February, 2017

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Give Pointers on Creating Connection

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is all about creating connection. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Frontline Festival follows up on this month’s with a theme all about team time. The question for the month is: What practical tips do you have for working well with a team and building a sense of teamwork?

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Leading Leaders – How to be Successful

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “The key to leading today is influence, not authority.” Ken Blanchard. So you have a boss. Does that mean you just sit back, follow orders and float down the river of life? No! Just because you are not in charge doesn’t mean you can’t be a leader.

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Eight Elements of Change Ability

Change Starts Here

Much of the focus of change initiatives is on motivating people to change. However, even if someone wants to change, they still need to be able to do it. When people resist change, it may not be that they won’t change, but that they can’t. Your job as a change agent is not just to convince people to change, but to enable them to do it. Enabling people to change goes beyond training.

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Why I went into the mortgage industry

Erik Bernhardsson

I just realized last Thursday that I have spent two full years at Better , incidentally on the same day as we announced a $15M round led by Kleiner Perkins. So it was a good point to reflect a bit and think back – what the F led me to abandon my role managing the machine learning team at Spotify? To join some random startup in the world’s most boring industry?

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Transition for One of The Nation’s Greatest Enterprise CTOs: Dave Mihelcic Retires From DISA

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Editor's note: Dave Mihelcic has been a leader, mentor and friend to thousands, including me. I wish him the very best in his transition from government service. It was great to see how DISA honored him with with a farewell release on their site. Find and follow Dave on LinkedIn here. -bg. The following is from: DISA CTO Retirement . Chief technology officer to retire after 31 years of government service.

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How Do I Get My Team to Trust Me? (Story and Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Our 8th Winning Well Principle: Trust the Trenches has so many nuances, all of which I learned the hard way. For me, it wasn’t the delegating, or asking for input, that was the hardest… it was trusting my team enough to be vulnerable. To trust them enough to admit that I’m far from perfect, and having the confidence to know that was okay.

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Continuing the Mission – How to Exit Gracefully (And Why You Should)

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. -George W. Bush. This month, I continue my series on successful leadership transition. If you missed the first part, y ou can go back and read it here.

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WordPress REST API: The Next Generation CMS Feature

Toptal

For a while, WordPress seemed to had fallen behind. As the web became more reliant on JavaScript to create immersive, interactive experiences, it became increasingly clear that WordPress needed to offer new ways for users and developers to interact with its content. In this post, Toptal Freelance Developer Brian Coords explores the amazing new features of WordPress's REST API, showing why WordPress is still on the cutting edge of web development.

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Why I went into the mortgage industry

Erik Bernhardsson

I just realized last Thursday that I have spent two full years at Better , incidentally on the same day as we announced a $15M round led by Kleiner Perkins. So it was a good point to reflect a bit and think back – what the F led me to abandon my role managing the machine learning team at Spotify? To join some random startup in the world’s most boring industry?

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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5 Cybersecurity Need-to-Knows When Preventing Expensive Data Breaches

CTOvision

Carol M. Evenson. Security breaches can happen to any organization. As more and more companies utilize mobile technology to access and connect with resources the threat of a security breach increases exponentially. Cybersecurity experts predict that the security threats will only increase as cyber criminals become more sophisticated in their attacks.

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The One (and Only) Golden Rule of Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

As soon as we are labeled as a “leader”, especially one in the executive suite, there is a very strong tendency to put ourselves on a pedestal. After all, we are on a higher rung on the ladder, right? If we’re not careful, this “higher level” thinking can also have an effect on how we interact with our teammates. Suddenly, we’re more aloof, more reserved.

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Try This Surprisingly Simple Way to Raise the Bar

Let's Grow Leaders

She looked right at me and yelled across the gym floor with conviction, “You are a dancer!” Now there are a lot of labels I’m ready to buy: “You are a leader!” I hope so. “You are a Mom!” Well, that one could go both ways, couldn’t it? Anything from “Good job, Mom” to “Is this your kid?

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Innovation through Inspiration: Presidential Leadership

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “I am not concerned that you have fallen; I am concerned that you arise.”. Abraham Lincoln. “99% of excuses come from people who make excuses”. George Washington. Does anybody send cards to the President on President’s Day?

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Talent Search in a Digital Age

N2Growth Blog

About six years ago when I started my post-doc programme at Harvard Business School and contacted several top executive search firms, the majority of them told me that social media does not affect their work at all. I was surprised and a little bit dissappointed, because my goal was to study how online networking platforms influence talent search activities.

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5 Ways to be a Better Public Speaker

Women on Business

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Record-Breaking Launch of 88 Satellites by Planet: Is there any doubt in your mind that your world is changing?

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. Planet is designing, building and launching satellites faster than any company or government in history. They use commodity consumer electronics to build highly capable satellites at drastically lower costs. With the most advanced satellites launching into orbit every 3-4 months, their capabilities are on the cutting edge and always advancing.

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Freelancer Identity Theft: It Happened to Me—Here's What You Should Know

Toptal

Freelancer identity theft happens all the time. In fact, someone’s likely had their identity stolen as you read these words. Let’s hope it wasn’t you. In this post, Toptal Software Engineer Relja Damnjanovic shares his story about freelancer identity theft and offers lessons for freelancers, who don’t want to learn things the hard way.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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3 Consequences of Promoting the Smart, Successful Jerk (with video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Oh he’s good. Very good. He gets sh__ done. It’s hard to argue with the results. So what if he’s ruffling a few feathers… with his team, with his peers, with HR, with IT? The better he does, the better you look. And so you choose to look the other way, shrug your shoulders and chalk it up to the cost of genius. And that may work.

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Seize the Moment

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. The most effective way to do it, is to do it. Amelia Earhart. Have you ever paused to consider that in every great story or notable achievement there is a footnote behind the headline? The footnote is the hard work, sweat, tears, failures and disappointments that went into preparation for the main event.

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Four Motivational Phrases Used by Top Leaders Every Day

Career Advancement

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~. Caleb, a manager in his workplace, often found himself fumbling for words. He wanted to learn how to make the most of his daily interactions with employees, even the brief ones. He reached out to several mentors in leadership positions.

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Continuous Delusion at the Infrastructure Layer

CloudScaling

In the DevOps mythos or worldview, continuous delivery (“CD”) is considered one of the holy mantras. Unfortunately, many take CD to an extreme that is unwarranted and not even reflected in how the DevOps originators (e.g. Amazon, Google) operate. This is one of those situations where folks are extrapolating and providing an interpretation of DevOps that isn’t really accurate.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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21.co Pioneers A New Way To Communicate: Recommend setting up your profile now

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. 21.co is known as the company making Bitcoin useful for developers. They provide capabilities like the 21 Bitcoin Computer which gives developers everything they need to build Bitcoin enabled apps. Perhaps more importantly they have provided tutorials, tips, FAQs and a place for developers to directly interact on all topics Bitcoin. The company is now providing a new capability that will be of interest not only to developers but to a wide range of technologists and soon perhaps to t

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Design Constraints: Why Saying "No" is so Effective

Toptal

We can harness the power of constraints by consciously choosing to place strict limits on design options, and we needn’t look beyond our own smartphones to find compelling examples of how this works.

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Show Me the Love: Recognition that Makes a Difference (with video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Yesterday a high-potential, high-performing VP called: Karin, the thing is, I know I’ve been accomplishing a lot. And I shouldn’t need this. But, I just wish one of the big guys would just say “thank you.” HR and my peers have told me “Oh, if you haven’t heard anything, you can be sure you’re doing just fine. if you’re screwing up, that will be perfectly clear.

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Using Intelligence Theory to Lead and Unlock Creativity

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ Talent wins gam es, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ” – M ichael Jordan. Students of leadership are no strangers to the concept of situational leadership. It’s a leadership theory developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard that essentially states that there’s no single “best” style of leadership.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Gender Inequality in the Workplace – Not Just a Women’s Issue

Women on Business

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Three Immediate Strategies to Increase Your Influence at Work

Career Advancement

“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.” ~Robin S. Sharma~. Client Lorenzo asks: I’ve worked hard to improve my perception and increase my visibility in my company, and I feel I’ve succeeded.

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DataRobot Announces Expansion Into Federal Market With Erin Hawley as VP Public Sector

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. We track DataRobot in our Disruptive IT Finder (in sections on Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence companies), and have always held their capable team in the highest of regards. The press release below gives us reason to hold them in even higher regard: BOSTON , Jan. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DataRobot , an industry leader in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced it is expanding into the federal market, beginning with the appointme