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Career vs Passion: What should you run after?

HR Digest

Richard Harbridge, chief technology officer at 2toLead says, “At its best, passion is rewarding and can make us more important and enthusiastic about our work.” Before diving into a passionate project, delve into its earning potential. Being passionate about your work does not necessarily bring happiness.

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Learning the Ropes: How to Prevent Data Theft by Employees

HR Digest

He had been offered a position as a Chief Technology Officer in 2022 and participated in investor meetings to raise capital for this organization. Even while working with a new agency or vendor, be thorough in your checks of their work practices and past projects to ensure they are reliable.

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Change the word, “CHANGE.”

CEO Insider

When instigating a project we expect things to develop from one place to another or introducing something new to a system or process and maybe to take […]. As you read the title of this article, I know this may feel somewhat counter intuitive. We have used the word when leading and managing “change” for decades.

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Whose Job Is It to Manage Freelancers?

Harvard Business Review

Most organizations aren’t good at project management , and fewer still have a well-defined and structured protocol for engaging and managing agile talent other than contractually. We suggest a number of possible approaches for organization leaders to consider: Assign a roving chief technology officer or project manager.

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Business Processes Are Learning to Hack Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Andreas Nettstäter, who leads European research projects at the Fraunhofer Institute of Material Flow and Logistics (IML), says a new Fraunhofer initiative called Smartface Consortium is tackling this challenge. Adaptive Robots Update Construction Projects in Real Time.

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Answering Your Questions About P&G and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

June's Harvard Business Review features a story by Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Bruce Brown and me on " How P&G Tripled Its Innovation Success Rate." First, some of the ways that P&G reduces risk on individual projects are generally good innovation practices for everyone.

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The Professional: Seven New Rules

Strategy Driven

Today, the very nature of collaboration is dispersed in a flat world and the central issue is not politeness, but how to raise issues, negotiate energetically, work with teams that have little in common except one project. The term rainmaking means an unusual ability to create value through deal-making and personal contacts.