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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. Covey, demonstrates that the lack of integrity and ethics causes problems for managers and companies all day long.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The participants will learn how healthcare providers overcome resource constraints and deliver new developments.

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How a C Player Becomes an A Player

CaseInterview.com

If you have the raw talent and work ethic but are simply inexperienced, that’s very different than if you are experienced (in terms of years worked), but just can’t seem to do a good job. However, I did not know a lot about any one thing — like sales, finance or technology. Do you have the right work ethic? Are you motivated?

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Can We Keep Our Biases from Creeping into AI?

Harvard Business

The quickest way to flip this public perception on its head is to render AI genderless, something I advocate for tirelessly and practice with Sage’s personal finance assistant, Pegg. Engineers conduct testing in labs and research facilities before a product launches. Diversifying the AI talent pool isn’t just about gender.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance.

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Your Data Literacy Depends on Understanding the Types of Data and How They’re Captured

Harvard Business

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. Although it has not yet been formally incorporated into data science workflows, I have added data ethics as the fifth key concept because ethics needs to be part of any conversation about data.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Boston

Management Consulted

EY’s in-house support teams, cross cultural diversity, work ethic, global mindset, rewards and benefits, and community systems have created a place where people from all backgrounds are easily welcomed in their culture. You are able to (or have to – depending on how you look at it) work with industry engineers and consultants.