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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

TechCrunch

The only team I’ve ever followed is the Cleveland Cavaliers, and that’s simply because I grew up near Cleveland (and, well, LeBron’s stardom didn’t hurt). Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture? I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not All-World’s core demographic.

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How sport made CIO 100 winner Joanna Drake a better technology leader

CIO

Speaking at the CIO UK 100 awards ceremony at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, Drake explained what it meant to be ranked the top CIO in the UK , how her tennis background shaped her leadership, why automation is freeing up her IT team, and how THG is supporting engineers relocating from war-stricken Ukraine.

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Event marketing is a ‘team sport,’ and Vendelux is coaching companies to find the best ROI

TechCrunch

Two former Shutterstock execs, Alex Reynolds and Stefan Deeran, were working together monetizing APIs and computer vision, and having attended some of those bad events, thought there could be a better way to make decisions on what events should be at the top of the list and which company team members should go to maximize return on investment. “We

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

TechCrunch

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. There’s a kernel of truth in every joke, so whenever someone quips, “This meeting could have been an email!” Reform your startup’s meeting culture.

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Building Strong Leaders: The Importance of Leadership Development

Experience to Lead

Let’s explore why leadership development is important, as well as the benefits and challenges of effective leadership development. Defining Leadership Development In simple terms, leadership development is a set of activities that equip current and future leaders with the tools they need to perform effectively in their roles.

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Nice Teams Don’t Win in Sports or Business

Women on Business

Robyn Odegaard, CEO of Champion Performance Development , founder of the Stop The Drama! The Ultimate Guide to Female Teams. However, decisions are not being made, communication is stifled, and every so often, a major blow-up finds team members screaming at each other in the middle of practice. Conflict has a bad reputation.

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Meet our Netlifolks: Dana Lawson

Netlify

What was your path to Netlify and why did you join our team? I’ve been in the developer tools space making tools for developers of any sort for over 10 years. There’s always going to be a need for full-stack developers. Tell us more about your role and team. I lead the engineering team at Netlify.

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