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Carnival of HR: July Edition!

Surviving Leadership

Also from UDemy for Business, Shelley Osborne , Head of L&D, shares tips on how to apply Agile development techniques to learning & development processes. Perhaps you’ve run into John Baldino (aka Jumbo Gina), President of Humareso, in your travels to conference. Perhaps not. I hope you get to.

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7 Reasons You Should Attend SOBCon Colorado

Terry Starbucker

I’ll let SOBConer Amber Osborne (aka Miss Destructo) have the last word : “What I have found at SOBCon is real, honest and supportive people that I have only known previously behind a computer screen. Conferences should be a good time. So much so that I’ve already reserved my space for 2011′s Chicago conference.

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The Best Data Scientists Get Out and Talk to People

Harvard Business Review

Treat Osborn’s Law — “variables won’t; constants aren’t” — as your watchword. Read, study, and go to conferences. If you’re not actively doing these things, take steps to fold this into your daily work. First, see how the data is actually collected. Take a hard look, in person.