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Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

CIO

When employees disengage from work — often called quiet quitting — it starts a ripple effect that can damage everything from their career trajectory to your team, company, and the global economy. Those lucky few find meaning in their work, feel connected to their team and organization, and feel proud of what they do. trillion in 2022.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

TechCrunch

But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups. This year, the event, held this past Wednesday, shined a light on 13 of these very nascent teams. We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO

Many of the women interviewed for this article were uncomfortable being named for fear of reprisal or stunted career development. “I “If you’re promoted to a G6 or G7 band [ editor’s note : the grading system used to ascertain job seniority and responsibilities in the UK’s civil service ], it’s to make up the numbers.

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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” At Honeycomb and elsewhere, good engineering managers are often some of the most essential glue holding software teams together and helping employees feel a sense of belonging and purpose at work.

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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? Did they have a Weak Development Team ?

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Fintech Roundup: How going Fast and furious can ruin your startup

TechCrunch

The big events in the fintech world over the last week felt like a very different vibe from 2021, which was filled with mega rounds, celebrations and lofty valuations. Humility should not be seen as a weakness, in my humble opinion, but more of a strength. While Vareto is mainly targeting larger, enterprise businesses, Clockwork.ai

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Manufacturing CIOs see bright future for the industry, thanks to IT

CIO

Her global IT organization comprises five business-segment CIOs, as well as shared services provided by the CISO, CTO, and the leader of enterprise business systems. Throughout my career at Textron, I have had many roles, spanning supply chain, manufacturing, integrated product teams, and working on helicopter programs.

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