Dates covered: June 17-23, 2019 (week 25 of 52) Business Software Below the Poverty Line (via The Software Mentor) (This post spans categories — business, software development, culture.) Open source software is an interesting area, as it seems to straddle…
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Professional Development – 2019 – Week 24
Dates covered: June 10-16, 2019 (week 24 of 52) Business When Employees Are Using Software That IT Hasn’t Approved (via Harvard Business Review) Although I haven’t experienced it to the scale of the examples mentioned in the article, there are…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 23
Dates covered: June 3-9, 2019 (week 23 of 52) Business How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward (via Harvard Business Review) Deleverage as much debt as you can; when revenue is tight, it’s difficult to make principal and interest…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 22
Dates covered: May 27-June 2, 2019 (week 22 of 52) NOTE: A bit lighter this week, as I’m on vacation. Business Don’t Break Up Facebook — Treat It Like a Utility (via Harvard Business Review) The big tech companies like…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 21
Dates covered: May 20-26, 2019 (week 21 of 52) Business How Executive Recruiters Maintain Secrecy (via Harvard Business Review) I’ll skip the numbered list, as I doubt any of my readers are being recruited as executives. The amount of covert…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 20
Dates covered: May 13-19, 2019 (week 20 of 52) Business The Age of Continuous Connection (via Harvard Business Review) This article suggests four strategies for using connectivity to enhance the customer experience that go beyond the “buy what we have”…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 19
Dates covered: May 6-12, 2019 (week 19 of 52) Business Companies Don’t Always Need a Purpose Beyond Profit (via Harvard Business Review) Although having a lofty mission statement is nice (Starbucks: inspire and nurture the human spirit), most businesses exist…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 18
Dates covered: April 29 – May 5, 2019 (week 18 of 52) Business What Companies Should Consider Before Investing in Smart Speakers (via Harvard Business Review) Avoid overly complex applications. “Today’s voice-enabled devices still struggle to grasp the difference between…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 17
Dates covered: April 22-28, 2019 (week 17 of 52) Business Case Study: Should a Direct-to-Consumer Company Start Selling on Amazon? (via Harvard Business Review) Given I don’t do much with marketing, this was an interesting article about whether an e-bike…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 16
Dates covered: April 15-21, 2019 (week 16 of 52) Business What the Grocery Stores Holding Their Own Against Amazon Are Doing Right (via Harvard Business Review) As we march into the future, gone are the days of going to a…