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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. While weather may have been the root cause, the 16,000 flights canceled between Dec. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts.

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Psychological Safety And Scrum Teams: How To Create A High-Performance Environment

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Psychological Safety And Scrum Teams: How To Create A High-Performance Environment. Psychological Safety has certainly earned its place on the buzzword shelf. Organizations have gravitated toward this concept because they want to address a challenge around creativity, innovation, and basic team formation. . For example: .

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

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The challenges of managing IT in a foreign land Adjusting to a new environment, motivating team members, and earning trust are challenges all expat CIOs confront. When Richard Ventre got an opportunity to move to India from the Netherlands, he latched on to it. “We

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The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition

James Shore

For this week’s Tuesday Lunch & Learn livestream , I have a special show for you: the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition. The Art of Agile Development came out in 2007. I’m going to be reading from the new edition of my book, The Art of Agile Development. and now it’s time for an update.

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FSI Member Spotlight Episode #17 – Matt Beecher

Praxent

Tim Hamilton: Matt, tell us what is Neocova, and the suite of products that you all have developed? Then from there, we employ really three microservice products off of Fineuron. FSI Member Spotlight Episode #17: Challenges and opportunities surrounding banking data architecture and the pressures of digital transformation initiatives.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Even though I will from time-to-time slip and refer to something as “Best Practices&# I am attempting to extricate that phrase from my vocabulary.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Professional education is an important ingredient in corporate development. Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. Team building must be part of the corporate Vision first, not as a series of exercises delegated to trainers. Teaching-Training. Information.