Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

'As a follow-up to our discussion about the Biggest Mistakes Team Leaders make, Bruce Harpham offers his insights on the biggest mistakes NEW leaders make. Mark Twain said, “Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.” When we made errors in judgement, it’s important to learn from that experience. Fortunately, you don’t have to experience every leadership mistake personally in order to grow your skills.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 1, 2014

'“I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”. Maya Angelou. The great philosopher Aristotle once said, “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” But courage is something more than a quality of the mind. It is, as I learned from my wife, primarily a condition of the heart.

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Change Starts Here

JULY 29, 2014

'Ready to gain some traction? People who implement change at work use common phrases to describe the frustration they feel at times: Herding cats. Swimming upstream. Banging my head against the wall. Spinning my wheels. Walking through quicksand. Pushing a boulder uphill. In other words, it seems like a lot of effort for little or no result. Sound familiar?

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Erik Bernhardsson

JULY 29, 2014

Many years ago, I used to think that A/B tests were foolproof and all you need to do is compare the metrics for the two groups. The group with the highest conversion rate wins, right? Then, for a long period, I ran a lot of tests. I started using confidence intervals, and learned about all the pitfalls of A/B testing. What to think about when running many A/B tests , why you shouldn’t check your metrics every day , why you shouldn’t optimize for a local maximum, and so on.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 28, 2014

'Nothing could be easier than getting out amongst the troops, wandering around and listening, right? MBWA ,or management by wandering around, is one of the truly great management techniques. So why do so many executives royally screw it up, leaving a path of fear and intimidation that takes local management months to recover? Most execs I know who fumble this easy move, start with good intentions: they want to be visible, to demonstrate commitment, to reinforce priorities, to inspect what they e

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 27, 2014

'If you listen closely enough, you can hear it. The struggle. The grunts and sighs. The intensity of effort. The gnashing of teeth. It’s the classic (and critical) business tug of war, and leaders need to be on the winning side, or their business will be banished to the dustbin of mediocrity. What are the opposing sides on this tug of war? Let’s take a look… On the left, there’s the formidable “Done fast” After all, in any business, time is money.

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Erik Bernhardsson

JULY 29, 2014

Many years ago, I used to think that A/B tests were foolproof and all you need to do is compare the metrics for the two groups. The group with the highest conversion rate wins, right? Then, for a long period, I ran a lot of tests. I started using confidence intervals, and learned about all the pitfalls of A/B testing. What to think about when running many A/B tests , why you shouldn’t check your metrics every day , why you shouldn’t optimize for a local maximum, and so on.

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CTOvision

JULY 30, 2014

'By Eugene Borukhovich. With U.S. agencies mandating that healthcare providers engage their consumers through patient portals, data science may be the secret weapon for physicians and health care organizations to not only comply with that mandate, but provide a level of service that bonds them to patients under their care. Combined with electronic health records (EHR), patient portals allow physicians and patients to collaborate, providing a means for patients to meaningfully participate in thei

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General Leadership

JULY 31, 2014

'Have you settled for the safety of the trenches? Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com CEO, Brigadier General Michel shares leadership lessons from the safety of the trenches. by. … Read the rest. The post Check Out Today’s 200-Second Soundbite™ Video Spotlight! appeared first on General Leadership.

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Women on Business

JULY 29, 2014

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Next Level Blog

JULY 31, 2014

'Years ago, someone introduced me to a game called BS Bingo. (They actually spelled it out but I’m keeping things PG here.) If you were playing, you had a bingo type card where each square contained a common business buzzword. You could take the card to a meeting and check off the boxes as you heard the words used. When you got five in a row in any direction, you yelled out, “BS!

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CTOvision

JULY 31, 2014

'Over 400 Industry representatives met in Charleston on 30 July 2014 for the Small Business Industry Outreach Initiative Symposium (SBIOI) where SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic (SSC LANT) briefed their current and future opportunities. Anyone who travels to Charleston this time of year, when the temperature and humidity level are unbearable, should be rewarded for his or her efforts!

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General Leadership

JULY 30, 2014

'GeneralLeadership enjoys the opportunity to highlight leaders who our readers believe provide excellent examples worth taking note of. Through our LeaderView™ Leadership Profile series, we reach out to identified candidates and ask for their insights as to what makes them tick as a leader. In our latest LeaderView™ Leadership Profile, we caught up with Vern M. “Rusty” Findley II, former Air Force Lieutenant General and now an independent consultant at VMFindley Consulting LLC, to as

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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.

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Women on Business

JULY 30, 2014

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Next Level Blog

JULY 28, 2014

'If you haven''t seen it, take a look at this recent article in the New York Times titled "No Time To Think". It''s a fascinating recap of a study at the University of Virginia that confirms what you may already know. Lots of us are keep ourselves "super busy" because we''d rather have a day packed with doing stuff than leave anytime to be alone with our thoughts.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2014

'Napatech is the world leader in accelerating network management and security applications. They focus on keeping their customers one step ahead of the data growth curve by accelerating applications and time-to-market while reducing risk. Napatech customers cover a broad range of industries and applications including some of the largest and most innovative technology companies.

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General Leadership

JULY 29, 2014

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “Are your Aware of Your Leadership Shadow?” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Senior Curator and GeneralLeadership.com COO, Col Matthew T. Fritz reminds us our leadership style casts a shadow. Neglect it and your effectiveness suffers. by. … Read the rest.

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Women on Business

JULY 31, 2014

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JULY 30, 2014

'CIOs can use business partnerships to achieve more Image Credit. As the person with the CIO job you are faced with a double challenge : despite the importance of information technology you have a limited budget and you have limited resources. This means that in order to get everything done that the rest of the company is expecting you to do, you are going to have to get creative.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. If you work in an enterprise that leverages data (and don’t all enterprises these days leverage data?) you will want to attend Pentaho World 8-10 October in Tampa. This event brings together champions of the open architecture/open approach/open framework world of big data and the engineers and leaders of Pentaho and their partners to enhance sharing of lessons learned and repeatable use cases.

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Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

'General John Michel of the U.S. Air Force has graciously written this post for my blog. To say I''m honored is an understatement. Gen. Michel is finishing his assignment as Commanding General (CEO) at NATO Air Training Command in Kabul, Afghanistan in a few weeks. Gen. Michel knows more than most of us ever will about leadership in ever changing complex, complicated, dynamic, multi-cultural, life-and-death situations (see bio at the end) Thank you, John, yes for this post but more so for your i

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Women on Business

JULY 28, 2014

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The Programmer's Paradox

JULY 30, 2014

There are five basic stages of software development: Analysis Design Coding Testing Deployment These stages are the same whether or not the system is brand new or just undergoing the next round of development. Analysis is all about gathering the basic facts around the problem and any other related information necessary for the solution. The keys to getting it right are to gather precise details and to organize them for later use.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2014

'Wayin is a social intelligence company that integrates social content into new experiences for consumers and delivers greater value and control for brands. Wayin provides the ability to aggregate, curate, integrate and measure social content and data in real-time allowing companies of all sizes to extend and derive new value from their social marketing and communication efforts.

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Coalfire

JULY 30, 2014

It’s no secret that the internet has changed the way we do business in nearly every industry. On the other hand, the dangers of limited cyber regulations are quickly becoming a focus for the government due to the frequency and impact of data breaches. It’s becoming apparent that convenience comes at the price of security—the federal government is taking notice.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 1, 2014

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Rapid BI

JULY 31, 2014

'Spiritual Intelligence in Leadership – From Manager to Leader in your own life By Sarah Alexander Leadership is such a large and extensively written about topic, so where would a new approach start? Alexander structures the book by looking at leadership and the act of leadership through the journey from manager to leader: “Knowing our true […].

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CTOvision

JULY 30, 2014

'By Shannon Perry. A recent press release from the Federal Trade Commission identifies “cramming” as a significant threat to American consumers and announces the release of an FTC report addressing the issue. The FTC defines cramming as “the unlawful practice of placing unauthorized third-party charges on mobile phone accounts.” Often applications and downloads do not clearly present their fees and charges, and those costs find their way to cell phone bills at the end of the month.

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