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Effective Tools for Employee Wellbeing

Business and Tech

Traditional health benefits administrators have bad networks. Many software development companies have what’s called distributed teams, which means people working around the globe on products. What types of benefits and rewards are employees seeking today? How do you achieve effective collaboration across time zones?

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Goodhart’s Law: When a target becomes its own enemy

Idea to Value

This refers to the process whereby it is clear what the targets for success are, and an individual, group or company does just enough to qualify for meeting those specific criteria. One area where Goodhart’s Law gets even more dangerous is in target-based software development, especially Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

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How to Improve Team Communication

The Human Factor

When you are in control of a team of employees, you need to make sure that you are always working together to the best of your abilities. Communication is one of the most important parts of team co-operation. Think that your team is not communicating adequately at the moment? Here are some of the ways you can work to improve it.

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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

This article is adapted from his recent book, What Matters in This Moment: Leading Groups Through Uncertain Times. is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. becomes the salient question, and discovering the likely answers determines the responses that will be developed.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY. All rights reserved.

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As our lives become more automated, these are the skills you’ll need

Faisal Hoque

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY. All rights reserved.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

.” | In the study, companies like Apple and Coca-Cola outperformed the rating agency Standard & Poor’s by 228%, which indicates the industry’s average performance. Not to mention the improvement in productivity and the reduction of rework costs, especially in the development process. This is crucial.