completely reinvented themselves, in order to win. Starbucks started selling espresso machines and beans door-to-door before pivoting to coffee shops on every corner. Avon started as door-to-door book sales, only to […]
Connecting learners with innovative experiences at Pearson Online Learning Services Rachel Sumner, Regional Partnership Director at Pearson Embanet, shares with Highline BETA how she is enabling others to realize their economic potential through the design and delivery of learning experiences intended to enhance employability. When I look back at my career, it is a number of […]
