Tue.Mar 21, 2023

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Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainable approaches

Paul Hobcraft

Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainability thinking Today, our innovation activity needs to transition through collaborating and co-creating, applying ecosystem thinking and platform designs for business. We increasingly recognize the future value and impact for businesses to grow, is through combining innovation, and external collaborations and ensuring solutions are more sustainable.

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Achieving Balance With Company Culture, Benefit Design, and Employee Well-Being

Business and Tech

Employers are at a critical reflection point where we can look back at the last two years and evaluate what has worked and what hasn’t. Jennifer Santisi, M.S. Director of Communications, Integrated Benefits Institute The Integrated Benefits Institute’s recent analysis estimates that the cost associated with the loss of work hours due to COVID-19 is $213.1 billion, and the number of lost hours attributed to the pandemic totaled 6.6 billion.

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Meet Brunner’s Vicie Simpson, social media pro and 2023 Black Excellence Award winner

Brunner

Brunner’s own Vicie Simpson is the 2023 recipient of the Black Excellence Award, given by the Public Relations Society of America’s Pittsburgh chapter. PRSA Pittsburgh established the award in 2020 to recognize and encourage young, talented Black men and women who are building careers in communications, public relations, and marketing. We had the chance to catch up with Vicie and hear what the Black Excellence Award means to her.

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Making a Case for Digital Forensics

Business and Tech

Dr. Kall Loper is vice president of Digital Forensics & Incident Response at Cyderes. He has been a partner-level practice lead at a global consulting firm, the U.S. Department of Justice, and has founded a forensics firm. He has also served as chair of an academic department and has been a professor for over twenty years. Dr. Kall Loper Vice President of Digital Forensics & Incident Response, Cyderes What are IT students being taught that they were not 10 years ago?

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Is it “gun rights” or “gun control?” Neither, and that isn’t even the right question.

Christensen Institute

To make progress on reducing gun deaths, we need to reframe the problem. In May 2022, after the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, The Atlantic ’s Katherine Wu published an article highlighting her conversation with Dr. Megan Ranney, an ER doctor and now incoming dean of Yale’s School of Public Health. In their conversation, Ranney proposed the need to reframe the gun crisis as a public health issue.

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Why a TikToker Wants More People to Talk About Money

Business and Tech

Salary transparency isn’t a given. In recent years, though, that information is becoming easier to access, thanks in large part to TikTok. On this social media app, where an estimated 1 billion videos are watched each day , person-on-the-street videos with hosts querying passersby about what they earn have become a dime a dozen. One influencer, Hannah Williams, has garnered a following of 1.2 million on TikTok by doing just that.

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Do You Have the “Right” IT Skills for the Digital Era?

Business and Tech

About 20 years ago, three market forces converged that radically changed information technology forever. Dr. Frank Granito Chief Scientist and Lead Fellow, Institute for Digital Transformation IT went from being a back-office function that supported the business to being an integral part of every business function. One of my partners talked about having a stack of forms for people to use when the system went down.

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Shopify Is Bringing in the Retail Giants. Here's What You Can Learn From the Company's Latest Move.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Shopify's new capabilities mean the landscape of retail is set to change — and other businesses could learn a few things from the company.

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How To Make Work Work for Women in Tech and Leadership

Business and Tech

The gender gap in tech is persistent, but it can be addressed by offering resources, fostering inclusive workplaces, and implementing policies that promote equity. The gender gap in tech remains due to a number of factors including lack of job security, gender bias, and work-life balance issues. However, there are potential solutions that can be put into place to increase access and opportunities for women in tech.

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How U.S. Government Agencies Can Fix Their Customer-Service Problem

Harvard Business Review

Three ways federal, state, and local governments can improve the accessibility and reach of their services.

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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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One of the Industry’s Best Weighs in on the Future of IT

Business and Tech

Award-winning cyber and non-profit executive Mari Galloway shared her thoughts on the current state of the tech industry, the pros and cons of government and private sector jobs, and what aspiring tech professionals need to know. What made you want to pursue a career in technology? I actually wanted to be an architect growing up. Building cities and structures was always something I enjoyed and during my learning; we used technology to render drawings and things like that.

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5 Key Capabilities of Innovation Management Tools | ITONICS

ITONICS

In this article, we look at the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools and unpack the five capabilities we recommend you look for when choosing an innovation management software as well as the driving forces influencing the adoption of innovation tools in global organizations.

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Helping Young Professionals Find Their Way in IT Careers

Business and Tech

Liz Ryan is the founder and CEO of Human Workplace , which aims to educate and empower working people to live their best lives and find their best careers. We asked her about what young IT professionals should and shouldn’t be doing as they develop in their careers. Liz Ryan Founder and CEO, Human Workplace What has changed in the past few years in job recruiting for IT?

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Brain Tech Is Getting Really Good. Here’s What Managers Need to Know

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Duke Law’s Nita Farahany about the last frontier of privacy.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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A Resume Expert Shares Tips for Getting the Tech Job You Want

Business and Tech

Greg Langstaff is a certified resume strategist and interview coach who helps people land the jobs of their dreams. He shared some tips for aspiring and early-career tech professionals to help them get their first or next job in their ideal career path. Greg Langstaff, MSc, CRS Resume Writer & Job Search Coach How has COVID affected the hiring process for IT?

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Forgiving a Difficult Colleague

Harvard Business Review

Make peace with their flaws — don’t stockpile resentment.

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The One Thing About Innovation That No One Ever Told You

Entrepreneur - Innovation

It's not the best idea that wins but instead the most acceptable one that sees the light of the day

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Leveraging Growth Analytics for B2B Sales

Harvard Business Review

Let user-generated insights lead the way.

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge

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Key Capabilities of Innovation Management Tools | ITONICS

ITONICS

Innovation management tools help companies to streamline their innovation processes, facilitate collaboration, and enable effective communication across teams and departments. Understanding the key capabilities of innovation management tools can help businesses to identify the right tools for their needs and maximize their innovation potential.

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How Top Companies Are Solving for Financial Resilience with the Cloud - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GOOGLE CLOUD

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from GOOGLE CLOUD.

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Expanding a Business Across the States: What to Consider Before You Progress

The Human Factor

Building a successful business in one state is great, but what about when it’s time to expand across the States? Before providing your products or services in another state, you’ll need to consider several things, which we’ve outlined below. Associated Costs Naturally, expanding your business will cost money, so you need to have a good idea of how much you’ll need.

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Kaizen Event Planning in 7 Simple Steps

Kainexus

Here at KaiNexus, we get the opportunity to chat with organizations across all industries and write about many different continuous improvement tools and techniques they use. Lately, I’ve been thinking about two things that most have in common. First, the tools they use are generally simple but not easy. And second, the key to success lies in the planning phase.

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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The far reach of near peers

Christensen Institute

In most schools today, there’s a harsh reality: Students’ access to social capital—relationships and the array of resources they can offer—is inherently limited by their campus’ human capital: the employees on schools’ payroll. School-based relationships are critical sources of student support. But tight budgets spell small support networks. This is especially true when it comes to helping students navigate transitions to postsecondary education and work.