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Issue 27  27th September 2015

All Boards Need a Technology Expert

A few months ago I decided to look into the professional experience of non-executive directors at the major banks listed in Britain. Like almost every other major industry today, banking relies on hugely complex, enormously expensive technology. So I was curious as to whether the individuals charged with corporate governance would have any more than a layman’s knowledge of IT ...

hbr.org

The Fake Traffic Schemes That Are Rotting the Internet - Bloomberg Business

Marketers thought the Web would allow perfectly targeted ads. Hasn’t worked out that way.

bloomberg.com

Mindfulāsana — Design Insights from Bridge — Medium

Above all else, mindfulness is the value that most contributes to making Asana a great company. When reflecting as a team, we’re drawn again and again to the ways that it manifests positively in our culture — it underlies the honesty and regularity with which we iterate on our processes, the equanimity we bring to our communication, and our ability to proactively shape a culture that is built to last ...

medium.com

Virtual personal assistants | The Economist

Technology firms are competing to become consumers’ personal secretaries, with big implications for commerce and privacy ...

economist.com

027: Quit Going Through The Motions, Do Things That Matter - The Startup Chat with Steli & Hiten

Motion versus progress is today’s topic on The Startup Chat. Motion and progress can actually look similar, but there’s a big difference.

thestartupchat.com

Top 10 companies winning at remote work culture and their secrets – CloudPeeps Blog

The workforce as a whole is moving closer to remote, distributed teams made of freelance and independent workers, as we uncovered in the top freelance trends of 2016 ...

cloudpeeps.com

What is Angela Ahrendts doing at Apple? - Fortune

She gave up a ­starring role as Burberry’s CEO to run the tech giant’s retail and ­online ­operations. As Ahrendts reveals in this Fortune exclusive, she’s starting not with the product—but with the people.

fortune.com

The Zero B.S. Method To Recruiting A Killer Sales Force | Andreessen Horowitz

In most interview situations there’s often an odd, sometimes disturbing imbalance, and it boils down to one word: power. Who has it, who doesn’t. Typically it’s the interviewer who has more power, because they’re the ones deciding who should get the job and who shouldn’t.

a16z.com
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