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How To Disrupt the Tech World

Mills Scofield

From how I was raised through my education and my career at Bell Labs and AT&T, I never felt any gender bias. In June 2013, Vivek Wadhwa and Farai Chideya invited women to crowd-create a book on women innovators by sharing their own stories. STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math; STEAM = STEM + [Art + Design].

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Still making goals and resolutions? Why?

Strategy Driven

Holy frijoles, 2013 is over! What was your 2013 resolve? For your 2014 (and all years to come) I have created an easy-to-understand, ‘achievement opportunity’ formula. IDENTIFY YOUR BIG PICTURE: What’s going on in your life and your career right now? Technology shifts. How did you do?

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“A Friend of a Friend” Is No Longer the Best Way to Find a Job

Harvard Business Review

If you go to job-searching workshops — and I went to more than 50 in the course of studying the contemporary hiring landscape in 2013 and 2014 — you will be told weak ties are the key. Career Transitions. How to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Power a Career Transition. You and Your Team Series. Andy Molinsky.

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Uber-Style Talent Poaching Happens in All Industries

Harvard Business Review

The story was picked up by CNN Money , which reported that Lyft’s internal data suggesting 5,560 canceled rides between October 2013 and August 2014. Just as with the ride-sharing drivers, technology is making alternative jobs easily available to your pivotal talent.

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What CEOs Have Learned About Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Research has shown that executives with social CEOs say their CEOs’ social media presence makes them feel inspired (52%), technologically advanced (46%), and proud (41%). For example, even in 2013, Scottish fashion brand Lyle & Scott put out a call for a new CEO on Twitter. This rate jumped from 48% in 2012 to 80% in 2014.

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The Growing Business of Marijuana

Harvard Business Review

But here’s what is most surprising to many about the marijuana industry: It’s filled with straight-laced people who built careers – and started successful companies – in other fields. Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. And more are joining every day.

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Study: Firms with More Women in the C-Suite Are More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

We found that in 2014 almost 60% of these firms had no female board members, just over half had no female C-suite executives, and fewer than 5% had a female CEO. The Netherlands, for example, initiated a temporary quota policy in 2013, though it lapsed last month. of Japanese C-suite executives were women.