Sat.Jan 03, 2015 - Fri.Jan 09, 2015

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Getting There Early

Let's Grow Leaders

'Getting there early is one of the simplest ways to get ahead of the competition. And yet this simple leadership tactic is often lost in the frenzy of overbooked schedules. Getting up early gets work done. Getting to the race early positions you for a fast start. Getting to the show early gets the best view. When Early is the New Late. “I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.” - Franklin D.

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How’s Your Leadership…Positive or Polluted?

General Leadership

'“It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.”. James C. Hunter. General George Washington and General Benedict Arnold were both effective leaders; however, their lasting effects on their organizations were profoundly different. Although both men were heroes of the continental Army, one went on to become the father of our country and is universally viewed today as an exemplar of selfless and inspirin

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The Power of Story: 12 Inspiring Lessons from 12 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

'Last month we published our first issue of Built Oregon , a new digital magazine that is conducting what I call a “grand entrepreneurial experiment”: Can the power of story move the economic dial? Stories, as Robert McKee once said, are the “ currency of human contact “ Stories help us understand the lessons we need to advance our entrepreneurial and business dreams, because they provide a necessary perspective and context.

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Intel’s Presentation at CES: The Future is Here

CTOvision

'By Katie Kennedy. Intel was a keynote at CES 2015. This video gives you a glance into the future. Technology is reaching a point where very little human interaction is needed. No longer will you need to find your keys to get into your house, or physically touch your computer to give it commands. Watch The Verge video of Intel’s Keynote here. Related articles.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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What Wikipedia Can’t Tell You About Action Learning Projects

Let's Grow Leaders

'Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. A great action learning program (ALP) has tremendous benefits: New ideas from fresh perspectives. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual. It doesn’t feel like training. Participants must manage through complex situations and team dynamics. Terrific opportunity to showcase talent to the executive team.

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Balancing Power and Influence as a Leader During Change

Change Starts Here

'Leaders who have authority in your organization play unique and vital roles during change. They are communicators, decision-makers, and motivators of change, all while being managers of the business. Leading a team through change is not always a straightforward task with right and wrong ways to do things. Instead there are many elements that must be balanced to bring about change.

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Join World Renowned Big Data Cyber Security Architect Eddie Garcia at 27 Jan Breakfast

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. Eddie Garcia is regarded as one of the nation''s greatest Big Data security architects. At Gazzang he led engineering teams through successful fielding of secure hadoop deployments where security was provided without sacrificing performance. Now a security engineer with Cloudera, Eddie continues to work directly with clients from enterprises across multiple sectors of the economy.

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On Confidence, Conviction and Finding Success

Let's Grow Leaders

'A guest post from LGL tribe member, Tom Eakin, about confidence, resilience, and the courage to keep going. As a U.S. Army Ranger-qualified Combat Engineer Officer, I learned how to find the confidence and conviction to do what it took to accomplish the mission even when it was really hard… especially when it was really hard. Later, I applied what I’d learned in the corporate environment.

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Why Mattering Matters

General Leadership

'“To matter means to be of consequence or importance to others.”. Angela Maiers. Do I matter? Do you believe you are seen, acknowledged, and valued? Most importantly, do you believe you can make a difference in the world around you? How we answer these questions about if, how and why we matter, be it at nine, nineteen or seventy-nine years old, speaks volumes about our self-concept, self-esteem and, ultimately, self-confidence.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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How Women Entrepreneurs can Overcome the Cash, Contracts and Connections Challenge

Women on Business

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New O’Reilly EBook: Field Guide To Hadoop

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. A new free E-book has just been released we believe will be of interest to a majority of our readers titled: The Field Guide to Hadoop. This book is recommended for IT managers, developers, data analysts, system architects, and strategists who are faced with having to replace current systems and skills with the new set required by NoSQL and Hadoop, or those who want to deepen their understanding of complementary technologies and databases.

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What Wickipedia Can’t Tell You About Action Learning Projects

Let's Grow Leaders

'Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. A great action learning program (ALP) has tremendous benefits: New ideas from fresh perspectives. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual. It doesn’t feel like training. Participants must manage through complex situations and team dynamics. Terrific opportunity to showcase talent to the executive team.

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Tune in Tonight! – 9pm Eastern – SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125!

General Leadership

'It’s that exciting time of the month again when you have the opportunity to interact with us LIVE on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 at 9pm Eastern (8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific) Wednesday, 7 Jan 2015. This special “12-Talents” broadcast will feature David Webb, General John E. Michel, Colonel Matthew T. Fritz and our special guests: Spann Cordle: Disability advocate, Walmart associate.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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2 Pivotal Steps Women Must Take to Get Ahead in the Business World

Women on Business

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Parrot RNB6: Turning an Old Car into a Smart Car

CTOvision

'By Katie Kennedy. The video below is brought to you by The Verge , a Vox media property that seeks to examine the intersection of technology, science, art and culture. The video was produced at CES2015. It highlights a new device by Parrot called RNB6. It is an after market device that can go in 90% of cars, making any car into smart car. Watch The Verge video here or embedded below: Cars are just giant gadgets on the road, says Verge.

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2015 Leadership Predictions:

The Empowered Buisness

' 7 Big Changes Every Leader Wants to Know About. Do you know how current trends will change the face of leadership in your company? Is your company ready to meet the new leadership challenges in the coming years? Are you aware of how leadership is evolving to respond to those trends? Every leader knows the importance of being strategic. Being strategic means looking into the future and identifying trends, opportunities and threats.

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A Tutorial for Reverse Engineering Your Software's Private API: Hacking Your Couch

Toptal

Reverse engineering and hacking are usually related to malicious activities that result in sleepless nights of engineers responsible for system maintenance. Reverse engineering is a tool that we can utilize to find the flaws and improve our software in many aspects. This article shows us how to use these techniques to learn more about different implementations of web API.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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What Makes People Buy?

Women on Business

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

'By Bob Gourley. Here are some of the technology stories we are tracking: Ulrich Beck, Sociologist Who Warned of Dangers of Technology , Is Dead at 70. Mr. Beck shot to national and international fame in 1986 after the publication of his book “Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity,” which argued that one of man''s proudest achievements, technology, had also created new risks in spheres ranging from .

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Consider How You Want Them to Feel

Next Level Blog

'If you work in an organization with other people, this is the time of year that you''re likely having conversations about goals and expectations for the year. You may be the boss having those talks with your team members. You may be the team member talking with your boss. You may be both.

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Jump Start Your Next Big Thing!

Nathan Magnuson

'A new year is often a great opportunity for new beginnings. But the truth is, we can get a new start anytime. New jobs, new projects, new goals, new hobbies – the possibilities are endless. When was the last time you started something new? If you’re just getting started now, here’s a game plan to get you moving fast! Set Your Destination.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Time to Hire a Professional Blogger for Your Company Blog

Women on Business

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Painting with Light: Energized paint glows with current

CTOvision

'By Katie Kennedy. What if you could actually paint with light? A company called LumiLor has created a paint that when energized with an electric current glows. Imagine the possibilities, having cars glow in conditions where they otherwise would not be visible, or have illuminated military equipment (like tanks!) blend into surrounding conditions, as well as using their light to guide their way.

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Mindful Mondays: How Baby Steps Can Keep You on Track This Year

Next Level Blog

'Have you found yourself already Googling the topic, “Why do New Year’s resolutions fail?” On what is, for many of us, the first full work day of 2015, I’m reminded that this is where the rubber meets the road in terms of all the intentions and resolutions that were made over the holidays. There’s a lot of research and opinions out there about why resolutions fail.

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How The Orange County CTO Solved His IT Problem

The Accidental Successful CIO

'Orange County’s IT department had a problem because nobody knew what they did Image Credit: Orange County Archives. Joel Manfredo was the CTO of Orange County, California a while ago. When he first came into office, he discovered what most CIOs discover when they start their job: he had a lot of problems on his hands that had nothing to do with the importance of information technology.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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5 Key Benefits of Internal Brand Building

Women on Business

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Announcing People + Data Digest !

CTOvision

'By Kord Davis. Our world is awash in data and information about it. And the impact to our individual lives is increasing every day. Data breaches impact our financial security, personal privacy, and reputations, innovations in data services are being developed continuously, and our laws, culture, and social interactions are being drastically impacted as a result.

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Executing Your Strategy: Avoiding The Epic Fail

Six Disciplines

'With all the bad news bombarding us daily, it''s time to get control over the things we can do , and do everything we can during times of uncertainty, to avoid the epic fail. To wit, here''s a short refresher on why companies fail: Failure to understand the customer. • Why they buy, what they want (real need for the product/service). Failure to understand the resources, time required to execute the strategy. • Can the staff, equipment, and processes handle the stated strategy?