Fri.Dec 02, 2022

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If You Can Be One Thing – Be Effective

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you’re asked to be faster, choose to be more effective. There’s nothing slower than being fast at something that doesn’t matter. If you’re given a goal to be more productive, instead, improve effectiveness. There’s nothing less productive than making the wrong thing. If you’re measured on efficiency, focus on […].

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Downward enrollment trend in school districts calls for innovation—or else

Christensen Institute

Removed from the habit of traditional schooling, increasing numbers of families are opting for alternative forms of education for their children. The flight from public school districts that started while schools were closed isn’t reversing course. That’s the conclusion of newly released research by Tyton Partners, an education consultancy. The research shows that districts’ declining enrollments are not abating.

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Research: Men Speak More Abstractly Than Women

Harvard Business Review

Abstract language tends to be associated with leadership, meaning that how women are socialized to communicate can make them less likely to be seen as leaders.

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Is it time to fire yourself?

Michael Roberto

Source: Intel This week, author and leadership development consultant Adam Bryant wrote a thought-provoking article titled, "Is it time to fire yourself?" for Strategy+Business. Bryant tells the story of Bracken Darrell, CEO of Logitech International. After five years leading the firm, Darrell asked himself the question, "Am I the right person for the next five years?

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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When Someone Asks Your Opinion, Give It

Harvard Business Review

We often withhold our preferences in an attempt to be more likable — but research shows that this approach can often backfire.

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When Leaders Struggle with Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

How to get better at working with others.