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• IDG Contributor Network: Taking ownership: an amplifier to success

  11-06-2018 21:42
  An oft-neglected factor in project success is ownership.  That amorphous and ethereal quality that separates those who care deeply from those who are following orders.  As the saying goes, with any bacon and egg breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed.  When a team takes ownership of its product, magic happens.  Urgency and energy increase, collaboration occurs, and pride skyrockets.  So how can leaders create environments where ownership – tr
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How the best managers find hidden tech talent

  11-06-2018 16:14
  For all the talk of “rock star” programmers adept at the latest and greatest languages and development philosophies, experienced tech recruiters say they look for more than particular skill sets when they hire. And what many of them most definitely don’t want are some of the qualities associated with “rock stars” who, for all their talent can also be narcissistic divas. That can be destructive both to themselves and others, including software development teams.To r
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Taking responsibility for responsible AI

  11-06-2018 15:12
  Artificial Intelligence (AI) affords a tremendous opportunity not only to increase efficiencies and reduce costs, but to help rethink businesses and solve critical problems. Yet for all the promises AI holds, there’s an equal amount of anxiety, across economies and societies. Many people feel that advanced technologies will bring profound changes that are predestined and inevitable.As AI becomes more sophisticated, it will start to make or assist decisions that have a greater impact on in
  
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• Martech spending in 2018: What CIOs need to know

  11-06-2018 12:06
  Forty-two percent of respondents to CIO's recent State of the CIO survey say that their marketing department currently has budget specifically earmarked for investments in technology products and services — almost all of them within the next three years. If that figure sounds high to you, it shouldn't. As David Ginsburg, vice president of marketing at Cavirin, said when asked about that figure, "What is strange is that only 42 percent have explicitly budgeted for tech.  What about th
  
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• Class of 2018: This year’s grads not seen as a skills gap solution

  11-06-2018 12:00
  The newly minted graduates of the class of 2018 are about to enter the workforce, but according to new research from Future Workplace, many will do so without the necessary IT and technology skills employers need.In a new study from The Learning House and Future Workplace titled “Closing the Skills Gap,” of the 600 U.S. human resources leaders surveyed, nearly half said that colleges aren’t preparing students for the working world. And that’s not good news for employers,
  
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• 15 ways to advance your IT career

  11-06-2018 12:00
  There’s no user manual for building a long, successful career in IT, but sometimes there seems to be a secret handshake. It’s not always apparent why certain colleagues always move ahead, with access to the latest technology, the biggest budgets, and best projects — while your career seems to be in a holding pattern.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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