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McKinsey Collection: Future of Work
The world of work is changing. Artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics will make this shift as significant as the mechanization in prior generations of agriculture and manufacturing. While some jobs will be lost, and many others created, almost all will change. Read the research, insights, and innovative ideas that are shaping the future of work.
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work
10 Ways To Set Healthy Boundaries At Work
Do you ever feel like your work schedule is unmanageable? Does your boss ask you to fly across the country on a moment’s notice? Do you say “yes” to every new project that comes along? If this sounds like you, you're probably feeling overwhelmed and out of control. Studies show that job stress is by far the major source of anxiety for American adults and that it has escalated progressively over the past few decades. A big reason for this is that technology allows us to lead 24/7 work lives with virtually no boundaries. According to author and motivational speaker Tony Gaskins, "You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop and what you reinforce." Here are ten ways to set healthy boundaries at the office so you can work smarter, gain respect and increase your productivity.
How to hire engineers at an early stage startup
One of the hardest and most important parts of starting and growing a company is hiring a great team of engineers. It’s probably the most important thing you will need to get good at as a founder of a company, and, it’s one of those things that you’ll need to figure out on your own.
The reason it’s so important – in case it’s not obvious – is that the caliber of people you bring aboard is the biggest determinant of success at an early stage company. Nothing will sink you faster than hiring (and retaining) B or C level talent. It will slow down the development process, lead to crappy product, cause management overhead, make joining you less appealing for A players, and is generally the worst thing you can do.
Employee Onboarding: How to Help Your New Employees Succeed
In this guide, we will show you why employee onboarding is so important to the success of your new hires as well as how to successfully onboard employees
https://helpjuice.com/blog/new-employee-onboarding
Linux turns 30: Linus Torvalds on his "just a hobby" operating system
It's been 30 years since Finnish graduate student Linus Torvalds drafted a brief note saying he was starting a hobby operating system. The world would never be the same.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-on-linuxs-30th-birthday/
How to Change Your Career from Graphic Design to UX Design
If there’s an occupation that is 100% linked with the public’s idea of what design is all about, it’s graphic design. From the familiar golden arches of the McDonald’s brand to the typography and colors of movie posters, graphic designers create some of the most iconic and ubiquitous designs around us. So why would a graphic designer like you want to change your career to UX design? Well, for one, much can be said about the sense of satisfaction and fulfillment derived from getting “under the hood” of the products you work on rather than working on the exterior. Furthermore, according to PayScale, the average salary for a graphic designer in the United States is $41,000, but the same for a UX designer is a whopping $74,000.
Whatever the reason for the move, it’s clear that it can be a very rewarding one. But how do you go about switching from graphic design to UX design? Let’s find out.
User Interface Design Guidelines: 10 Rules of Thumb
Learn to design with your user’s needs and expectations in mind by applying Jakob Nielsen and Rolf Molich’s Ten User Interface Guidelines. These heuristics have been reflected in many of the products designed by some of the most successful companies in the world such as Apple, Google, and Adobe. Further evidence of how their design teams incorporate these rules into their design process is reflected in the user interface guidelines published and shared by these companies. This article will teach you how to follow the ten rules of thumb in your design work so you can further improve the usability, utility, and desirability of your designs.
The Long-Term Impacts of Ongoing Technical Debt
Technical debt not only increases total cost of ownership (TCO), it also holds organizations back from leveraging new digital technologies and creating new experiences for their customers, stakeholders and partners.
In this article we delve into the details of what makes up technical debt and its impact on the IT and the business as a whole.
https://www.reworked.co/information-management/the-long-term-impacts-of-ongoing-technical-debt/
Coding: How to make a change to a shared codebase
When multiple developers are working on the same codebase, it’s important that everyone follow the same procedure for making changes. This is software engineering 101, but the details matter and new engineers don’t always come out of school knowing how to do this.
Here’s how I have done it with my teams in the past.
Your Guide to Autonomous Vehicles
Everything you need to know about self-driving cars, robotaxis, and more
This guide will start with the terms you need to know about autonomous vehicles (AVs). We’ll look at where AVs have been, how the tech stack works, and where they’re going. You may have come in asking, “Are we there yet?,” and with any luck, you’ll leave with a clearer sense of the ETA
https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/s/your-guide-to-autonomous-vehicles
What is a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)?
A next-generation firewall (NGFW) is a type of third-generation firewall with advanced security features that enable it to detect and block malicious traffic previous generations could not.
https://www.sdxcentral.com/security/definitions/what-is-next-generation-firewall-ngfw/
Minimizing the Impacts of Shadow IT
Shadow IT refers to employee use of applications not approved by an IT team. It may also refer to the improper use of applications.
https://www.sdxcentral.com/security/definitions/minimizing-the-impacts-of-shadow-it/
IT Security Risk Management Best Practices
IT security risk management is the practice of identifying what security risks exist for an organization and taking steps to mitigate those risks. Those steps can include using software, hardware, and personnel training to keep an environment secure from multiple threat vectors
https://www.sdxcentral.com/security/definitions/it-security-risk-management-best-practices/
Here's Why Data Is Not The New Oil
It’s a claim you’ve probably heard multiple times – “Data is the new oil!”
Now it’s true, that in some ways, the analogy fits – it’s easy to draw parallels due to the way information (data) is used to power much of the transformative technology we see today – artificial intelligence, automation and advanced, predictive analytics.
It’s far more productive to consider how data is different – the myriad of ways it can be captured, used and reused, and in doing so, generate value and benefits to humans that will help us tackle big issues from education to healthcare, from reducing hunger to fighting climate change.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/03/05/heres-why-data-is-not-the-new-oil/
Data science vs. machine learning vs. AI: How they work together
Data science, machine learning and AI are central to analytics and other enterprise uses. Here's what each involves and how combining them benefits organizations.
15 common data science techniques to know and use
Data scientists use a variety of statistical and analytical techniques to analyze data sets. Here are 15 popular classification, regression and clustering methods.
What is Data Visualisation and why is it important?
Data visualization is the practice of translating information into a visual context, such as a map or graph, to make data easier for the human brain to understand and pull insights from. The main goal of data visualization is to make it easier to identify patterns, trends and outliers in large data sets. The term is often used interchangeably with others, including information graphics, information visualization and statistical graphics.
https://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/definition/data-visualization
Top data visualization techniques and how to best use them
BI and analytics teams and self-service BI users can choose from various types of data visualizations. Here are examples of 12, with advice on when to use them.
A wide variety of data visualization techniques can be used to help business users find the meaning in BI and analytics data. Visualization is a core component of the business intelligence process, and many enterprises are seeing an explosion in the need for it, driven by improvements in data infrastructure, wider use of BI tools and a corresponding rise in data literacy.
Crowdsourcing in the Circular Economy
Much of the work and focus in the circular economy is based around disrupting standard linear economy business models of “take-make-waste” to ones where higher proportions of resources can be recycled with minimal disposal. Through using waste as a resource to be recycled rather than disposed of, and by prioritising regenerative resources, we can stretch the lifetime of our planet’s finite resources. Otherwise, in a world where success is largely measured by profits, most company directors are tied to legal requirements to maximise shareholder value. Stock markets reward relentless growth, and everyone chasing growth in a race that will exhaust those finite resources is not sustainable. How hard will it be to make the switch?
https://crowdsourcingweek.com/blog/crowdsourcing-in-the-circular-economy/
There’s no such thing as ‘alternative facts’. 5 ways to spot misinformation and stop sharing it online
We are living in a dangerous age where the internet makes it possible to spread misinformation far and wide and most people lack the basic fact-checking abilities to discern fact from fiction — or, worse, the desire to develop a healthy skepticism at all.
Journalists are trained in this sort of thing — that is, the responsible ones who are trying to counter misinformation with truth.
Here are five fundamental lessons from Journalism 101 that all citizens can learn to improve their media literacy and fact-checking skills:
Is Google getting worse? Increased advertising and algorithm changes may make it harder to find what you’re looking for
Over the past 25 years, the name “Google” has become synonymous with the idea of searching for anything online. In much the same way “to Hoover” means to use a vacuum cleaner, dictionaries have recognised “to Google” as meaning to undertake an online search using any available service.
Former competitors such as AltaVista and AskJeeves are long dead, and existing alternatives such as Bing and DuckDuckGo currently pose little threat to Google’s dominance. But shifting our web searching habits to a single supplier has significant risks.
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An in-depth look at what knowledge management is, and the different models of it.
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Organization-wide knowledge management implementation from capturing knowledge to sharing and re-using it.
https://helpjuice.com/knowledge-management-theoretical-practical-guide-ebook
Book Chapters: Essentials of Lean Six Sigma
To learn more about how lean Six Sigma might benefit you, read the free book chapters 1 and 4 -- Introduction and Improvement
Software development projects may benefit from the introduction of lean Six Sigma management principles.
30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Sponge and skyscraper: Marine sponges inspire the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges (www.sciencedaily.com)
Cow and sewage treatment: EcoStp (biomimicry.org)
Mantis shrimp and aircraft: Mechanics of movement and the Mantis shrimp (pateklab.biology.duke.edu)
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2021 Ray of Hope Prize Finalists
The Ray of Hope Prize celebrates nature‑inspired solutions addressing the world’s biggest environmental and sustainability challenges.
This year, the Biomimicry Institute received 301 applications from 49 countries for the 2021 Ray of Hope Prize. Ten finalists were selected. The grand prize was awarded to Spintex, a spinout from the University of Oxford dedicated to pushing the boundaries of biomimetic spinning processes and silk materials to provide solutions in sustainable and technical textiles.
Each of the contending startups has the potential to reduce or eliminate many current extractive industries and practices, while revitalizing degraded ecosystems—a prize we all can celebrate.
https://asknature.org/collection/2021-ray-of-hope-prize-finalists/
IRAI Quiz -- 210901
1. Name the US based software unicorn whose IPO was code named as "Project SuperStar"
2. ----------- (TCS /Infosys) is under government radar over I-T portal glitch.
3. Nasscom predicts two million ------------- ( cloud computing / machine learning) jobs in India by 2025
4. Of these IT companies, who had the least attrition rate in the first quarter of 2021 -- Infosys, TCS, Accenture, Wipro?
4. Amazon: Lab126 = IKEA: SPACE10 = Xerox: PARC = Aviva: Digital Garage = Google : -----
6. Name the only hectocorn, a start-up whose valuation is over $100 billion as on Aug 2021.
7. ------------ (PayTM / BYJU's) is the most valuable Unicorn in India as on Aug 2021
8. Canva, a graphic design platform is the ----------- (Canadian/Australian) company
9. AvosLocker ransomware asks for the ransom amount in ----------- (Bitcoin/Monero), a cryptocurrency
10. Who said this: "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware"
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