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Authentic leadership: Building an organization that thrives

CIO

Leadership styles have traditionally centered their focus on profits, share prices, and productivity, but a new approach increasingly taken up by today’s leaders, known as “authentic leadership,” takes a different spin on the concept. But ultimately, authentic leadership can be viewed as the opposite of traditional leadership in many ways.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower CTO

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation.

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5 reasons to move to a network platform

CIO

In today’s era of dynamic disruption, IT leaders are taking center stage in navigating a complex and vast network. On top of that, how do you build a resilient network that can protect your people, systems, and data from external threats? The answer is the network platform. Navigating these complexities can be challenging.

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Smallstep takes big step toward authenticating machine-to-machine communications

TechCrunch

The central issue is that when there are no humans involved, how do you authenticate the hand-off between machines to ensure it’s going to the right place? As he adds employees, he wants to build a diverse organization, but admits as a person who is entrenched in Silicon Valley, it’s hard not to simply tap into his network.

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Networking tips for IT leaders: A guide to building connections

CIO

Networking isn’t just for holiday parties. The two cardinal rules of networking, according to CIOs and career coaches, are to schedule time to do it for at least an hour every month, and to approach it as something you do to help others in addition to yourself. But then I started doing it, and I’d come back energized and full of ideas.”

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Clerk is simplifying identity for front-end web developers

TechCrunch

Developers building front-end Jamstack web applications often struggle to build identity with traditional API tools. Colin Sidoti, who started the company with his brother Braden, sees what’s happening with Jamstack and React as a fundamental architectural shift where front-end developers will increasingly have a seat at the table.

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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

TechCrunch

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California.