Terry Starbucker
JUNE 24, 2012
You’ve framed your vision, set your strategy, built your model, hired your team, designed your processes, set expectations, and pushed confidently forward on executing your path to success. And yet, there’s one last thing that you need to do to get it all to true greatness. It’s gut check time. How do you really FEEL about this road you’re on?
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 26, 2012
One of my early bosses and mentors, Gail Parsons, said this to me almost daily. I was young and newly promoted in an HR role in the midst of a big merger. There was much organizational realignment. Everyone had a new boss and a new team. Most leaders were in the midst of relocating their [.].
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Steve Farber
JUNE 25, 2012
“It’s one thing to become involved in the business world; yet, it’s a completely different level to start a thriving business in a country that lacks the financial assets and resources. To be innovative is to allow yourself to expose your mind to something amazing that has potential to change the world.” –Jessica Steinberg, Founder, Giveable Giggles, reflecting on her current experience in Argentina.
The Recovering Engineer
JUNE 25, 2012
Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire, 1694-1778. In a conflict, it is often tempting to go on the attack in an effort to make your point. In fact, it’s a natural response to a situation you perceive as physically or emotionally threatening in some way. In most workplace situations, none of us will be in an imminent physical threat situation when we are in conflict.
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.
Women on Business
JUNE 26, 2012
Guest Post By: Tara Hornor (Learn more about Tara at the end of this post). It is the recognition of a brand that makes the company, service, or product what it is. In our increasingly visual society, it’s difficult to build brand recognition because of the plethora of competition. Without the consumer’s ability to visualize a brand, however, it is destined to fail.
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Change Starts Here
JUNE 27, 2012
Facebook is in the news again, drawing ire for making a switcharoo right under users noses. No communication (or perhaps one note that was ignored by most everyone), no buy-in, no reason. Just make a change and expect everyone to accept it and move on. Yet despite Facebook being held up as an example of what not to do, companies use the same approach to make organizational changes all the time.
Next Level Blog
JUNE 28, 2012
Early last month, I had the opportunity to be in a small group conversation with the president of one of the world’s great private universities. During the session, one of us asked the president what issue she was most concerned about and she immediately answered that it was the pressures on the pubic university system in the United States. She told us that her friends and colleagues leading those schools were facing enormous challenges such as the fiscal conditions of the states that support th
Women on Business
JUNE 29, 2012
Stuart Miles/freedigitalphoto.net. In every city across the country scores of small businesses are encouraged to seek help at small business development centers, with SCORE counselors and attend small business workshops put on by their local economic development office, but where is the help? Routinely I’ve heard that the advice given was generic and general and really didn’t help them run their business once they’ve started it.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 29, 2012
In my earlier post, Don’t Get a Mentor, I talked about my preference for finding a mentor organically rather than waiting for formal programs. On the other hand, throughout the years, my favorite formal programs have always been in the form of circles. These are groups with a leader as guide and a small group of [.].
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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.
Lead on Purpose
JUNE 23, 2012
I am facing a major change in the next week. My daughter, who has gone to college for a couple of years, recently decided to serve an 18 month mission for our church ; she will be serving in Scotland and Ireland for the next year and a half. While I couldn’t be happier for her decision, it’s admittedly difficulty for me to let her go. Not only will I miss doing things with her, but I’ll also worry about her safety.
Next Level Blog
JUNE 26, 2012
While I’m away on vacation this week, I’d like to share a few of my most popular posts from the archives, including this one about leadership lessons inspired by the 2011 Oscars. There’s an old joke that my adopted hometown of Washington, DC, is Hollywood for, well, um, not so attractive people. So, of course, to see all the beautiful. Click headline to continue.
Steve Farber
JUNE 25, 2012
“It’s one thing to become involved in the business world; yet, it’s a completely different level to start a thriving business in a country that lacks the financial assets and resources. To be innovative is to allow yourself to expose your mind to something amazing that has potential to change the world.” –Jessica Steinberg, Founder, Giveable Giggles, reflecting on her current experience in Argentina.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 28, 2012
The natural tendency when looking for a mentor is to turn to people who look like us, think like us, or value the same things we do. It’s easier, and often precisely how people are matched in some formal mentoring programs. That can be fantastic. On the other hand, what about seeking out a mentoring relationship [.].
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Mills Scofield
JUNE 26, 2012
As some of you know, I am passionate about networking, leading indicators and innovation from new combinations of existing things. I’ve been wondering how networks can be leading indicators for innovation! Sarah Beaulieu reminded me about LinkedIn’s Maps , so I took a look at mine : I won’t go into detail, but it’s interesting to see the clusters of my clients, the communities I “belong” to (geographic, education, career, faith, etc.) and the intersections (or
The Accidental Successful CIO
JUNE 27, 2012
'Image Credit It takes more than a coat of paint to make old IT systems new again. No CIO wants to have a project fail. That’s why when it comes time to do something about older IT systems, replace or renew them, most CIOs have to take time to think about what they really want to do. This is the kind of project that is going to require both the IT department and the rest of the business to work together.
Rapid BI
JUNE 29, 2012
Each month Evan Carmichael publishes list of influential people on twitter - they are a great list to follow. June 2012 Top 100 Management Experts to Follow on Twitter.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 27, 2012
So… you want a mentor. Now what? Where? Who? How to approach? First, let me say this. I have NEVER been offended by anyone who has asked me for career advice , or wanting to know me better. I love to help. I have always said yes to anyone who approached me with the [.].
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Strategy Driven
JUNE 26, 2012
Workplace distractions are everywhere; telephones ring, page announcements sound, computer popups appear, co-workers interrupt. Each of these and countless other diversions interrupt the natural progression of work achievement and divert employees’ attention away from the task at hand. Such distractions can cause an employee to lose his or her place when performing critical procedures.
Nutanix
JUNE 29, 2012
When I was attending Interop in Tokyo a couple of weeks back, I had a few participants ask me the same question: how is Nutanix different from others.
Rapid BI
JUNE 28, 2012
What is an organisational development or assessment tool? RapidBI provice change agents and organisational development specialists with organisational and holistic diagnostic tools and processes.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 23, 2012
I was clearing security this week at the Denver airport, particularly annoyed since the TSA agent had just dumped the entire contents of my purse out and then walked away. Turns out “too many pennies,” can leave you racing for your gate. When I looked up to see an attractive, poised, and confident woman walking [.].
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Strategy Driven
JUNE 24, 2012
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SoCal CTO
JUNE 26, 2012
I've done four Free CTO Consulting Sessions in the past month with startup founders who all had run into variations of the same problem. They didn't feel they had visibility into timelines and costs for development of their software. They couldn't plan their business. Investors and early customers were becoming worried about the ability of the founder to deliver.
Rapid BI
JUNE 26, 2012
Strategy and tools in business Over the years a lot of good and bad stuff has been said about SWOT. Sure it is not the most robust of tools but when used in the way it was originally developed – it is a powerful tool.Some people have argued that it is time to move on [.].
Women on Business
JUNE 28, 2012
There is a new song out by Josh Turner entitled “Time is Love” Every time I hear this song it is a mini-exercise in personal and professional strategic planning for me. . How often do we think about where we spend our time- and really get honest with ourselves? How often do we think about what we really care about, what matters most? And the final step… how often do we compare what matters most with where we actually spend our time?
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Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr
Strategy Driven
JUNE 25, 2012
When a new sales representative is hired, a company provides what is known as orientation and ramp up. Once those elements are complete, the company believes the salesperson can go out and begin earning money. First, it’s a heavy dose of product training. The company and their trainers will spend days, sometimes weeks, on ‘what it is,’ ‘how it works,’ ‘how it’s used,’ and a myriad of other semi-useful facts.
QAspire
JUNE 26, 2012
Last two posts ( here and here ) focused on managing the emotional aspects of workplace to build a culture of engagement. While I was writing about it, I came across a very interesting paper titled “ The Emotionally Bonded Organization: Why Emotional Infrastructure Matters And How Leaders Can Build It ” by Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of International Business at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and Subroto Bagchi , co-founder of MindTree.
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