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Three ways brave leaders can build connections with kindness.

Accelerate your organization’s growth and innovation with the power of Rapid Research. From inception to implementation, here is the step-by-step roadmap on how to build the program from scratch and uncover the untapped ROI opportunities waiting to propel your initiatives to new heights.

A story about a habit I picked up working in restaurants, and how the lesson I learned still helps me write better software to this day.

A conversation with leadership expert Adam Bryant on the recipe for success.

Steven Johnson, the popular science author, tells Aleks Krotoski why the random factor and just being plain wrong often make innovation better

A business strategy outlines the specific ways in which an organisation plans to position itself, achieve its goals, and grow.

How to win over journalists with your next pitch email.

Intuition plays an important role in decision making, but it can be dangerously unreliable in complicated situations. A new set of analytical tools can help you leverage your instinct without being sabotaged by its weaknesses.

As somebody who both organises and speaks at events, I’ve got a good insight into the workings of the conference circuit. This is probably why I regularly get emails from people looking for advice on breaking into the speaking circuit. So rather than repeating the same advice via email, I thought I’d write a quick article I could point people to.

The recent Global Diversity CFP Day aimed to help more people submit their ideas to conferences and get into public speaking. In this article, Rachel Andrew rounds up some of the best takeaways along with other useful resources for new speakers.

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In today’s fast-paced corporate landscape, most highly experienced leaders entering an organization are driven by a desire to make a significant impact and drive meaningful change. However, the approach they adopt in championing new ideas becomes the differentiating factor between success and failure. Unfortunately, when faced with resistance, some leaders become frustrated and disengaged or even choose to leave the organization. Affecting lasting change is not a solitary quest, but an inherently shared effort. It requires embracing a collaborative mindset that respects and includes diverse perspectives, maintains a strategic focus, and patiently navigates the complexities of organizational dynamics. It’s not about surrendering your passion or advocacy but leveraging them in a more inclusive, strategic, and ultimately effective way. The author recommends shifting your mental model from that of a crusader to that of a collaborative leader.

Software projects succeed or fail based on the quality of the teams behind them. Expert developers can be hard to find. So how do you get junior developers to level up? It’s not enough to teach how to use a framework or tech stack. Good developers can follow a pattern. Great developers know why patterns are established a

Companies like Alphabet have consistently sunk millions into their innovation departments, only to be routinely outpaced by smaller operations.

I posted a small broadcast on the need for technical articles to add to my publication on a Whatsapp group of over 200 developers and the response I got prompted me to write this short article. I have found out that many developers do not find it important to write articles and I believe it is not right. As if I knew many developers wouldn’t have technical articles, I decided to add the last paragraph to the BC and to my surprise several developers messaged me that they needed help on starting to write technical articles and that is why I decided to write this quick article.

When I started my business of making SEO packages and helping businesses rank, I didn’t know that an unpleasant scenario will come knocking at my door only to leave me feeling crippled.

Few things are as costly and disruptive as good people walking out the door.

When your kids balk, science is on your side.

As a historian, the experience made me question my ideas about memory and identity

As Justin Dauer contends in this excerpt from his latest book, In Fulfillment: A Designer’s Journey, being willing to evolve is the hallmark of a good designer.

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