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Employees Are Key To Successful Cyber Defence

The Horizons Tracker

Kevin Mitnick, arguably the world’s most famous hacker, brought the art of social engineering to mass attention with his best-selling 2003 book The Art of Deception , in which he outlines how deceiving individuals is so important to effective hacking. Protecting against social engineering. So how can you do better?

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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

Michael Lee Stallard

Previously I’ve written about how relational disconnection between NASA engineers and senior managers contributed to the fatal accidents of the space shuttles Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Shook has created the engine known for attracting, developing and retaining great talent who enjoy Accenture’s collaborative, innovative, and highly diverse culture. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Is Becoming Self-Employed All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

The Horizons Tracker

The research examined data from the National Science Foundation on over 28,000 scientists and engineers to assess any changes in their employment status and their work outcomes between 2003 and 2010. A recent study aimed to explore whether the independent worker image matches up to the reality.

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The Best Business Books Ever: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

It is a sequel to one published in 2003. The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

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Love is at the Heart of Strong Leadership

The Practical Leader

In my last trip to Australia to deliver the pilot program of LEADER SHIFT we’d designed with the Qantas Engineering and Maintenance group, we invited a new executive who had just joined the company from Southwest to share his inside experiences. ” Ya gotta love it! It’s at the heart of leadership.

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What the Mission to Mars Shows About India’s Innovators

Harvard Business Review

ISRO’s success is best characterized as frugal engineering. Indian engineers cost less, for sure. Indian scientists and engineers are world class who also happen to be available at lower costs. In 2002, the Mahindra Group’s automotive division innovated a breakthrough SUV called the Scorpio by practicing frugal engineering.