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Continue reading →: “The Bear” Season 2: A Poignant Story About Building Quality CultureConfession: When I originally viewed The Bear (Season 1) last year, I thought it was “just OK.” It’s a drama that centers around a group of 8 people who work in a restaurant, and I’ve never worked in a restaurant. I had little to relate to. Plus, the excellent cinematography…
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Continue reading →: A+ for ML with R: Lantz’s 4th Edition
TL;DR – This book is a great value. I’d pay $100 for it, even though I already have a well worn 3rd edition (and even a 1st edition that I started using with undergrads in 2015). Want to learn how to write R code to develop and deploy machine learning…
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Continue reading →: Knowledge is like money. It’s useless if it’s not flowing.Before launching into this post, everyone should go read the post that inspired it: Alyzande Renard’s brilliant piece on LinkedIn, titled Alyzande’s Tips for Getting a Job in 30 Days. Blunt, sweary version. I’m excited about her post because it’s direct, frank, honest, and in your face. She’s directing everyone…
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Continue reading →: Announcing the Digital Quality InstituteAll of us should be starting to feel it now… we’re entering a new AI-ra. Which is why I’m expanding horizons! Today I’m launching the Digital Quality Institute at dxquality.com. That’s where I’ll be offering my old PDF eBooks that have been available for years, new PDF eBooks yet to…
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Continue reading →: Setting Expectations Early & Often
Agreeing on simple things (for example, where and when to meet) can be anything but simple. There can be miscommunications, incomplete communications, desires can change along the way, or people can learn things that change their availability or ability to get together. How do you make sure that you stay…
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Continue reading →: Dean Meyer’s “How Organizations Should Work” – an A+ Reference on Intentional Organizational Design
The organization that you design designs you back. Similarly, the organization that you fail to intentionally design will also design you back. And you probably won’t like the pain it inflicts… whether that pain manifests as political battles, conflicts of interests, or just plain stonewalling or slow-walking. People tend to…
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Continue reading →: Elon’s Modern Day Tower of Babel Event
So Elon bought Twitter this week, fired most of the staff (except the people who have been writing the most lines of code, and if you work in software engineering you know what a genius idea that is), alienated a bunch of potential 2023 advertisers, and then alienated them more…
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