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The Tech Industry's Problem with Ageism Steve Berczuk writes that a hallmark of many tech companies, particularly those practicing agile, is being a flat organization with a company culture based on a meritocracy. When hiring, however, this meritocracy is inconsistent with the importance some companies place on a person's age. |
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Should You Be Worried about Shadow IT? If there is one thing IT professionals—especially those involved with security—like, it is control. However, we all know that shadow IT exists, which means IT professionals don’t have complete control like they used to. Joe Townsend explores whether or not shadow IT is something to be feared. |
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Why Employees Leave Your Company The average tenure of an employee in the United States is only a few years; some employees only stay as little as one year at even the top tech companies. So when employees leave your company, is it because this is the new trend, or is it because of something deeper and flawed within the company? |
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The Emergence of the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) CxO is traditionally an initialism for a group of chief officers—most of whom report to the chief executive officer—who head various strategic functions in an organization. Recently the idea of the CXO (chief experience officer), who heads customer service, is beginning to emerge—and even surge. |
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Book Review: The Retrospective Handbook Steve Berczuk reviews Patrick Kua's book The Retrospective Handbook: A Guide for Agile Teams. Among the issues Kua addresses are how to lead a retrospective when you are part of the team and how to deal with retrospectives with distributed teams. |
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Four Reasons to Stick with Daily Scrum Meetings Every team member is required to attend a daily scrum meeting. Pro tip: The ScrumMaster and product owner are team members too, despite their titles of leadership. If you feel you don’t need to attend every daily scrum, then consider these four reasons why you should stick with it. |