N2Growth Blog
MAY 10, 2012
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership to begin with – the story. If you’ve ever been captivated by a skilled orator whose articulation and eloquence has influenced your thinking, you understand the power of the art of story.
Terry Starbucker
MAY 6, 2012
What does it take to be a successful leader in the 21 st Century? This is a question that has already filled the “Management/Leadership” shelves in the local (and virtual) bookstores many times over – and we’re only 12 years into this century. Chances are you’ve read one, two, or more of these books looking for answers that resonate and inspire. I’ve read many of those books too, and while I’ve found them helpful, there was nothing that beat the actual experience of being a leader, where I cou
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Change Starts Here
MAY 8, 2012
The status quo is a strong force to overcome when implementing change in an organization. Change gets stuck when the organization finds a way to resist it and keep things the way they are. Surprisingly, the very people who implement change frequently do things that allow the organization to resist. Change agents do the following things that make their change initiative resistible.
Next Level Blog
MAY 10, 2012
This is one of those titles that when you read it, you might be saying, “Really?” Yes, really. There’s a big difference between talking to people and talking with people. If you’re the designated leader in your organization, that difference has a multiplier effect that can cut in either direction. In a post a few weeks ago, I asked if.
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
MAY 11, 2012
Guest post by Business Make-over Expert, Ellen Rohr (learn more about Ellen at the end of this post). Ellen Rohr has 22 Financial Tips for Business Owners. Financial Do’s and Don’ts to help you be successful in business…. Biz Philosopher Jim Rohn said, “It’s easy to do the things you need to do to be successful. It’s even easier not to do them.
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Mills Scofield
MAY 8, 2012
Optimism is the greatest act of rebellion. So says my friend Carmen Medina. If anyone doubts the veracity of that statement, evidence abounds in the form of people – of all ages, shapes and sizes – and especially by kids (e.g., anyone under 40). To say I’m awed by what they are doing is an understatement. They don’t take ‘no’ as an answer but a challenge; they view entrepreneurship and capitalism as an inherently social venture; they take system-level approach
Next Level Blog
MAY 8, 2012
For the past couple of years in Next Level leadership workshops, I’ve asked the participants to do a lot of peer coaching exercises with each other. The coaching is always focused on real life issues the participants are dealing with and the conversations are intentionally brief. They’re brief because they more or less flow from three questions that the “coach”.
Women on Business
MAY 10, 2012
Is your business in need of capital? If so this article is for you! If you are like most people the answer is a loud, YES! There are critical times in a business where access to capital is essential for the company to grow, take advantage of opportunities and become the success it is capable of becoming. The last thing a business wants to do is turn away a revenue generating opportunity for a lack of capital.
The Recovering Engineer
MAY 6, 2012
Life lessons sometimes hit me in a delayed fashion. Reflecting on two experiences in my life – separated by about two years – reminded me of a valuable lesson for leaders of organizations facing change. Situation Number One: About two years ago, I was walking through a convention center with my friend, colleague, and co-author , Kevin Eikenberry , and we came upon two people standing at the top of an unmoving escalator.
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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.
The Accidental Successful CIO
MAY 9, 2012
'Image Credit. Why would a package delivery company care about cloud computing? When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight, who are you going to call? Probably FedEx, the package shipping company. What you might not know is that FedEx has an enormous IT infrastructure that they use to move all of those packages around. Why would they be thinking about messing with success and moving this mission critical support system into the cloud?
Next Level Blog
MAY 11, 2012
Every week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter. This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on sustainability, collaboration, and improving your public speaking, among others. Click headline to continue.
Women on Business
MAY 8, 2012
In a study conducted by the David Eccles School of Business , a male and female research team found that investors are less likely to back an IPO from a company led by a woman than a company led by a male. This is being referred to as the “Green Ceiling” in the investment world. In Skirting the Issues: Evidence of Gender Bias in IPO Prospectus Evaluator s, the report authors concluded that the “lack of female-led IPOs suggests a potentially larger problem — a gender-based
QAspire
MAY 8, 2012
A child develops confidence as she experiences things around her. We buy into products for which we perceive experience to be positive. We support causes that deliver positive results. In an organizational context, how can we then expect people to be totally committed to the improvement initiative at the start? People will never commit to anything that they have never experienced first hand.
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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.
Code Simplicity
MAY 10, 2012
I don’t often dive deep into the philosophical underpinnings of Code Simplicity , but I’ve been realizing more and more that there are a few philosophical principles behind the writings that would be valuable to share. Also, some of these philosophies haven’t been fully formed until I sat with the work for a long time, applied it in a lot of situations, and talked about it with many people.
Coalfire
MAY 10, 2012
We have reached a new milestone at Coalfire and have announced the recent acquisition of privately held Digital Resources Group (DRG) in Redwood City, California. We are excited about our latest venture as it consolidates our leadership position within the IT Governance Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) services industry. As we continue to grow, acquisitions such as this will help us gain new staff, clients, skills and additional geographical presence enabling Coalfire to continue to provide top-notc
Women on Business
MAY 11, 2012
Many people think that entrepreneurs have delusions of grandeur, but the truth is that many of us are running on fear. The fear that we may fail, the fear that we may be a success or the fear that we may find out that entrepreneurship is not for us. As I was going over the usual suspects for an article topic this morning, it dawned on me that there are specific questions that we entrepreneurs.
The Programmer's Paradox
MAY 8, 2012
There are at least two different approaches to computer programing. The first approach comes from slowly building up an understanding of coding ‘tricks’. These are simple ways to solve simple problems. Initially, people start with the basic language features: assignments, conditionals, loops and functions. As they figure them out these go into their Bag O’Tricks.
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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.
Six Disciplines
MAY 11, 2012
One of the best resources about the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework is " Your Reference Guide to Performance Excellence " (published by NIST) which exp lains the benefits of Baldrige and the tools, approaches, and resources available to you. What Is Performance Excellence? What Baldrige Offers You. What Makes Baldrige Different. Begin Your Journey.
Strategy Driven
MAY 8, 2012
Humans make mistakes, whether the result of carelessness or unintended misfortune. And no set of performance standards can fully alleviate all errors and their associated adverse outcomes. Additionally, rare and individual-driven events do not necessarily warrant a change in the organization’s performance standards as doing so may offer very little to the prevention of future mistakes.
Six Disciplines
MAY 7, 2012
On the National Baldrige Performance Excellence website, there's a great article entitled " Why Take The Baldrige Journey? ". Organizations everywhere are looking for ways to effectively and efficiently meet their missions and achieve their visions. Thousands of organizations use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to guide their enterprises, improve performance, and get sustainable results.
Six Disciplines
MAY 11, 2012
One of the best resources about the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework is " Your Reference Guide to Performance Excellence " (published by NIST) which exp lains the benefits of Baldrige and the tools, approaches, and resources available to you. What Is Performance Excellence? What Baldrige Offers You. What Makes Baldrige Different. Begin Your Journey.
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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.
Six Disciplines
MAY 7, 2012
On the National Baldrige Performance Excellence website, there's a great article entitled " Why Take The Baldrige Journey? ". Organizations everywhere are looking for ways to effectively and efficiently meet their missions and achieve their visions. Thousands of organizations use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to guide their enterprises, improve performance, and get sustainable results.
Strategy Driven
MAY 7, 2012
I am sick of the argument that cold calling still has a valuable place in selling. Someone PLEASE show me the value. Let’s look at the stats…. 98% or more rejection rate. 100% interruption of the prospect. 100% they already know what you’re selling. 100% they already have what you’re selling. 100% manipulation to get through to the decision maker. 100% lack of personal preparation about the customer.
Strategy Driven
MAY 6, 2012
Recruitment Technology. by SAP. In this Research Brief, Aberdeen discusses why talent acquisition is at the heart of talent management for many organizations. From the days of medieval guild apprenticeships, to help-wanted classified ads, to the modern job boards and social networking practices, organizations have been working to improve the process of finding, hiring, and deploying new employees.
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