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Digital Data Center of Excellence, Anyone?

By Tom Arundel posted 2 days ago
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In this post,   Tom Arundel   discusses five key areas of focus for a Digital Data Center of Excellence, and why one is key to scaling digital transformation. Tom is currently Global Learning & Insights leader at Quantum Metric, and formerly Director of Digital Product Performance at Marriott ...
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Volunteering with the DAA’s Women in Analytics mentoring program

By Lara Fisher posted 7 days ago
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Volunteering with the DAA’s Women in Analytics mentoring program has been an eye-opening experience for me. The DAA states “ The purpose of this program is to assist mentees in improving upon professional skills over time with an end goal of advancing their careers.” Honestly, it is so much more than ...
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Guest Blog: Five Tips for Supporting the Next Generation of Female Leaders

By Sharon Flynn posted 17 days ago
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I am delighted to bring you a guest blog from Tammy Kim-Newman is Business Developer and Tech Talent Specialist at the University of Waterloo, Canada’s #1 university for computer science, engineering and mathematics (Macleans 2021 University Rankings). Tammy has 10+ years supporting industry partners ...
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Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

By Jeff Burkhardt posted 03-15-2021
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I was recently asked to interview a candidate who we are entertaining to join first PRO . Business continues to be brisk, so adding talent to make us better and drive productivity is a sensible concept, though interviewing for new talent anytime is always a smart idea. This same candidate enjoyed ...
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Should I stay or should I go now? Switching Jobs in a Pandemic

By Sharon Flynn posted 03-10-2021
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“Are you insane?” This was the reaction I received when I moved jobs, from client-side to an agency, in the latter part of 2020. At the time, I was leading a digital analytics team at a financial institution in Canada. I had almost four years under my belt working full time, with comfortable job ...
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I am Hot Over Being Frosty

By Jeff Burkhardt posted 02-18-2021
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For nearly the past three years in Philly, it has almost never snowed. I like it when it snows. Watching a snowfall is a wonderful thing to do. Sitting in a nice warm home, maybe by a fire, catching up on some reading or continuing binge-watching of whatever on Netflix, enjoying a nice beverage of some ...
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Recall the Brownies

By Vineeta Kommineni posted 02-12-2021
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Eric Weber made an impassioned post on LinkedIn yesterday: "Something that drives me crazy about statistics: Giving important concepts numbers or uninformative names. Example: Naming type 1 and 2 error. Half the time I forget which one is which and have to look it up." I use mnemonics to help remember ...
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Gold Standards for Gender Equality in Tech

By Mai Alowaish posted 02-08-2021
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So many of us have been busy recently getting our organizations (or our clients) certified for GDPR, CCPA or other “golden” standards for privacy, technology and more; but we are rarely busy with a certification that concerns people, who are really the main factor to the success in technology.  ...
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