An organization (or organisation – see spelling differences) is a social entity that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment. The word is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon which means "organ" – a compartment for a particular task.
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Being a paradoxical manager is a good thing — here’s why
Tolerance doesn’t work without intolerance, and this paradoxical thinking applies to so many other aspects of growing your ...
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Forget 'users' and focus on the 7 steps to make your organization 'memberful'
Harald Dunnink — Founder of Momkai and co-founder at The Correspondent — shares why you should think about 'members' ...
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How the new age spirituality of #manifestions can make companies toxic
Manifestation is the latest viral trend on social media, presented as a way to create – or physically manifest – your ...
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4 common mistakes people make when scaling their HR and finance systems
This article was originally published by Built In. Rapid growth in a startup or small business is both exciting and daunting. ...
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Here's how to foster a culture of creativity within your company to attract creators
Here is my advice for business leaders to compete for the creators of tomorrow as well as inspire employees today amid this ...
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Agility of small businesses during COVID-19 puts big pressure on corporates
Moving forward, every company will need to find a way to replicate the moments of empowerment and agility we’re seeing ...
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3 biggest reasons why a company's digital transformation fails
Change is never easy, and not getting buy in from teams, failing to standardize, and uneasiness with change are the most ...
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Slack goes after email with 'Connect DM' — opening up chats with folks outside your company
Slack is useful to connect with your teammates and avoid sending them emails for things that can be discussed quickly through ...
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Organizations keep messing up their data insights — here's how to fix it
In this piece, I’ll take a hypothesis-based approach to focused outcomes, then back into the type of technology that can ...
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Analytics are the antidote to toxic meeting culture
Every team and every meeting is different, but defining and calibrating unique meeting engagement targets and KPIs is the ...
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You need to stop hiring 'cultural fits'
Every organization would say they want to hire according to merit. The problem is that many people unconsciously evaluate ...
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You should call in sick more often — even if you’re WFH
The dramatic rise in working from home due to coronavirus looks likely to become a permanent feature for many organizations, ...
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3 things I learned closing an acquisition during the pandemic
Looking into an acquisition? Here are three essential — and pandemic-proof — tips on how to successfully navigate M&A ...
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The case for neurodiversity: Why companies are hiring more autistic people
So you’re interested in our subbrand Growth Quarters? Then join our online event, TNW2020, where you’ll hear how the ...
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Positive company culture drives success — here's how to create one while WFH
Company culture runs much deeper than extra vacation days. It sets the tone for the customers you will onboard and the investors ...
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How to make your DevOps dollars go further during a crisis
Ultimately, development efficiency comes from understanding everyone’s core strengths and weaknesses and building around ...
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Disney's trouble with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a great lesson for startups in a crisis
You might've never heard of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, but in the 1920s he was more famous than Mickey Mouse. Being an 'author' ...
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Whereby co-founder's 6 tips for nailing remote work
Did you know Ingrid Ødegaard is speaking at TNW2020 this year? Check out their session on 'How to compete with tech giants' ...
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How Slack employees use Slack
Did you know Tamar Yehoshua, the author of this piece, is speaking at TNW2020 this year? Check out their session on 'Human-centricity: ...
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5 simple ways to keep your company culture alive while working remotely
While culture might not be high on the list of priorities during a crisis, it's absolutely crucial to ensure that productivity ...
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What is an 'entrepreneurial ecosystem'? And why you need one to raise a startup
The geography of entrepreneurship is “spiky,” meaning that from region to region there are significant variations in ...
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Your company is facing a software identity crisis — here's how to fix it
As workers move from tool user to tool advocate, their tech stack becomes a part of their professional identity — and that's ...
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How to handle layoffs with compassion and transparency
Highs never last. Lows seemingly never end. In the business world, this is where we find ourselves, trapped somewhere between ...
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OKR is the language remote teams must speak to succeed
To successfully navigate through this new way of working, it’s more important than ever to master the rules of the goal ...
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4 effective ways to make your virtual workplace more inclusive
Let’s be honest: pre-pandemic, working from home was a dream. After COVID-19 forced almost everyone to work remotely, we’ve ...
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'Business benevolence' is the key to surviving an economic crisis
Build partnerships with supply-chain partners around mutually-assured success, this will help you weather any storm — no ...
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7 ways design and development teams can work better together
If you’re a designer or a developer you know this story all too well: designers create a beautiful prototype or set of ...
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These 3 tried and tested hacks will land you a corporate client
Tractable's co-founder Adrien Cohen shares his cheat-sheet to help all startup clients land their next corporate client.
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Why DevOps is key to keeping your fully remote business afloat
DevOps can be the hero of your organization. In a time when we’re all desperately looking for a win, IT and DevOps can ...
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A step-by-step guide to becoming a better engineering manager
This guide covers what can shape our thinking about our role and how to effectively support individual engineers, teams, ...
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How to supercharge your team's brainstorming sessions with sci-fi narratives
Inviting people to create sci-fi narratives allows them to break out of the thought patterns that are holding them back
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'Agile metrics' are the key to your team's continuous improvement
By measuring your organization's agile metrics, your teams can set clear expectations, which will enable you to produce more ...
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Innovative leaders must practice ‘radical empathy’ — especially in times of isolation
To lead effectively, it’s not possible to overlook the emotional stages employees and customers are battling. Now it’s ...
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How OKRs can make you a better leader
Leaders need to lead by example using OKRs, showing that they are equally as committed to successful outcomes as anyone on ...
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DevOps isn't enough — your team needs to embrace FleetOps
FleetOps is needed to run a fleet of hundreds (or thousands!) of websites and applications securely across your organization. ...
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4 things I learned about innovation by working under Intuit's Scott Cook
There’s a mystique to founders and often an aura of brilliance that can make them intimidating and difficult to work with ...
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Darktrace's co-CEO on trusting AI to fight cyberattacks on our behalf
Darktrace had to take customers on a journey to help them trust algorithms in the fight against cyber attacks, the company's ...
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Focus on the client-side to protect your company from Magecart attacks
The three steps required to shield your company from a Magecart attack.
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Digital transformation projects don't fail because of a shortage of 'tech'
Trying to implement digital transformation at your company? Then you need to focus on people and processes, just as much ...
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Implement OKR, they said. The whole company will love it, they said.
When you read about OKR, you often read about the advantages that it has for a business, but the effect on employees is rarely ...
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How to be a digital disrupter at your company — without getting fired
If you're not the CEO or even the Chief Digital Officer of your company, how do you go about driving change without losing ...
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Why your organization needs to adopt a DataOps approach in 2020
To truly make the most of data, a DataOps function has to be included -- it’s the only way to make use of its huge opportunity. ...
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For AI to succeed, ‘computer says no’ needs to die
Data scientists and enterprises need to make sure the factors used by AI to derive a decision are transparent to the people ...
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Get ready for the emergence of AI-as-a-Service
By delivering analytical behavior persistently learned and refined by a machine, AIaaS can significantly improve business ...
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Conway’s Law and DevSecOps: How communication affects security
For DevSecOps, the challenge is to keep communications effective and secure. Machine data will be essential in making this ...
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How to implement a ‘threat model’ to beef up your organization’s security
A threat model is the most effective way to take stock of your company’s security and make sure it’s continuously up-to-date. ...
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Fixing employee access should be your top security priority in 2020
Where previously, many have perceived hackers as technical threats, today many in the industry are instead looking at human ...
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2020 will see AI move from buzzwords to solutions
2019 was the year AI started living up to its hype, 2020 will be about solving the key challenges that increasingly widespread ...
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Ugandan cryptocurrency startup promises jobs — steals employees’ money instead
A number of Ugandan citizens have been left in the lurch after being promised jobs at a cryptocurrency startup that's gone ...
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Why your ‘data-driven’ strategy isn’t working
One question, which is often overlooked, is whether the organization has the capability to use data in a manner that will ...
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An overview of Facebook’s 'cryptocurrency' supporters — who’s in and who’s out
Finding it hard to keep track? We've put together a quick overview of every organization that's still involved with Facebook's ...
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The IRS’ latest cryptocurrency tax guidance shows it still doesn’t get it
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued updated guidance for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings yesterday. ...
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Watch this Bitcoin scammer get called out directly over Skype
Dutch journalist and TV presenter, Jort Kelder, called out a Bitcoin scammer over Skype following the illicit use his face. ...
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German police raid criminal Bitcoin ring hiding in ex-NATO military bunker
Police in Germany have executed a hi-tech raid on a data processing centre installed in an ex-Nato bunker which hosted a ...
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Russian Facebook hit with fake Telegram token ads using Pavel Durov's face
When new cryptocurrencies are announced it doesn't take long for scams to follow. Telegram's incoming TON token is the latest ...
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Ethereum 'ICO architect' arrested over alleged $12M cryptocurrency extortion
Two people, including a former advisor to Ethereum, have been arrested for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency ...
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15 nations are reportedly banding together to monitor suspect cryptocurrency transfers
Some 15 countries, including Australia and Singapore, are reportedly banding together to create a data collection and sharing ...
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Executives are out of touch with the human effects of digital darwinism
Digital Darwinism: the evolution of technology and its impact on markets and society. I’m sure you’ve heard it before: ...
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Hackers are turning our AI security systems against us — but they can be stopped
With the use of AI growing in almost all areas of business and industry, we have a new problem to worry about – the “hijacking” ...
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Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers
Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily ...
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Bulgarian cryptocurrency scam lures UK investors with fake FCA accreditation
The UK FCA is warning consumers to be extra vigilant as cryptocurrency scammers are falsely claiming to have FCA accreditation. ...
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Poor cloud strategy can lead to unintended silos
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In the last few years, IT has undergone a massive shift as hybrid ...
