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Leading the digital charge: Inspiring innovation and fostering a culture of excellence

CIO

So the question that plagues any professional entrusted with or motivated to drive a huge change initiative is how to inspire innovation and foster a culture of excellence. Activities and endeavors that promote a culture of excellence should not only be rewarded but also be implanted as a standard practice for the team.

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Why a data-first culture is key to unlocking value from AI in insurance

CIO

Over the course of our work together modernizing data architectures and integrating AI into a wide range of insurance workflows over the last several months, we’ve identified the four key elements of creating a data-first culture to support AI innovation.

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From project to product: Architecting the future of enterprise technology

CIO

In todays digital-first economy, enterprise architecture must also evolve from a control function to an enablement platform. This transformation requires a fundamental shift in how we approach technology delivery moving from project-based thinking to product-oriented architecture. The stakes have never been higher.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO

Regardless of whether or not Peter Drucker actually said , “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” the sentiment still is particularly relevant in IT, where the constructive collaboration between business goals and technology initiatives often determines organizational success.

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How to Democratize Data Across Your Organization Using a Semantic Layer

Speaker: speakers from Verizon, Snowflake, Affinity Federal Credit Union, EverQuote, and AtScale

Join this webinar panel for practical advice on how to build and foster a data literate, self-service analysis culture at scale using a semantic layer. Driving a self-service analytics culture with a semantic layer. Avoiding common analytics infrastructure and data architecture challenges.

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NFTs are changing cultural value creation

TechCrunch

Then we talked culture. A point made by Panzer: NFT’s and the architecture of smart contracts and the way that social tokens work, these are all opportunities for the creators and originators of culture, to finally take part and participate in their rewards of the platforms of that culture — you know, that hosts that culture.

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Why GreenOps will succeed where FinOps is failing

CIO

The result was a compromised availability architecture. FinOps initiatives often prioritize implementing cost-management tools over cultivating a culture of accountability and collaboration, which is essential for lasting change. Cultural shift. Overemphasis on tools, budgets and controls. Neglecting motivation.

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Building Like Amazon

Speaker: Leo Zhadanovsky, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Amazon's journey to its current modern architecture and processes provides insights for all software development leaders. To get there, Amazon focused on decomposing for agility, making critical cultural and operational changes, and creating tools for software delivery. The "two pizza" team culture.