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Overcoming the 6 barriers to IT modernization

CIO

Also communicating clearly how the debt impacts business strategy and goals in an executive-friendly fashion is key. Solution: Invest in continuous learning and development programs to upskill the existing workforce. Q: What do you get when you add new technology to bad processes? A: Expensive, bad processes.

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MarqVision grabs $20M to nab counterfeiters with an AI-powered IP protection platform

TechCrunch

The company, based in Los Angeles and originally incubated at Y Combinator, says its customers — which include fashion labels like Ralph Lauren and Kangol, LVMH, crystal icon Baccarat, as well as media behemoth Pokemon — use MarqVision to scan places where their brands are most likely to be misappropriated.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. What is it weak in? The Vilnius startup ecosystem is mainly dominated by startups developing business management systems (B2B, SaaS) and financial technologies. Lukas Inokaitis, business development, NFQ Technologies. What is it weak in? What is it weak in?

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Leadership and Surrender

N2Growth Blog

You’ll rarely encounter the words leadership and surrender used together in complementary fashion. Society has labeled surrender as a sign of leadership weakness, when in fact, it can be among the greatest of leadership strengths. Surrender fosters collaboration, encourages innovation and enables possibility.

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. One of my favorite examples of what I described in the paragraph above is the weak leader who cannot deal with subordinates who use emotional deceit as a weapon of destruction.

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Unicorns wanted: Navigating the Product Owner shortage in IT

CIO

You’ve seen the virtues of transforming from a project to a product operating model: value-driven work, delivered by dedicated teams rather than through projects led by disparate team members. Without these variables at play it will be difficult to develop someone internally. Why are they unicorns?

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.