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How well did Israel’s cybersecurity industry do in 2022?

TechCrunch

Yuval Krigel is an associate at YL Ventures who focuses on deal sourcing, technological due diligence and providing value-add support to the firm’s portfolio companies. After closing the book on 2022 this week, it is safe to say that this optimism was somewhat misguided. Yuval Krigel. Contributor.

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Use radical objectivity to create and retain an inclusive workforce

TechCrunch

Recent research by McKinsey shows that organizations with the most ethnically diverse teams are 36% more likely to financially outperform those with the least. A standard executive search process will typically entail significant manual desk research reviewing historical databases that are only as up-to-date as the day each CV was written.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Growth budgets, hiring tips, zero-party data Twitter Space

TechCrunch

The CTO can always boast how many tickets their team has closed and the release dates they’ve met, but a growth manager’s key performance metrics may not manifest for weeks — or months. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals. Lindsay Goldman, strategic advisor, MO Pros.

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United Airlines gives employees the digital tools to make customers happy

CIO

That was our story, and we worked very diligently to change the narrative.” To facilitate this expansion, Birnbaum grew the Digital Technology employee user experience team from three people to 60, all acutely focused on integrating the employee experience into the customer experience. They said, ‘I get to be the hero.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The fuel for toxicity is conflict not resolution, ego not humility, self-interest not service above self, gossip & innuendo not truth, social & corporate climbing not team-building, and the list could go on. Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels.

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Accelerating Leadership Development in the Workplace

Lead on Purpose

Jocelyn Bérard, Global Knowledge’s Vice President is one leader who is working diligently to steer organizations through the leadership predicament towards a green light solution. In addition to his recent book, Bérard also regularly offers leadership advice in industry publications both online and in print.