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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. I have worked remotely in technology for over a decade, and I’ll share my tips for how fast-paced technical startups can take good care of their software development talent. Contributor.

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The extent Automic’s group CIO goes to reconcile data

CIO

In addition to its technology solution, it has a range of professional services that covers company secretaries, investor and media relations, employees, environment, and social governance, among others. But investors were adamant you could build a tech company with just engineers. It’s not always about the money.

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Greeks to Geeks: What Plato Says About Bettering Your Team Culture

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Two and a half millennia later, we were now using the ancient basis for illness to describe employee personalities, and what we could do to better team culture in the workplace. They are usually the most social of the lot and tend to make a lot of friends easily. Hippocrates, who? The Greek physician Hippocrates (ca.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus.

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Kumospace raises new cash to replace physical offices with virtual ones

TechCrunch

But Martin says the proof is in the pudding: thousands of hybrid and remote teams use Kumospace today, some for more than five hours per day. ” One might counter that, in fact, there were “good solutions” for group video chat in April 2020, like Zoom, Google Hangouts (now Google Meet) and Microsoft Teams.

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Why Ruby Life CISO George Al Koura puts people first

CIO

But when it comes to actual business, George Al Koura, CISO of online dating company Ruby Life, has built a career on how long-term success depends on building team cohesion within the organization, and elevating the relationship with partners outside it. And I think that’s what it takes.

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5 tips on how team bonding can assist to build a solid company culture

Strategy Driven

Research also supports this as a LinkedIn survey shows that 65% of employees would work for a lesser pay and forgo a fancy job title rather than deal with a bad work environment. Building a positive organizational culture is beyond occasional perks and monetary benefits. Fosters personal interactions among team members.

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