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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015). Reading Time: 6 minutes. What is the value of digital currency?

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Instead, a better question is, how can you develop quality coaching relationships through technology? Implications for organizational learning and development in a wired world. 2015, January 12). The Center for Creative Leadership handbook of leadership development (pp. Cornelius, C., Schumann, G., & & Boos, M.

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times. Whitehurst strongly advocates using open-source software as a catalyst for business innovation.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

An innovation culture supports beliefs and feelings about the importance of innovation, as well as habits that encourage research and development. Culture is the one thing that impacts everything. Here are three proven steps that will move your company closer toward an innovation culture. References: Beswick, C., Bishop, D., & Tucker, R.

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How to Work Together When You Don’t Agree

Organizational Talent Consulting

Although being listened to is not commonly experienced in the workforce, listening is a leadership habit that can be developed with practice. Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development. Listening eases tensions and makes productive conflict work where resentment exists. Commit and act on these four strategies. Peterson, R.

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Improving the Patient Experience: People, Process, Place Model

Tom Spencer

In 2015, hospitals either lost or gained 1.5% This model assists leaders in developing specific patient-centered ways to improve the patient experience through: culture changes, process improvements that support patients and staff, and. A total of 105 surveys were completed between April 24 and May 4, 2015, for a response rate of 10.5