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Emergence of Formal Behavioral Insights Teams and Initiatives

Steve Shu Consulting

I recently ran into a short video by the New South Wales government which does a great job of introducing the notion of behavioral insights and application in the governmental space. For example, Opower tapped into a great market using software-as-a-service and a behavioral efficiency model for saving energy. How will the wave build?

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Related Video.

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

BCG

Video Monday, October 17, 2016. Whitehurst strongly advocates using open-source software as a catalyst for business innovation. 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.

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Managing your Weaknesses

CaseInterview.com

Since broadband, streaming video, and video conferencing were not yet widely available, I concluded that in order for me to get customers or clients without traveling was to learn how to communicate with the Internet in writing. Let’s say you’re a talented software developer with a goal of being Chief Technology Officer.

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How to scale shared success through collaboration and trust

Kates Kesler

Think of it as the “organizational software” that powers the company. Due to the pandemic, this software has become increasingly important as many companies have had to reboot—whether in response to changing consumer behavior or to proactively take advantage of new opportunities. 2 Many will continue to even after offices reopen.

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Five Things You Need to Know about Heartbleed

Women in Consulting

It is a software bug, a vulnerability that can release data never intended to be released to whoever is asking. If you have good passwords for your online bank/finance accounts and you don’t share those passwords with, say, Facebook ( you don’t, do you? ), those are probably okay. Remember this is a software bug, not a virus.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Machine learning is enabling companies to expand their top-line growth and optimize processes while improving employee engagement and increasing customer satisfaction. Automating finance. This will no doubt have profound effects on the workplace. Insight Center.

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