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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

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. I hadn’t received such behavior beforehand, and it has flattened the learning curve for us.

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Three Practical Tips to Supercharge Your Next Online Innovation Event

Planbox

Take Novartis for example, a multinational pharmaceutical company that embarked on an ambitious culture transformation in recent years. Recruit Innovation Coaches To Fine-Tune Ideas. Before advancing to the next stage, ideas can be pitched to and vetted by coaches before being brought forward to the executive team.

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#Cloudera Life Employee Spotlight: Joel Martinez

Cloudera

The companies we enable with our technology literally help save lives across healthcare, biotech, and pharmaceuticals, as well as support industries that keep the world going, like utilities, transportation, and banking. “What I like about working at Cloudera is I’m involved in solving big challenges across industries,” he said.

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

Gorilla Logic

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. – My two sons, my two sisters, and a famous coach named Anthony Robbins who inspires me with his quotes. – That I love to write!

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Transforming to an Agile Mindset, Part 1

Accenture

One of the conclusions everyone agreed upon was that regardless of how different the culture and operations were at the visited companies one thing was clear: When attempts were made to implement new practices, no benefits were observed unless they were accompanied by a supporting new mindset. .–Learning They went something like this.

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Agile vs Scrum Project Management: What You Need To Know

Openxcell

Agile pharmaceutical companies Agile enables the pharmaceutical industry to provide value across a range of contexts and supports them in communication, research, and development. Respect: Each member of a scrum team must respect the views, experiences, and cultural traditions of others.

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