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Articles by Perry Hewitt
Opinion: The capacity building imperative - from proposals to progress
The climate crisis, access to education, gender inequality, public health emergencies, the need for socioeconomic mobility, and financial inclusion. Calling attention to these seemingly intractable problems is how we open “Skilling that Scales,” the impact report on data.org’s Generative AI Skills Challenge, made possible by funding from Microsoft, with support from EY.
Opinion: What it takes - and what’s next - to build data for social impact
What does it take to build the field of data for social impact? As the past two years have illustrated with stunning clarity, it takes collaboration and capacity — reinforcing data.org’s mission to serve as a platform for partnerships that build and accelerate the field.
Why Chief Digital Officers Must Invest in Experiences Over Products and Technology
Brian Solis: Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group By Brian Solis, Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group Thoughts from the new book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design [bctt tweet=”New CDO Community Post: Find out why @briansolis says Experience is the New Brand http://bit.ly/201ej5s” via=”no” url=”no”] In my research and in my work, I continue to observe the importance of experience in building long-term, meaningful and productive customer experiences.
COVID as catalyst for digital transformation
It’s both hard and easy to believe that the sentiment “Digital will become the core” still attracts a lot of attention in 2020. It’s hard to believe: Isn’t that the pivot we have all been making for more than twenty years? But it’s easy to believe when we experience interactions with enterprise companies that are mired in literal paperwork and cumbersome processes that clearly require a digital rethink.
How to manage your bandwidth - for social
I’ve long been a believer in the rocks, gravel, sand analogy popularized by Steven Covey when it comes to task management. You have to make sure you get the big rocks in — that presentation due Wednesday, that project plan review for Friday — before you are pecked to death by ducks, a.k.a. email. It’s easy for small tasks to prevent focus, so be aggressive about putting holds in your calendar for the big ones.
Translating startup-speak for the corporate buyer
Startups salivate at the prospect of entering the enterprise — and for good reason. The enterprise is rife with legacy systems and circuitous processes that frustrate employees and hinder results — and the startup has just the perfect product to fix the problem. Too often though, the pitch to the enterprise falls flat or a promising pilot gets sidelined.
How To Build a High-Performing Digital Team
Digital skills are in high demand and short supply. But first things first — how do you define a digital team when nearly everything is digital? Digital teams are responsible for developing, testing, and implementing a strategy to reach and engage target audiences through digital channels like web, mobile, and social. While other groups may draft the messaging, a digital team works hand-in-hand with marketing and product leaders to curate and create digital-first content strategy.
Celebrate the Mistakes that Don't Happen
At the very end of 1998, NASA launched a much-anticipated robotic space probe called the Mars Climate Orbiter. Its mission was to collect data about the atmosphere, and act as a communications relay for the Mars Polar Lander. Nearly ten months later, it arrived at the red planet, only to disappear just as it was supposed to establish an orbit.
When Choosing a Job, Culture Matters
Some organizations will excite you. They’ll stimulate your success and growth. Others will be stressful. They may lead you to quit before you’ve accomplished much or learned what you hoped to. With the pressure (or excitement) of finding a new job, it’s all too easy to pursue a job opportunity or to accept an offer with only a hazy view of how the institution really operates.
12 Things Good Bosses Believe
What makes a boss great? It’s a question I’ve been researching for a while now. In June 2009, I offered some analysis in HBR on the subject, and more recently I’ve been hard at work on a book called Good Boss, Bad Boss (published in September by Business Plus). In both cases, my approach has been to be as evidence-based as possible. That is, I avoid giving any advice that isn’t rooted in real proof of efficacy; I want to pass along the techniques and behaviors that are grounded in sound research.
Five Mistakes to Avoid When Managing Digital Teams
With digital becoming part of every line of business, effective marshaling of digital capabilities is a critical competency. Management is often maligned (sometimes for good reason!), but strong management is an important differentiator in both digital delivery and in aligning that delivery to strategic goals. So what’s the best way to tackle management of digital teams to keep engagement and output high?
How to handle failure at work
Failure in the workplace can take many shapes. The budget cycle ended, and your prized initiative was the only one on the chopping block. Or the client called and abruptly cancelled your agency’s long-term contract. Maybe the star employee you recruited into your company turned out to be less than stellar, and you participated in a string of HR discussions culminating in termination. In any of these cases and many more, you experienced a demoralizing, public failure.
How to be a good mentee
“Work with a mentor” is right up there with “maximize your 401K contributions” and “no more than one drink at the office holiday party” on the list of common advice given to young professionals at the beginning of their careers. Harder to find are answers to questions such as, What is the best way to build a mentor relationship? How can you make the most of your interactions? And how can you sustain a meaningful connection over time?
Friday 5 - 4.21.2017
No one needs the embarrassment of a notification popping up at the wrong time — or on the wrong device. Wired explains how to find out where you’re signed into iMessage, set up two-factor, and turn off messaging where needed. Bloomberg’s new Lens app provides a handy overlay of contextual information about people and companies. You can try it as a Chrome extension or an iOS app. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for United with grievous bodily harm, non-apologies, and even a scorpion.
Five Mistakes to Avoid When Managing Digital Teams
As digital becomes part of every line of business, effective marshaling of digital capabilities is a critical competency. Management is often maligned (sometimes for good reason!), but strong management is an important differentiator in both digital delivery and in aligning that delivery to strategic goals. So what’s the best way to tackle management of digital teams to keep engagement and output high?
Chief Digital Officer's Guide to the Collaborative Economy, with Jeremiah Owyang [VIDEO]
“The bad news is, your customers may be your competitors. The good news is, you can harness them,” declared Jeremiah Owyang, Founder of Crowd Companies, at the 2015 NYC CDO Summit, on April 29, 2015, hosted at Thomson Reuters. We felt it appropriate to revisit Owyang’s featured presentation from last year’s Summit, given the return of our flagship NYC CDO Summit for its 4th year, presented by Centric Digital and hosted by Thomson Reuters on April 27, 2016.
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The CDO Club held its inaugural Sydney CDO Summit, presented by Accenture Digital on 1 March, 2016 at the UTS Business School. The CDO Summit addresses the challenges and opportunities arising from big data, the cloud, digital disruption, and social and mobile media.
Friday 5 - 2.5.2016
It’s been almost ten years since Watson beat Ken Jennings at Jeopardy, and in that decade artificial intelligence has continued to advance. This week for the first time a Google DeepMind program defeated a professional human player in Go. Interesting take on how this advance reflects an “artificial imagination” capability, and what this breakthrough implies for business. Facebook is again adjusting its news feed to show you the relevant content you are most likely to engage with.
Friday 5 - 1.29.2016
Snapchat is targeting users over 35, but it’s not the most intuitive interface for people familiar with platforms like Facebook on a desktop. Now the service is making it easier for users to find one another with the ability to share your user name. Need more of a primer? The Wall Street Journal explains everything you ever wanted to know about Snapchat and were afraid to ask.
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The first time most people heard of Watson, IBM’s artificially intelligent computer, was when it won the quiz show Jeopardy against two brilliant former (human) champions in 2011. A few years later, Watson moved on to a more ambitious challenge: the cure for cancer. In partnership with the Baylor College of Medicine, Watson looked through thousands of pages of medical research literature to identify dozens of potential ways to target cancer-linked proteins.
In Defense Of Screen Time
Nostalgia for a life without mobile computing is misplaced -- we’re fast finding ways to reap the benefits and develop strategies for the risks. (Unsplash) “Screen time” ranks among the phrases, along with “trans fats” and “big box retailer,” that elicit mournful nods among the chattering classes. People regret the loss of unmediated presence: museums free from selfie sticks, dinners uninterrupted by stealthy smartphone checks and weekends free from the tyranny of email. And I get that, I do.
Check Your Normative Defaults
In July of this year, Facebook made a small design change that reflected a large shift in perspective. On both the desktop and the mobile app the globe icon in the blue bar became dynamic rather than static, reflecting your position on the planet. If you were logging on to Facebook from Jakarta, North America was no longer the default view. Why should such a small change matter? Mapmakers have known for centuries that whoever draws the map, defines the perspective.
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