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Achieving Cybersecurity Maturity

The Horizons Tracker

It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that a recent survey from SolarWinds found that just over half of organizations regard their cybersecurity functions as mature, with budget constraints and a lack of skills and capability to keep abreast of the ever-evolving threat landscape the key barriers to progression. You can’t buy maturity.

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The Dual System for Mature Company Growth

Women on Business

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That’s Not How We Do It Here!

Leading Blog

It is the story of Nadia bright and adventurous meerkat who is part of a mature clan with over 150 members. The story parallels the evolution of organizations of all types as they grow and mature. They begin to cope with their size by cementing in systems, structures and policies, that inadvertently kill speed, agility and innovation.

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Admitting the Real Problem – Even When It’s Hard

Ron Edmondson

If I could implement the right strategy in working with this department – find the right system – I could improve performance. I tested numerous systems to try to increase their productivity, but nothing seemed to work. Sometimes it’s not a systems problem. The best systems won’t solve a people problem.

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What is a system?

Deming Institute

Deming took this one step further by postulating that every system must have an aim. Many systems evolve without their “designers” consciously thinking about an aim, but you can often reverse-engineer the aim of a system by studying its makeup and the outcomes it’s producing. Humans create systems all the time.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The diversity across markets results in a mixture of backgrounds of different belief systems, habits, and perceptions that govern the behavior of local team members. A company with a robust value system that resonates with all employees and customers will draw more people to its product.

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Research Shows How Stress Accelerates Aging

The Horizons Tracker

Research from USC highlights how this can accelerate the aging of the immune system, which in turn can have numerous consequences, including heightening our risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Age-related changes in the immune system play a critical role in declining health,” the researchers say. Worsening immunity.

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