Drowning In the Details As CEO? Hire a Project Manager.
Let’s face it, CEOs notoriously pile too much onto their plates. But spending so much time bogged down in details robs leaders of the opportunity to optimize and test, to…
Your Personality Predicts Your Taste in Music, Science Says
According to the popular imagination, there’s definitely a correlation between the kind of music a person likes and their personality. Emo kids aren’t the most cheerful. Punk fans are, how…
6 Ways To Get Yourself A Raise (And 1 Is Guaranteed To Work)
You want a raise. You feel you’re worth more. Your responsibilities have increased. You are getting the work done–and done well. You feel like it’s time to have “the talk.”…
Want the Secret to Happiness? Never Stop Doing This
Happiness is something that we all want, yet so few feel as though they really understand how to achieve it consistently. We are constantly bombarded with messages that tell us…
Learning to forget the past
When it comes to innovation, it’s tempting to think in terms of inventing new ways of doing things. Whilst that is partly true, it doesn’t represent the whole picture. …
Agile organizations still need project status reports
As more and more organizations adopt agile practices, such complaints about the lack of project status reports are becoming common. But agile practices — generally understood to mean software development…
Competitive advantages of mobile apps for customers, employees
With more and more people — both corporate employees and the customers those corporations do business with — turning to their smartphones or tablets as their primary device of choice,…
How cloud helps alleviate mobile app development challenges
As mobile device sales increase each year, mobile cloud architecture is becoming increasingly necessary for businesses to adopt. CIOs must develop new business strategies that focus on the impact and…
Cloud mobile back-end benefits for businesses
Adopting mobile cloud architecture is imperative for CIOs, in order to give their businesses a competitive advantage. The sheer quantity of mobile devices being used on a daily basis warrants…
Mobile cloud services: Big 3 vs. pure-play MBaaS providers
Mobile cloud architecture plays a very important part in businesses worldwide as more people adopt mobile technology each day. An important task at hand for CIOs includes developing and implementing…
What IT Pros Need To Know About Hiring Cyber-Security Hunt Teams
If your organization doesn’t run its own threat analysis center, it may be worth hiring a hunt team to watch your back. Here’s what you need to know. (Click image…
IoT Revolution: IT Leading The Charge
While interest in IoT technologies continues to rise among businesses, many organizations are still unsure how it will directly benefit the bottom line. However, the IT department and the CIO…
AWS Helps Fuel Lyft’s Expansion
Lyft, the San Francisco ride-sharing company and Uber competitor, is thriving on AWS IT services and looking to ring up its first $1 billion. Here’s what IT pros can learn…
3 Steps To Getting Your IT Job Posting Noticed
With demand for tech workers running high, here are three ways hiring managers can get their IT job listings to stand out, according to technology recruiter Robert Half Technology. (Click…
What IT Pros Need To Know About Hiring Cyber Security Hunt Teams
If your organization doesn’t run its own threat analysis center, it may be worth hiring a hunt team to watch your back. Here’s what you need to know. (Click image…
Managing Mobility Is a Major IT Challenge
The implications of Global Mobility not delivering can be far reaching: • From failing to deliver a good quality experience and adequate protection for the organisation’s talent resource • To…
5 Ways Stephen King Can Make You a Better Writer
1. Commit King was writing short stories for his school classmates, then for publication in the pulps, then for submission to publishers–all the time writing in uncomfortable makeshift spaces (he’s…
How to Get Good at Coping With Failure
The fear of failure in starting a business is the number one thing that keeps many people from doing what they really want to do. Yet, even the best entrepreneurs…
Facebook’s Powerful AI Software Is Now Open Source
Back in June, Facebook announced that it was working behind the scenes on creating bots that would understand everything its users type. So, if you message a friend about needing…
Ritual Questions Help Inform Effective Leaders
High-impact leaders are insatiably curious — about themselves, the people who work for and with them, and the world in which they operate and beyond. Inquisitive leaders are effective because…