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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO

Why not pick up a book that will inspire you to be a more effective leader, help you spot challenges and pitfalls in your IT strategies and processes, or prepare for the future of information technology? And this group of CIOs, CTOs, and technical CEOs have strong favorites — books they turn to again and again for inspiration.

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Microsoft and Cognizant team up to boost enterprise Copilot adoption

CIO

But the partnership seeks to go beyond Cognizant’s internal use, with Microsoft and Cognizant teaming up to promote generative AI use across Cognizant’s global client base through the advisory and digital transformation services arm of Cognizant’s business.

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Why So Many Managers Tolerate Poor Performance (and what to do instead)

Let's Grow Leaders

Do You Tolerate Poor Performance or Let the Slackers Slide? In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. 6 Reasons Managers Tolerate Poor Performance Here’s a gut check if addressing performance issues is hard for you. So everybody’s frustrated.

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Agile Book Club: Team Dynamics

James Shore

Team dynamics form the bedrock of Agile teams’ ability to develop and deliver software. They’re the invisible undercurrents that determine your team’s culture. In this session, Diana Larsen and Linda Rising help us explore the dynamics that make and break Agile teams. Team Dynamics. ?? About the Book Club.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

CIA produced a fantastic book during the peak of World War 2 called Simple Sabotage. You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans.

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Can AI help you binge books? BingeBooks is a new service to do … exactly that

TechCrunch

The pandemic has been terrible for many industries, but the book industry has gotten a rare reprieve in an otherwise dismal past decade. That surge in interest in books has also led to a surge in interest from founders to rethink aspects of the reading experience. No boring book clubs. The team at Authors A.I.

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How to Stop Inspiring Your Team to Underperformance

Next Level Blog

This exec loved my client and compared him quite favorably to his predecessor who, the exec said, regularly “inspired his team to underperformance.”. The essence of his answer was that the predecessor leader didn’t set high enough expectations for his team and failed to even follow through on the low bar that he did set.