Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 20, 2014
'If you ask any leader for the right way to handle a screw up, you’ll likely hear the following advice. 1. Admit the screw up 2. Apologize 3. Do what you can to make it right. Try it. Tell a few leaders you just screwed up and ask for advice. Let me know if […] The post The Screw Up Post I Shouldn’t Have to Write appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Change Starts Here
JANUARY 21, 2014
'It’s probably the most-quoted statistic about organizational change: 70% of change initiatives fail. But what does that mean? Where did that number come from? And is it even true? Jennifer Frahm, Director of Conversations of Change, joins the show from Australia to discuss the history and dispell the myth that many accept as fact. Listen in as Jen challenges us as change practitioners to respectfully set the record straight.
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CTOvision
JANUARY 22, 2014
'By WayneWheeles Editor’s note: Wayne Wheeles has established a fantastic reputation as a pioneer in applying big data solutions to enterprise cyber security mission needs. -bg. Much like the Lufthansa heist of 1978 , the recent Target data breach has captured the attention of the American people; focusing them on the incredible threat potential posed by cybercrime.
General Leadership
JANUARY 21, 2014
'“Things turn out the best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.”. John Wooden. As the end to my working years begins to come hazily into view, conversations with younger co-workers naturally and frequently include the question, “What are you going to do when you retire?” Feeling not very smart or helpful, I usually mumble something about taking care of household chores that have been put off for later.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 24, 2014
'Fake talk diminishes relationships, slows work down, and jeapordizes results. At yet, the B.S. factor is alive and well in corporate America. We need more straight talk about fake talk. Fake talk is attractive as an easy way out. But when fake talk’s the norm, the real game becomes guessing what’s really happening or what […] The post Getting Past Fake Talk at Work appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Terry Starbucker
JANUARY 23, 2014
'I’m honored to chat with one of my leadership mentors on my latest More Human Leadership Podcast - author, keynote speaker and consultant Steve Farber. Steve has written and published a series of best-selling leadership books, including “ The Radical Leap ”, which recently was named one of the “100 Best Business Books of All Time”. Under the banner of his company Extreme Leadership Incorporated, he is also is a senior-level leadership coach and consultant, and has worked with and sp
CTOvision
JANUARY 23, 2014
'By Bob Gourley The agenda for the 3rd Annual Cloudera Federal Forum (6 Feb 2014, Hanover MD) has firmed up and will no doubt lead to an incredible event. This will be a great venue for thought leaders from the federal government, great tech firms and very talented integrator firms. The speakers are a world-class-best mix of data and analysis practitioners, and from what I can tell the attendees will be the real action-oriented professionals from government really making things happen in Big Dat
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 22, 2014
'“I’ll stand my ground. And I won’t back down.” -Tom Petty “Pete,” a leader in a new job with a substantial increase in scope and scale, asked me this seemingly simple question: “How do you know when to stand your ground?” I knew he needed more than my first instinct,”just go with your gut.” Knowing […] The post When to Stand Your Ground appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Erik Bernhardsson
JANUARY 22, 2014
We run a ton of A/B tests at Spotify and we look at a ton of metrics. Defining metrics is a little bit of an art form. Ideally you want to define success metrics before you run a test to avoid cherry picking metrics. You also want to define a metric that has as high signal to noise ratio. And of course, most importantly, your metric should ideally correlate to high level business impact as much as possible.
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Change Starts Here
JANUARY 22, 2014
'What really needs to change in your organization for your initiative to succeed? Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to that question. But, before you start to influence change at work, you must understand what really needs to change in order to achieve the desired results for your organization. With that clarity, you will start to build the energy required to move away from the status quo and towards an improved future.
CTOvision
JANUARY 24, 2014
'By Bob Gourley At this link and embedded below Dave Vellante of Silicon Angle leads a discussion with Stu Miniman and David Floyer on the $2.3 Billion purchase of IBM’s server business by Lenovo. Dave, Stu and David are three of the most plugged in/truth seeking analysts in this space. They are always thinking and writing about these issues are are continuously in direct contact with decision makers in the enterprise market and also with leaders in the IT community.
Terry Starbucker
JANUARY 19, 2014
'“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” – Otto van Bismarck. Last week I told you about my latest leadership journey - “ More Human “, the book. I’m grateful for the feedback that you’ve given me so far. It’s confirming something that deep down, I knew I had to do if I was to really convey the meaning behind the philosophy.
Women on Business
JANUARY 24, 2014
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Next Level Blog
JANUARY 23, 2014
'Earlier today, someone I care about a lot was the victim of weenie-like behavior from someone in a leadership role who should have known better. Unfortunately, weenies are all around us. You can recognize them by their unique combination of spineless and thoughtless behavior. That and their lack of nutritional value. Click headline to continue.
CTOvision
JANUARY 21, 2014
'By Bob Gourley The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory is holding a Data Science Symposium we believe will be of high interest to the enterprise CTO community. Symposium topics include the technology landscape of data science, ways to improve analytics, and better ways to approach and manage datasets.
Toptal
JANUARY 21, 2014
When people think computational geometry, in my experience, they typically think one of two things: 1. Wow, that sounds complicated. 2. Oh yeah, convex hull. In this post, I'd like to shed some light on computational geometry, starting with a brief overview of the subject before moving into some practical advice based on my own experiences in computational geometric programming with Python.
Women on Business
JANUARY 22, 2014
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Next Level Blog
JANUARY 20, 2014
'One of the good news/bad news aspects of my work is that I travel a lot. The good news part is I love the work and the people I work with. The bad news part is I also love being home and, sometimes, I find myself not paying a lot of attention to what’s out there on the road. Fortunately, I was paying attention last week and got to take this picture of a couple of segments of the Berlin Wall that are on display at a hotel in Dallas.
CTOvision
JANUARY 19, 2014
'By Bob Gourley You know the top federal IT news of 2013, after all, you probably lived it. We all tracked topics like the Shutdown and its impact on IT, HealthCare.gov, NSA programs, Data Center consolidation efforts. Every one of those stories have something in common. None of them were really about technology. The really interesting stories, at least from a CTO perspective, are big technology mega trends that are forcing change and positive improvements in enterprise IT.
QAspire
JANUARY 22, 2014
'We are living in a world of attention deficit where no one has the time to listen. From what I have observed, organizations suffer from a listening crisis. Everyone has the answers and everybody wants to tell their story. No one is patient enough to sit back, ask questions and then really listen. This calls for some gentle reminders – they aren’t cool new ideas but this is what we need as leaders if we wish to be really effective in organizations and within our families.
Women on Business
JANUARY 23, 2014
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The Accidental Successful CIO
JANUARY 22, 2014
'IT can play a role in helping the company to set the right price for their products Image Credit. In order for your company to be successful, they need to sell their product or service to the right customer at the right price. It turns out that this may be more difficult than you think. Here in the 21st Century, determining what the right price for a product is requires a great deal of support from the IT department and is just one more example of the importance of information technology.
CTOvision
JANUARY 23, 2014
'By Bob Gourley With this post I would like to share some good news and offer a public congratulations to friend Pam Arya of Optensity , as well as the other exemplars of leadership listed below. The following is from the press release at [link] : Women in Technology Announces Finalists for 15th Annual Leadership Awards. Professional Women in the Washington, D.C.
Lead on Purpose
JANUARY 22, 2014
'People in countries, organizations and companies tend to behave in similar ways. The term culture has come to represent this idea: the way people think, behave or work. The culture of a company can have a major effect on the value—in terms of products and services—that a company provides to its customers. A recent Gallup study analyzed data from more than 30,000 employees in various industries to determine what characteristics led to companies creating a high-performance culture that improves t
Women on Business
JANUARY 20, 2014
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QAspire
JANUARY 19, 2014
'The coach felt the undercurrent. There was a visible problem between the two teams who were trying to kill each other’s morale before the big game. One day, the coach gathered both teams in one room. He then drew two lines on the board; one longer than the other. When one of the captains was asked to match the lines, he just erased the part of longer line to match.
CTOvision
JANUARY 21, 2014
'By Bob Gourley. This post was written on behalf of Corvil to help further the dialog on efficient IT operations. Every enterprise has users that expect performance of their applications. Users want applications that are responsive to their needs, accurate and loaded with the right data. From a user perspective any problem is a problem with IT, whether that problem comes from slow communications, data bottlenecks, slow servers or overloaded end devices.
Ruminations of a Programmer
JANUARY 22, 2014
In my last post I discussed the count-min sketch data structure that can be used to process data streams using sub-linear space. In this post I will continue with some of my thoughts on how count-min sketches can be used in a typical event sourced application architecture. An event sourcing system typically has a query model which provides a read only view of how all the events are folded to provide a coherent view of the system.
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