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Technology Companies Need to Make Hard Choices to Teach More ‘Soft Skills”

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But they won’t ensure that IT teams have the broad range of skills, knowledge, overall business acumen and emotional intelligence they need to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Brainstorming, for instance. Efforts like these can help raise the technical skill levels inside organizations. But these skills can also be taught.

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CIO Brett Lansing’s five-point approach to building followership

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You need to lower barriers to brainstorming and innovation,” he says. By “chaos” Lansing means something that is out of order — a process, department, tool, or the like — that if put in order presents an opportunity to build a competitive advantage. The true power of these forums is in their ability to create momentum, Lansing says.

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Tech leaders weigh in on the upside and flipside of generative AI

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We ran workshops with every division of our business, educating them on the accelerating innovation in this area, brainstorming opportunities and risks. This is why, at this stage, it’s essential that any use is checked by someone with expert knowledge. But overall, we see this as a huge opportunity.

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How to Create a SWOT Analysis to Update Your Organization’s Strategy

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It could be a unique selling point (USP), a competitive advantage, or any internal aspect that gives you an edge over your competition. Your company may also have tangible assets, like capital, land, or patents, that give it an advantage. Taking advantage of decision making tools can help you to make the process easier than ever.

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War Gaming: Stress-test your competitive options

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Relying on assumptions and stereotypes can be detrimental to a company’s success, whereas informed decision-making backed by analyzed and validated competitive knowledge can lead to a significant competitive advantage.

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Brands Invest in Data-Driven Tools to Boost Editing Workflows

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Advantageous editing shortcuts. There’s brainstorming and creating actual footage through editing, but there’s one thing to never forget, the more you learn the better you get at trimming the exhaustive editing process. Free knowledge. Narrow down footage with a first pass. Color label clips based on worthiness.

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10 Ways to Get More Useful Feedback from Customers

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For example, you can analyze traffic to your knowledge base to see which topics and articles are accessed the most often. Take advantage of that by engaging whenever someone mentions your brand on social media, and amplifying their posts on your own channels. This way you’ll encourage customers to post more feedback , more often.