InfoWorld

JANUARY 8, 2024

We put up with bad software all the time. Anyone who has raged against their enterprise travel booking machine or tried to decipher the interface to their corporate tool for logging employee feedback knows what I’m talking about. Despite these problems, we continue to use (and, let’s be honest, write) bad software. Yet when it comes to large language models, ChatGPT, and other aspects of our generative AI (GenAI) universe, we don’t seem to accord the same level of patience.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2024

In 1895, Mary Lathrap penned a poem that inspired the quote, “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” That quote aptly describes what Dell Technologies and Intel are doing to help our enterprise customers quickly, effectively, and securely deploy generative AI and large language models (LLMs).Many organizations know that commercially available, “off-the-shelf” generative AI models don’t work well in enterprise settings because of signif

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DevOps.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

Nerd/Noir is partnering with developer experience management firm DX to help identify areas where organizations can improve developer experience.

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InfoWorld

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most developers are optimistic that AI will reduce their workload and are eager to use it, but some don’t trust AI, according to a newly released report from technical hiring platform CoderPad. The report, State of Tech Hiring 2024 , published January 9, found that 70% of developers believe AI will help reduce their workload and 60% want to use AI more as part of their job.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2024

When your boss leaves for a new company, it can be tempting to try to follow them, especially if you’ve had a strong working relationship and built up trust. But is it a good idea? In this article, the author offers advice from Nancy Rothbard, a professor of management and the deputy dean at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Arika Pierce Williams, a leadership development consultant and the president and founder of Piercing Strategies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Nigerian fintech Cleva, focused on creating a banking platform for African individuals and businesses to receive international payments by opening USD accounts, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by 1984 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Other participants in the round include The Raba Partnership, Byld […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Henrik Warne

JANUARY 10, 2024

“Software design is preparation for change; change of behavior” Tidy First? is a new book by Kent Beck. It is a short little book, only about 100 pages (and lots of white space on them), but it contains some deep insights about software development. The book has three parts, going from concrete to abstract. First there is a list of 15 tidyings , which are small refactorings.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Understanding the Unique Needs of Nonprofit Executive Search Nonprofit executive search requires a unique approach compared to traditional executive search. These organizations have distinct needs and priorities that must be carefully considered when searching for top-level talent. One of the critical aspects to understand is the importance of mission alignment.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2024

Last year was certainly a wild ride, with the ascendent rise of AI impacting a wide range of IT sectors and capturing the imagination (and fears) of the world at large. IT leaders can look forward to even more surprises, as well as continuing challenges, over the next 12 months. To stay on top of both old and new challenges, IT chiefs should evaluate their current business and technology strategies and, when necessary, adjust them to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and economic pr

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Volkswagen is getting into the ChatGPT game. The German automaker announced Monday at CES 2024 in Las Vegas plans to add an AI-powered chatbot into all Volkswagen models equipped with its IDA voice assistant. Why? For drivers who want an AI-based chatbot to read researched content out loud to them, of course. The AI-based chatbot, […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

Strategy and foresight were once the same discipline. And they should be again. The immediacy of day-to-day operations can lead to a strategic process that is more about ticking boxes and filling templates, which often end up languishing, unopened, in an inbox. With modern updates and improvements to these combined disciplines, leaders can sharpen their vision for the future, empowering managers to make informed strategic choices and propelling teams towards superior performance.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Operating Officer A Chief Operating Officer (COO) holds a distinctive and crucial role in the corporate ecosystem. Operating as a vital conduit between the various departments within an organization and its highest levels of management, their responsibilities include translating strategic goals into workable business plans and supervising the day-to-day operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2024

Few technologies have provoked the same amount of discussion and debate as artificial intelligence, with workers, high-profile executives, and world leaders waffling between praise and fears over AI. Granted, CIOs have not been called before Congress to testify. But they are being grilled in executive suites and boardrooms, as enterprise leaders turn to their technology chiefs with all sorts of challenging questions that CIOs are expected to answer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2024

Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, a new generative AI platform that recently made its big debut. But while Gemini appears to be promising in a few aspects, it’s falling short in others. So what is Gemini? How can you use it? And how does it stack up to the competition? To make it […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

There are some areas where AI is surpassing human capabilities — but there are several it can’t replace. Based on their research into employees’ comfort with AI in management, as well as their decades of research on the qualities of effective leadership, the authors identify the promise (and perils) of AI-enabled management, as well as the three uniquely human capabilities leaders need to focus on honing, especially as AI begins to figure more in management: 1) awareness, 2) compassion, and 3) w

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The Hustle

JANUARY 12, 2024

Allison Severance cradled an apple in her hand. It looked like a deflated balloon — soft, brown and leaking. This can’t be what passes for groceries, she thought. Not on my watch. She was standing in a Dollar General store a few miles from Cascade, Maryland, where she and a dozen other residents are suing a developer to stop a Dollar General from going up.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. Add the rapid rise of generative AI, and the past year was one in which CIOs often found themselves on the back foot, reacting to disruptions and shifting strategies in real-time.

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

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

KYC, or “Know Your Customer,” is a process intended to help financial institutions, fintech startups and banks verify the identity of their customers. Not uncommonly, KYC authentication involves “ID images,” or cross-checked selfies used to confirm a person is who they say they are. Wise, Revolut and cryptocurrency platforms Gemini and LiteBit are among those […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

We don’t know much about how LLMs change productivity at the firm level — and a close reading of recent studies suggests they can hinder as much as help.

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DevOps.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

HPE's proposed Juniper buy hopes to center around its networking business with AI capabilities and its GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform at its foundation.

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CIO

JANUARY 12, 2024

Overwhelming majorities of executives around the world are planning to spend money on generative AI this year, but very few are truly ready for the technology, according to a survey released today by the Boston Consulting Group. Fully 85% of the more than 1,400 executives surveyed for BCG’s AI Radar report said that they were planning to invest in generative AI, but the report found that the technology faces a wide array of stumbling blocks at most organizations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Apple this morning confirmed that the Vision Pro will be available in the U.S. starting February 2. Pre-orders for the $3,500 spatial computing device open Friday January 19 at 5AM PT. The company was appropriately dramatic in a release issued this morning. “The era of spatial computing has arrived,” said Tim Cook. “Apple Vision Pro […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s no surprise that trust is at the core of high-performing teams. But conversations about cultivating trust at work often focus on the relationship between managers and employees. As important — if not more so — is establishing trust between teammates. To understand how the best teams build trust among themselves, researchers interviewed 1,000 U.S.

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Ooda Loop

JANUARY 11, 2024

The fact that attribution -especially against states – is even done with any confidence is surprising given that those that attributing both herald the sophistication associated with state actors while at the same time citing their carelessness as one of the reasons that they were able to be identified in the first place. Read more here.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I last dedicated an episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast to the state of tech talent, we were just coming out of a multi-year “sellers” market, and we could sense that we were hitting an inflection point. Fast-forward a year and things have changed significantly. Two of the top executive recruiters in the CIO retained search space, Shawn Banerji and Martha Heller, joined me for the first episode of 2024 to share their insights on a range of talent-related issues, including hiring trends,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2024

Elon Musk has been detailing his vision for X’s, formerly Twitter’s, transformation into an “everything app,” including payments, creator tools, shopping and more, since acquiring the social network over a year ago. Now, the company is committing to a time frame. In an announcement today, X shared its roadmap for the year ahead, which will […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

Demographic change, driven by decades of low birth rates and increased longevity, is remaking labor markets and economies worldwide at an astonishing pace. That means that organizations need to quickly shift how they recruit and retain employees of all ages, including by developing new policies and benefits. Organizations that take employee well-being seriously realize early on that getting ahead of conditions like menopause reduces an incredible burden on their workforce and can improve the bot

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Funding to European startups reached $52 billion in 2023, down 39% year over year from $86 billion invested in 2022, Crunchbase data shows. However, Europe’s share of the venture capital ecosystem has increased since 2021. In 2022, the year the downturn settled in, Europe declined by a smaller percentage when compared to North America and Asia.

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