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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Even more alarming, almost every new business it launched failed: e-books, mobile phones, search engines, music; it was one dramatic dud after another. The turnaround he engineered was nothing short of remarkable. By 2019, Microsoft’s market capitalization edged past the $1 trillion mark, making it the world’s most valuable company.

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2019. The Amazon Management System : The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders by Ram Charan and Julia Yang. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2019

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2019. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. The Coffee Bean : A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change by Jon Gordon and Damon West. Designing Experiences by J. Robert Rossman and Mathew D.

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2019 Deming Prize Winners

Deming Institute

The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) has announced the 2019 Deming Prize winners. Leaders at ELGi share their thoughts on winning the 2019 Deming Prize. Distribution of winning organizations since 2000 (including prizes for 2019): India – 32. 2019 Deming Grand Prize. Shiroki Corporation (Japan).

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How Much do Software Developers Make in 2019?

Strategy Driven

Software developers have always been in high demand, but in 2019 the appetite for developers has just increased as new innovations and applications emerge. So how much can a software developer expect to make in 2019? The starting salary of cyber security engineers is also misleading. in Computer Engineering from UVA.

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Closing The Gender Gap In STEM

The Horizons Tracker

Closing the gender gap in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) goes beyond just getting more women into fields like computer science. They dove into the numbers from the American Community Survey between 2009 and 2019. The researchers focused on computer science and checked how women in this field are doing.

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Are You Pulling the Thread Through?

Next Level Blog

I began to write about that question in a pre-pandemic post I wrote back in 2019 on five principles for designing great leadership development programs. You want your people to feel like they’re participants in a journey that matters instead of random planets in random orbits.