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Davos report - a conversation with Alan Alper of Cognizant

deal architect

Cognizant is a regular at the annual WEF event in Davos, Switzerland. I requested Alan Alper, VP Corporate Marketing, keep good notes on everything he observed during this year's event. Here's an excellent ground level report - you can feel.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Conversely, the things you measure well, with easily understood and visible metrics, tend to improve without much extra push. They keep the role neutral, like Switzerland, neither on the research side, nor on the operation side, but in between, like a mediator needs to be. faces in a global, interconnected system.

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Crypto is Global

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Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, during annual budget conversations, reiterated that bitcoin was not legal tender, and that the government would be clamping down on illegal activity using cryptocurrencies. The post Crypto is Global appeared first on The Barefoot VC. There was no mention of a ban.

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How Is Your Company Dealing With Diversity?

YoungUpstarts

by Jesmane Boggenpoel , author of “ My Blood Divides and Unites: Race, Identity, Reconciliation “ As the world becomes more globalized and advancement in technology continues to evolve, diversity in the workplace will continue to grow, making it more common to deal with clients, customers, and employees from all over the world.

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To Better Understand Innovation, Measure The Right Things

YoungUpstarts

Yet the employee innovator is often left out of conversations around innovation. Consider a bridge built in Laufenburg, a town that straddles Germany and Switzerland. Germany measures height in relation to sea level in the North Sea while Switzerland does so in relation to the Mediterranean Sea. Conclusion.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

learning and travel”) Eisenhower Fellowship, each person discusses their effort to create greater access to prosperity in a global economy and sustain diverse enterprises in education, economy, and civics. Contrasting China via their Zhi-Xing (? ?, March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM 4:30PM Hilton?—?Salon March 10, 2018 11:00AM?—?12:00PM

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. I’m the founder, ex Hewlett-Packard Director of Advertising and former SVP at Millward Brown (global brand/ad research firm owned by WPP). Thanks from switzerland, Nice story! We three partners are working hard.