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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

Your team needs to know they can trust you and each other to brainstorm openly, suggest ideas, experiment, and take risks — and even fail, without consequence. “I Prianka Nandy, chief information and technology officer, Special Olympics International. Picture Post-it notes dotting the walls and flipcharts at every table,’’ he says.

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4 Elements of Success for Companies that Develop Big Data Applications

Smart Data Collective

As a big data startup, you should emphasize the importance of technological development. When you are creating a brand for a big data startup, you have to make sure it emphasizes the technological competence of your team. Customers won’t trust a technology startup that doesn’t demonstrate the importance of big data.

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8 Dos and Don’ts for Your Startup’s PR Pitch

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The number of startups is growing at a faster rate than before. Around 305 million startups are currently operational around the world. The ever-growing startup scenario has made it more challenging for businesses to reach their audience and build a successful brand. Set Actionable Goals. Keep It Simple.

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The 7 new rules of IT leadership

CIO

“People want a level of autonomy to direct their daily lives and to figure out how to manage their own jobs to meet expectations,” says Mark Taylor, CEO of the Society for Information Management (SIM), a professional association for CIOs and IT leaders. That shapes how CIOs need to manage and lead.

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Diversity and inclusion: 7 best practices for changing your culture

CIO

That’s great advice for startups. But if your company is not a startup, it is still important to fix your culture before you recruit. Internally organized inclusion efforts often fall informally on people from diverse backgrounds,” explains Cassandra Shapiro, global head of DEI at Reaktor. That is all part of being authentic.”

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

CIO

We ran workshops with every division of our business, educating them on the accelerating innovation in this area, brainstorming opportunities and risks. But it’s still to be seen how generative AI replaces, rather than augments, human involvement in terms of information. But overall, we see this as a huge opportunity.

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Can Online Machine Learning Tools Help with Personal Financial Management?

Smart Data Collective

It is important to be informed about the potential benefits of machine learning as a consumer. Indeed, its integration, the creation of a new startup-style culture in an older, stable business and changes in organizational competencies are the main challenges for AI to implement personalization of services for customers.

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