Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 7, 2016
Her call touched me deeply. She was trying so hard… to establish the right vision, to key in on the important behaviors, to scaffold and develop…and her team just wasn’t listening. Perhaps you’ve been there too. You’ve got vision. You care deeply. You teach. You repeat yourself. But no one seems to “get it”? Here are ten questions worth asking when you hit that wall– when your team is just not listening.
General Leadership
MARCH 11, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. (US Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox). Always do everything you ask of those you command. – General George S. Patton. When I was an instructor at the Air Force’s Officer Training School, I noticed the uncanny way the groups of officer trainees we led became mirrors of their Flight Commander.
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Erik Bernhardsson
MARCH 11, 2016
(This is not a very relevant/useful post for regular readers – feel free to skip. I thought I would share it so people can find it on Google.). My blog blew up twice in a week earlier this year when I landed on Hacker News. The first time I was asleep so I didn’t notice that the site went down. The second time I did notice, and scrambled to reconfigure Apache & MySQL to handle the load.
Terry Starbucker
MARCH 6, 2016
On paper, and in your head, you have the best team in the world – and yet, things are not clicking. You feel like you have the “ right people on the bus “, but right now, it’s just a bus going to nowhere. What to do? First off, you are not alone – this is a classic dilemma that has spawned a ton of books, studies, white papers, seminars, webinars and head scratching that have attempted to discern the core issues and solutions.
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CTOvision
MARCH 9, 2016
Sanjeev Sularia. Supermarkets are vying to win over shoppers as the supermarket war escalates with the arrival of cut price alternatives in the US, that have already gobbled up market share from the big brand players in Europe. Intelligence Node’s Sanjeev Sularia warns that supermarkets will need to use big data to gain a deeper understanding of shopping patterns to stave off the competition.
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Erik Bernhardsson
MARCH 11, 2016
(This is not a very relevant/useful post for regular readers – feel free to skip. I thought I would share it so people can find it on Google.). My blog blew up twice in a week earlier this year when I landed on Hacker News. The first time I was asleep so I didn’t notice that the site went down. The second time I did notice, and scrambled to reconfigure Apache & MySQL to handle the load.
Toptal
MARCH 8, 2016
With the security concerns surrounding Smart Home technology and the rise of the Internet of Things, has our concept of the home changed forever? Let's look at what's next and how it might impact us.
CTOvision
MARCH 11, 2016
Bob Gourley. This post provides an update on the ongoing battle between Apple and the U.S. government regarding Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone, recovered by police after the horrific massacre in San Bernadino on December 2, 2015. It is just days before the March 22, 2016 hearing in this long-running, highly publicized dispute between the FBI and Apple, with the FBI’s demands of Apple being variously termed “jailbreak”, put a backdoor into, brute force access, compromise security of, or any number
General Leadership
MARCH 7, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Don’t judge me by my past. I don’t live there anymore. “ Petteri Tarkkonen. . How did you enjoy today’s post? If you liked what you read, sign up for our frequent newsletter by clicking HERE — and you’ll also receive our handy Leader’s Reference List. . … Read the rest.
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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.
Change Starts Here
MARCH 9, 2016
Engaging employees in developing their own solution is one of the key ways to generate ownership and reduce resistance. Yet often, change agents are called into a project after the solution has been decided – the software has been selected, the standard process has been developed, or a strategy has been defined, for example – and now your job is to get people to adopt it.
Toptal
MARCH 11, 2016
If you haven't been working with PHP lately, you might wonder what happened to PHP 6. Why the skip from PHP 5 to PHP 7? Well, long story short, PHP 6 was a failure. To avoid confusion, the new version was renamed PHP 7. PHP 7 introduces a number of new features, while at the same time dropping depreciated SAPIs and extensions. As a result, it tends to outperform PHP 5.x by a wide margin.
CTOvision
MARCH 8, 2016
Bob Gourley. James Madison University is looking for an experienced professional to help serve and mentor the next generation of advanced intelligence analysts and has provided us with the job description below. Please look it over and share it with others that may have an interest: Assistant / Associate Professor - Intelligence Analysis Program. Institution: James Madison University.
General Leadership
MARCH 8, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 4 May 2014. Do you lead like a rich person? –Or—. Do you lead like a poor person? An Afghan Air Force General asked recently through his translator…. Do you lead like a rich person or a poor person?
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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.
Women on Business
MARCH 7, 2016
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Toptal
MARCH 10, 2016
Since its debut in 2008, Python 3 has come a long way. Gone are the days when it lacked support for almost all useful libraries and tools. Python 3 offers many improvements and amazing new features that make writing robust code in Python easier than ever. In this article, Toptal engineer Dario Bertini discusses some of the improvements and features that Python 3 has to offer, and explains whether switching to Python 3 is a smart choice right now.
CTOvision
MARCH 8, 2016
Katie Kennedy. Artificial Intelligence is the discipline of thinking machines. It has been a field of growing interest since 1955 when John McCarthy first coined the term, defining it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.". The largest players in technology today, including Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple, are all investing heavily in Artificial Intelligence.
Lead on Purpose
MARCH 7, 2016
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Are you drifting in your career or your life?
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Women on Business
MARCH 9, 2016
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Toptal
MARCH 7, 2016
Meteor is a framework for rapidly building real-time JavaScript web applications. It can be used to build complex applications with amazing ease. However, that can often result in adoption of bad development practices and poorly structured code. In this article, Toptal engineer Darion Cassel shares some simple ways to improve the structure of your next Meteor-based web application without resorting to complicated boilerplates and scaffolding tools.
CTOvision
MARCH 9, 2016
Katie Kennedy. You can take steps to reduce your digital risk and enhance security. Learning lessons and networking with other professionals is critical to doing just that. The Arizona Technology Council (AZTC), Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) and Arizona Cyber threat Response Alliance (ACTRA)/Arizona InfraGard present the third annual Cybersecurity Summit on Thursday, May 5th.
CoachStation
MARCH 7, 2016
Why do you do what you do? Understanding your purpose, what motivates you and most importantly using this knowledge to advantage is key to your success, both professionally and personally. My eldest daughter, Maddy, is currently in year 9. One of her elective subjects this year is Business and as part of the curriculum Maddy was asked to interview a business owner to better understand why, how and what was required to set up the business.
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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.
Women on Business
MARCH 10, 2016
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Toptal
MARCH 7, 2016
By adopting the smart home, are we forfeiting the security and intimacy our home, our most personal space, has given us over millennia?
CTOvision
MARCH 7, 2016
Brigg Patten. Mobile learning has the potential to revolutionize current training systems. Since its very nature is adaptable and personalized, it can transcend limitations of distance and schedule. The international mobile learning market is showing rapid growth. However, mobile learning is more than just e-learning on a mobile device. A great number of considerations must come into play when designing a quality mobile learning course.
Next Level Blog
MARCH 7, 2016
If you’re in a leadership role of almost any type, the odds are high that you have to do some sort of public speaking on a semi-regular basis. It could be a staff meeting, a board presentation, a town-hall meeting or a conference keynote. Your public speaking possibilities are endless, really. Do you enjoy them or dread them? Nail them or muff them?
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“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.
Women on Business
MARCH 5, 2016
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Nathan Magnuson
MARCH 7, 2016
Recently I shared 9 Leadership themes for the new year , including one: be known positively. I’m realizing this particular theme is harder that it seems. But that doesn’t change the fact that you and I are largely responsible for our public image. So how can we build positive interactions and relationships with others? Here are nine distinct strategies I’ve picked to focus on.
CTOvision
MARCH 11, 2016
Katie Kennedy. The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Hunting What’s Next in High Tech. FBI vs. Apple: Far Too Important to Be Left to Judges - Newsweek. Steve Ballmer no longer badmouths Linux but makes no apologies for calling it a ‘cancer’. #AppleVsFBI – #FBIVsApple – The Basics, Explained, With Links To Original Documents.
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