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Hybrid meetings: 5 best practices for better outcomes

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And going into the office at least a few days a week makes people ( 86% of them ) feel more secure about their jobs than those that work fully remote. They enable you to share information in the moment, brainstorm, and capture ideas, and eliminate post-meeting housekeeping. Pull up a digital whiteboard to brainstorm ideas.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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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 Instilling an innovative culture comes down to creating an environment based on trust, which breaks down barriers and inspires people to have more open mindsets, says Keshavan.

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The early returns on gen AI for software development

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It almost feels like having a deskside colleague to brainstorm with,” Ramakrishnan says. It also introduces new considerations in the area of information security,” he says. Our initial launch of gen AI has enabled our team to develop code in days, instead of weeks.”

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Leveraging Cybersecurity to Supercharge Retail’s Frontline

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By Ravi Balwada, CTO of Guitar Center In retail, we don’t have the luxury of thinking about security as an afterthought. Let us brainstorm and together we can find the best solution. There is also the challenge of forensics and investigation of security incidents. We also have to make sure we have a secure platform.

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

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But, as with any big new wave, there is a risk of once-promising projects being washed up and there are clear and obvious concerns over governance, quality and security. We ran workshops with every division of our business, educating them on the accelerating innovation in this area, brainstorming opportunities and risks.

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What is OKR? A goal-setting framework for thinking big

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But it’s important to emphasize that the outcome of OKRs won’t negatively impact performance reviews, compensation, or job security. Brainstorming meetings in which your team can flesh out the goals that will have the most impact in the next quarter are worthwhile.

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The 7 new rules of IT leadership

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The CIOs are not only seeing strategy, but they will inform it; they can shape where the business is moving, and then they can take that to their teams and help them brainstorm how to support that. And that helps build more impactful teams,” Brown says.

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