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5 Ways to Have More Impact When You Talk Whether proposing ideas at a meeting, talking with team members, or giving a formal presentation, certain ways of speaking can be annoying to listeners and, ultimately, water down your message. To have more impact when you talk and make your ideas really shine, avoid these five common bad habits. |
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When It’s OK to Ignore Company Policy Most company policies have their roots in good practices, but over time, an organization's goals can change so much that a policy does not support those goals any longer. It’s important for employees to be able to use their own judgment and feel comfortable going to supervisors about making exceptions. |
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Z-Wave Open Sourced for Smart Home Applications Interested in adding network-connected thermostats, refrigerators, lighting, or security devices in your home? A portion of the most widely deployed wireless communications protocol in home automation has become available as open source, which may mean broadening availability of smart home technology. |
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How to Future-Proof Yourself in the Testing Field The secret to making yourself invaluable as a tester isn’t learning how to see the future and forecast what will change the industry and what will fade away. In order to future-proof yourself, spend the time to add the skills you’re missing, and understand what might be coming on the horizon. |
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Agile Demands a Holistic View of Testing and Automation Is your team struggling to transform your traditional testing methods, techniques, and tools in the context of an agile culture? The accountability for the right level of quality delivered at the right time belongs to the collective team. It's important to make decisions together about what value means. |
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You Can Get By with Less Sleep—but Should You? The conventional belief seems to be that you shouldn't get less than six hours of sleep a night. It turns out that with preparation, you can train yourself to get by on less—but is that a good idea? A lack of sleep can impair judgment, concentration, and reasoning, so think carefully before staying up. |
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Should You Cancel Your Next Meeting? Of course meetings are often necessary, but sometimes they are just rituals without meaning. At your job, would anyone recognize if a meeting weren't efficient or essential? When was the last time a meeting you were scheduled to attend was canceled because it wasn’t a good use of anyone’s time? |
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Changing the Narrative: Using Storytelling in Software Testing Stories change how we think and how we perceive our surroundings. This applies at work, too. What narrative did we tell ourselves during that project? Do we tell ourselves we are worthy of succeeding, or does our story tell us to fail again? Here are some ways testers can use stories to their advantage. |
