Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 9, 2014
'My German Father-in-law would call trying to fix this negative workplace, Furzen gegen den Donner, “farting against thunder.” I’ve got to admit, the description I got on the other end of the phone was pretty bad: little to no recognition, development, or teamwork…combined with long hours, limited resources, lots of finger-pointing, and the uncertainty of a new […].
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 2, 2014
'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. Why do you do what you do? In this video, Grant Wattie, President of N2Growth Australia, discusses how you should really be honest with yourself when you come to a crossroads with your professional career. Ask yourself, what do you value? And will your choices allow you to live your values?
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General Leadership
APRIL 2, 2014
'Join us – LIVE Wednesday, 2 April – at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 & the David Webb Show ! This is our 10th installment of the “ 12 Virtues of Leadership ” series and tonight we feature the virtue of “ Grace.” Join us on the air by calling into the show at 866-957-2874. You can also follow along on Twitter @GenLeadBlog and @davidwebbshow with hashtags: #GeneralLeadership #Grace.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 6, 2014
'“A good life isn’t a place at which you arrive, it is a lens through which you see and create your world” – from the Good Life Project “Living Creed” On the latest edition of the More Human Podcast , my special guest is Jonathan Fields , a New York City dad, husband and lawyer turned award-winning author, media-producer and entrepreneur.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
CTOvision
APRIL 11, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. This is a follow on to our post on planning your time at the Geoint Symposium. With this post I want to make some technology recommendations that may be helpful to you as you plan out your time at the Geoint Symposium 14-17 Apr. There are so many great firms on the expo floor you cannot possibly spend time with all of them. You really need to approach the floor with a strategy.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 2, 2014
'I wish HR would teach a course on the really stupid sentences people say at work. Oh, I’m not talking about he obvious stupidity: ”you look hot in that dress” or “hey baby…” there’s training and rules for that. But there’s no code of conduct to protect against the stupid, disempowering words I often hear […].
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 29, 2014
'By Mike Myatt. Chairman, N2Growth. * This post was originally published on Forbes. I was speaking with a colleague last week who at one point in our conversation referred a third party as being naïve, to which my response was, “ I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing – perhaps we should all be a bit more naïve. ” The seed I was trying to plant was that if people (particularly those in leadership) spent less time defending what they think they know, and more time exploring the vast universe of wh
General Leadership
APRIL 27, 2014
'“ I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. ”. Bob Riley. [The following is an unedited transcript of the speech I shared this morning commemorating the third anniversary of the loss of nine of our teammates fighting for freedom in Afghanistan…a reminder they are gone but certainly not forgotten ]. We have a difficult but important duty today, paying homage to nine American heroes who gave everything in defense of freedom.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 13, 2014
'It takes work to secure, it’s hard to keep, and if you lose it, you lose – BIG. And, it’s really hard to get it back. It’s that precious to the effective leader. It MUST be kept, at all costs, and with all the effort you can muster. What is it? Your word. I’ve never seen a ship sink so fast when a leader doesn’t keep their word.
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CTOvision
APRIL 11, 2014
'By Michael Johnson. We read this press release with pleasure and have deep respect for the incredibly hard work required to achieve the kinds of success demonstrated here. It is not easy to get things like this done in government. From: the NGA pless release at [link]. NGA joins GitHub, offers code to help disaster response. April 11, 2014. SPRINGFIELD, Va. – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency this week joined GitHub, a popular social network that allows programmers to collabora
Erik Bernhardsson
APRIL 11, 2014
Just spent a day at MLConf where I was talking about how we do music recommendations. There was a whole range of great speakers (actually almost 2/3 women which was pretty cool in itself). Here are my slides: Justin Basilico from Netflix talked about how they deliver a personalized start page using lots of ranking. Claudia Perlich also had a great presentation about ad targeting.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 11, 2014
'If your team has as much teamwork as a box of crayons without a child to guide them, don’t blame them. Consider what you may be doing to inadvertently sabotage their teamwork. 5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Teamwork 1. Insisting on a Team that Doesn’t Make Sense I’ve seen so much energy and money wasted to […]. The post 5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Teamwork appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 8, 2014
'By Damian “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. Are you looking for that much?needed strategic advantage in life? Are you looking to gain an edge over the competition to get that job you believe and think is already yours? If so, all it takes is learning how to follow three simple rules to develop a shift in your mindset to hone your skills to become a stronger leader for yourself and others.
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General Leadership
APRIL 6, 2014
'“Slow Down… You Will Get There Faster”. Fighter Pilot Saying. Too often, leaders choose to be “ Humvee leaders.” They are so worried about quickly making progress that no regard is given to intent, probability of success or the hazards encountered along the way. This style of leader typically has little regard for the destruction they leave in their path or the people they harm along the journey.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 10, 2014
'I’m often asked, “How can a leader be more productive?”, which is shorthand for: “Help! I’m sinking in quicksand here – what can I do to get all this stuff I need to get done, done?” Well, the answer isn’t in the “doing”. And, it’s not about how fast, or how well. Nope, it’s none of these. The best way to leadership productivity is simply this: Making the best selection of WHAT to do at any given moment.
CTOvision
APRIL 28, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. For a decade now the cyber security community has been treated to important strategic context coordinated by Verizon in their Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The information in the report can help drive strategic planning for enterprise technologists and members of the enterprise cyber security team and it is well worth a read by any CTO, CIO, CISO and most other members of enterprise technology teams.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 8, 2014
'Are there questions you’re avoiding asking at work because you don’t want to know the answer? Perhaps the actions of a leader in your organization make you doubt their commitment to the change, but instead of asking where they stand, you get frustrated by their inconsistency. Or perhaps a colleague seems to be encroaching on your area, but rather than ask, you find yourself protecting your turf.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 28, 2014
'Weak “leaders” waffle and shape shift. They’re easily swayed by popular opinion or the path of least resistance. Their point of view is remarkably consistent with whatever their boss says, or send messages that will cause the least amount of work. They attract other easy people, who’ll just go with the flow. The flow turns to […].
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 14, 2014
'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. It’s become a popular acronym but it is very real. In this video, Grant Wattie, President of N2Growth Australia, discusses how you, as a leader, can’t hold on to traditional leadership techniques and make it in this world full of VUCA. At N2Growth, we would love the opportunity to speak with you and see how we can help you navigate the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambigu
General Leadership
APRIL 2, 2014
'I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott. A popular Russian tale recounts how when Nicholas II was the Czar of Russia, a father enlisted his son in the military with the hope of instilling discipline and direction in his life. Among other things, the young man had a weakness for gambling, and the conditions of military life seemed to hurt rather than help.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 24, 2014
'“How am I doing?” . You don’t have to wait until your annual or 360 reviews to find out, or even pose the question to somebody- all you have to do is know how to see the clues that are out there in the workplace, every day. I’ve found that there are 6 things that are reliable barometers of leadership effectiveness: Any “venting” happens in private – If you are leading well, you are acting like a plumber , acting as a safety valve for your teammates to vent
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CTOvision
APRIL 11, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. Threats to our information are not only from malware or brute force hacks or social engineering. Criminals are motivated to look for every advantage. Sometimes we read about very sophisticated attacks against hardware that require advanced engineering. But attacks don’t really have to be sophisticated to be successful. Two relatively easy to execute attacks were recently highlighted by the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 24, 2014
'In this episode, Supriya Desai, Principal at ASC* Advisory, shares why in today’s global business environment – characterized by volatility, uncertainty, chaos and ambiguity – we must step up our role as change practitioners to develop our organizations to be change-agile. Listen to the show here (30 minutes): Be sure to visit the radio show page to listen to past episodes and subscribe to the show.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 7, 2014
'As my regulars know, I’ve recently left my job as a Verizon Wireless executive to pursue my entrepreneurial dream. I promise that my blog will continue to be about ways to support you. With that said, I’ve received so many wonderful notes and lots of questions about what’s next as an entrepreneur, that I figured there were […].
Lead on Purpose
APRIL 12, 2014
'One of the most important characteristics of leadership is integrity. Integrity means you are true to your word in all you do and people can trust you because you do what you say.
Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group
As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX
General Leadership
APRIL 9, 2014
'“The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitudes.”. Victor Frankl. Viktor Frankl was an incredible person by many measures. He was a brilliant academic, a survivor of three years in four different concentration camps during the Holocaust , a pioneering neurologist/psychiatrist in Vienna following World War II, and an inspirational author.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 27, 2014
'I would never forget that day back in 1987. It was probably my third or forth meeting with my new boss, Jack Kent Cooke. He asked me a question about something, and truthfully, I can’t even remember what it was. What I vividly remember was answering in a way that clearly indicated I wasn’t very sure I had the right answer. I’m sure you know what I mean – like a Jeopardy contestant answering in the form of a question.
CTOvision
APRIL 27, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. Everyone with any history in or around government has stories they can tell about federal government procurements. It really is a different beast. There are many reasons why. Perhaps the first 535 reasons are the 535 voting members of the US Congress that have the funding, oversight and legislative powers for how government works. Name another organization in the world that has a board of directors with 535 voting members?
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