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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

The last thing any CIO wants is to experience catastrophic operational issues during a peak season, but that’s exactly what executives at Southwest Airlines faced last week. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts. Even before the blizzard hit, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan acknowledged on Nov.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO

We live in a world that is more global than ever before and it is important to experience different cultures, customs, and traditions,” he says. Oman offers a good work culture, lifestyle, and the salary is not taxed,” Pant says. “It When Richard Ventre got an opportunity to move to India from the Netherlands, he latched on to it. “We

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Achieving Net Zero aviation will need rapid innovation. Digital engineering can deliver it

Capgemini

If one company were to create a breakthrough product, there would likely be a rush from airlines to acquire it. Companies cannot just buy PLM or design software off-the-shelf and slot it into their organisation. Achieving Net Zero aviation will need rapid innovation. And they want to get there fast.

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Building a Better Middleman

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

In the previous article , I explored the role of the middleman in a two-sided marketplace. The term “middleman” has a stigma to it. Mostly because, when you sit between two parties that want to interact, it’s easy to get greedy. Greed will bring you profits in the short term. Probably in the long term, as well.

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Friction

LeanEssays

One third of the fuel that goes into a car is spent overcoming friction. By comparison, an electric car loses half as much energy - one sixth - to friction. Who knew electric cars had such an advantage? Friction is the force that resists motion when the surface of one object comes into contact with the surface of another. More cognitive load.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 3 of 4

Strategy Driven

Many of the elements of planning strategies can be taken off the shelf and implemented when extreme danger presents itself. Many of the elements of planning strategies can be taken off the shelf and implemented when extreme danger presents itself. Most often (85% of the time), they can be heeded, planned for averted.

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