Wed.Jul 20, 2022

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How CIOs can unite sustainability and technology

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As technology continues to take a larger role in corporate sustainability practices, CIOs can play a key role in driving both business value and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. In fact, creating and implementing a comprehensive sustainable technology strategy must now be the core mission of a purpose-driven CIO. Every executive in Accenture’s recent sustainable technology survey agreed that technology is critical for achieving sustainability goals.

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I Used Google Alerts to Collect Intel for a Month. Here Are 5 Things I Missed.

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When I was in 4th grade, my elementary school did an invention convention. Each student had to identify a problem in their everyday life and come up with a solution.

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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

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With an undergraduate degree in political science and time spent as a Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteer, Lain McGrath hardly envisioned a career in software engineering. Yet after onboarding at HR SaaS provider Gusto in a customer experience (CX) role, exposure to coding sparked McGrath’s interest in shifting professional tracks. The problem: She had no formal training and experience in computer science.

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AI-Driven SEO is Becoming Essential for Modern Marketing

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Artificial intelligence is one of the most disruptive forms of technology shaping the marketing profession since the dawn of the Internet. Here are some statistics on the importance of AI in marketing : 48% of marketers feel AI makes a greater difference than anything else in affecting their relationship with customers 51% of e-commerce companies use AI to improve the customer experience 64% of B2B marketers use AI to guide their strategy.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Don’t Just Climb the Ladder. Explore the Jungle Gym

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By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of Datastax. I have the great privilege of getting to know leaders from the world’s most recognized brands and fastest-growing startups. We share the stories, obstacles, and defining moments that have helped shape our careers. Each individual’s journey is unique, but there’s a common thread connecting all of these leaders: no one’s path to success has been a straight line.

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10 Free Marketing Tools for E-commerce

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Online shopping has experienced tremendous growth since the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns worldwide made customers use online digital platforms for online shopping, which increased e-commerce in the United States by $183 billion. The e-commerce industry is incredibly profitable for sellers. With a wide range of online platforms like Shopify, Magento, and Woocommerce, it has become easier to set up an online store.

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Using Data-Driven Lean Thinking to Optimize Business Processes

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Data-driven decision-making has become a major element of modern business. A growing number of businesses use big data technology to optimize efficiency. However, companies that have a formal data strategy are still in the minority. Only 32% of executives have officially laid out a data strategy to drive their organization. Furthermore, only 13% of companies are actually delivering on their data strategy.

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How a new tech-based Swedish payments authority will fight grant fraud

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In an effort to minimize grant fraud, the Swedish government is establishing a new authority to consolidate all payments from several agencies and services, and CIOs and IT leaders are central to its mission and success. Due to an estimated $1.8 billion being paid out erroneously every year, the need for the government to act has become urgent, highlighting this payments channel and its robust oversight as an important weapon against organized crime.

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Top Amazon Prime Day Products for 2022

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Amazon Prime Days have become an online phenomenon, with brands, influencers, and consumers all eager to cash in on the enormous deals and traffic the multi-day event attracts. We have a roundup of top products this year, and an overview of previous years below! Technology of many varieties and gaming are always top contenders in our yearly roundups of ‘day of’ mentions, but as we can see below – this year, XBOX far surpassed all others with its free promotion for Amazon Prime members.

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#BIALL2022: What do information people mean when we say innovation? 

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I recently asked why people should attend BIALL 2022 and I now have the answers! The first reason is simple - for the joy of making human connections and having a good face-to-face chat with people! The second reason, from a library and information person's point of view, was the sharing of knowledge and experience. There were some valuable takeaways about the reality of innovation in libraries which I want to share here.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) in Power BI, Part 1, Introduction to SCD

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Slowly changing dimension (SCD) is a data warehousing concept coined by the amazing Ralph Kimball. The SCD concept deals with moving a specific set of data from one state to another. Imagine we have a human resources (HR) system; Stephen Jiang is a Sales Manager, managing 10 sales representatives in his team. The following screenshot shows the sample data: Today, Stephen … Continue reading Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) in Power BI, Part 1, Introduction to SCD.

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Scraping IMDB data using Python BeautifulSoup and lxml

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We’re continuing the web scraping tutorial series, and this is another blog on how to scrape data from the IMDB website. The data and the python notebook file are given at the bottom of the page for download. The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) is one of the most popular websites in the world. It has a vast database of movies, actors, and directors, as well as trivia and reviews on each movie.

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Data Democratization on the Business Front Line

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There has been a lot of press about the concept of data democratization and the resulting improvement in data literacy across the enterprise and yet, many businesses still see this democratization effort as restricted to middle managers or to the use of analytics within the four walls of the headquarters or regional offices of the […]. The post Data Democratization on the Business Front Line appeared first on DATAVERSITY.