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Tommy Boy’s Debut

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In Greater Than Yourself (and over on the GTY website ), I introduced you to Tommy Spaulding , an insanely talented and experienced leader who has become my close friend and GTY Project. Well…today’s a landmark day for Tommy: his debut book, I t’s Not Just Who You Know , hits the stores. I’m off to Denver tomorrow for Tommy’s book launch celebration, and I can’t tell you how proud of him I am.

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What a Week for Departures: HP's Hurd, Jet Blue's Slater and.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher I have believed that most good things in life are either free or inexpensive. A good walk, a great hug, a few moments spent together, a long drive, a free lecture, time spent with friends and so on. I write this because over the weekend, I experienced some of these. Monsoon is at its best.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

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Rules Without Relationship Breed Rebellion | Guy Harris: The.

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7 Qualities of the MegaPerformer

Steve Farber

In a recent article in Investor’s Business Daily , Sonja Carberry interviewed Jim McCormick , Razi Imam , and myself to identify the “X Factor&# qualities in entrepreneurs and executives who tend to rise above the rest. From what Sonja gathered, they’re people who tend to: Aim The Highest. Change The Speed. Stare Down Trouble. Fall In Love.

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Three Warning Signs That You're Setting Yourself Up For A.

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12 Reasons Snowflake Costs Get Out of Control — And How to Solve It

With no barriers to entry you can get started with Snowflake for next to nothing, but as you may already know, costs can quickly spiral out of control. While usage costs can be better managed for your internal BI use case, Snowflake costs skyrocket for SaaS providers because the need to deliver real-time, interactive analytics in a multi-tenant environment is always on.

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10 Pointers to Build Comfort Within The Team

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 10 Pointers to Build Comfort Within The Team It pains to see teams where people work on a common goal but don’t get along well with each other. We work in teams and knowing how to get along well with others is extremely crucial. So how do you get along well with others and establish required comfort? Here are 10 broad pointers that may help.

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Lucky breaks

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Management Tip Audio Interview with Nick McCormick

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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The Finegan Leap: Where Hearts and Minds are Willing and Unselfish

Steve Farber

David Pinter , a shining example of principal-as-Extreme-Leader, sends us this update on “the ever-deepening implementation of Leap , Edge , and GTY &# within his school, Joseph Finegan Elementary , in Atlantic Beach, Florida: “While roughly one fourth of our District’s approximate 166 schools dropped per the demands of The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) , Finegan’s score increased.

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Are They Stepping on Your Toes? Grow Bigger Feet.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information. Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 million children across India on all school days.

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Book Review: Trust Agents

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

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Random thoughts on Clojure Protocols

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Great languages are those that offer orthogonality in design. Stated simply it means that the language core offers a minimal set of non-overlapping ways to compose abstractions. In an earlier article A Case for Orthogonality in Design I discussed some features from languages like Haskell, C++ and Scala that help you compose higher order abstractions from smaller ones using techniques offered by those languages.

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“They”

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Richard Branson , Virgin Group founder and figure head, has a lot to say about the near-ubiquitous word, “they,&# and its nasty implications for business. “A company where the staff consistently overuses the word ‘they,’&# he says, “is a company with problems.&# ( Read his Open Forum post, “They&# Have a Lot to Answer For ).

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How to Perform When the Room Doesn't Work

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Last week, I had a short conversation with one of my colleagues in HR about the all important topic of employee engagement. In an impromptu conversation, we touched upon a very important point: People love (and remember) stories, not facts. We loved it when our grandparents wrapped important life lessons in form of stories.

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Commitment

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

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Using generalized type constraints - How to remove code with Scala 2.8

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I love removing code. More I remove lesser is the surface area for bugs to bite. Just now I removed a bunch of classes, made unnecessary by Scala 2.8.0 type system. Consider this set of abstractions, elided for demonstration purposes. trait Instrument // equity case class Equity ( name : String ) extends Instrument // fixed income abstract class FI ( name : String ) extends Instrument case class DiscountBond ( name : String , discount : Int ) extends FI ( name ) case class CouponBond ( name : St

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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Interview on Thought Grenades

Steve Farber

Once upon a time, Robert Thompson , Mike Neiss and I worked together at the Tom Peters Company , and we’ve stayed connected over the years. Now the boys have a cool, weekly talk show called Thought Grenades on BlogTalkRadio, and they were kind enough to invite me on to talk about Greater Than Yourself and other things leadership. It was a lot of fun, and I invite you to listen in: Listen to Robert H Thompson on Blog Talk Radio.

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Three Reminders from the Arlington Cemetery Mess

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. I see “customer delight” as a cherry, with the cake being “solving their problems and meeting the expectations” – so when we say “cherry on top of the cake”, the cake has to be right.