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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO

When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

CIO

It’s also about agile ways of working, and the need to be empowered.” Barcelona proves a perfect fit Lufthansa Group is joining a host of major business peers in powering up a digital hub in Barcelona, including fast-moving consumer goods makers Danone and Unilever, tech firm Dynatrace, and Roche in pharmaceuticals.

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Transforming to an Agile Mindset, Part 1

Accenture

Once, over beers late into the evening in an old European pub not far from his office, an executive shared with me his personal Agile mindset transformation journey. It is an account that I have found representative of many when they begin to lead Business Agility transformation. But first, some background.

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Agile vs Scrum Project Management: What You Need To Know

Openxcell

If you work in the Agile or Scrum field, it’s likely that you already know at least one of these phrases. You may also be curious about the difference between Agile and Scrum. The term “Agile and Scrum” are often used interchangeably in modern DevOps environments because of their similarities. What is Agile?

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Member of the Band – Helga Martinez Chacon Product Owner & Scrum Master

Gorilla Logic

Helga is an Agile consultant, currently working as a Product Owner/Scrum Master. Past clients include Bayer, Prudential Financial, Philip Morris, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Bank of America, First American Financial, and has also worked in the film and television industry. Helga Martinez Chacon — Product Owner & Scrum Master.

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Highlights from AWS CEO Adam Selipsky’s Keynote at re:Invent

Perficient

He also mentioned how Airbnb was better able to weather the downturn in demand in the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 pandemic because they were an early adopter of the cloud, which allowed them to operate more efficiently and be more agile. Entrepreneurs bring their dreams to the cloud and change the future.

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Veterans Among the Best Civilian Leaders

Strategy Driven

Extensive assessment data has revealed that learning agility, or the ability to apply past experiences and lessons learned to new situations and first-time challenges, and self-awareness are proven predictors of future success. About the Author. Bill Sebra is Chief Operations Executive at Korn Ferry Futurestep.