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When I talk to managers, I get the feeling they are important. When I talk to leaders, I get the feeling I am important. – Alexander den Heijer. This sentence sums up the definition of a true leader. Leaders must inspire those around them to behave ethically. They are there…
Why It Is Important to Think Innovatively Innovative thinking means the ability to generate and implement non-standard ideas, to look at processes creatively, propose new methods and products. In the world of constant technological change and globalization, companies cannot remain competitive on the market without monitoring current trends, implementing best…
Leaders, take note: innovation has more to do with humans than with technology. G. K. Noon was one of Britain’s most successful Asia-born entrepreneurs. Arriving in the United Kingdom in 1964 with comparatively little possessions, he pioneered authentic chilled microwavable Indian food distributed through major British supermarket chains such as…
Becoming a successful leader requires a range of skills. Regardless of the stage of your management career, reading about new strategies and approaches can help you to improve and become more effective in your role. From management classics, to books on how to improve your presentation and persuasion skills, here…
If you were the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a networking and cybersecurity organization and you learned about employees who were knowingly utilizing third parties to pay bribes to government officials, what would you do if such payments clearly violated Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA)? Would you…
In Hollywood films, cybercrime is usually portrayed as the modern-day Western where the bad and good nerds shoot code at each other instead of bullets. The reality is far more mundane. Most of the time, data breach incidences occur simply due to negligence or avoidable mistakes by employees. According to…
There is no digital transformation without empowering employees. Technology evolves at an exponential pace. This means that the pace of change will never be as slow as it is today. Organizations that have the ability and willingness to adapt to the “new normal” have the upper hand. The pace of…
The idea that assembling a team of your highest-calibre employees will result in a high performing team seems logical enough. Unfortunately, it’s 100% wrong! In the quest of decoding the attributes of successful teams, researchers at Google, in an initiative called “Project Aristotle”, looked over the last 50 years of…
The rapid adoption of cloud and mobile technologies has significantly extended the attack surface, even the threat landscape itself has continued advancing constantly. IT organizations are feeling the squeeze to respond to business requirements while ensuring the security of corporate information. Information and communication technologies have evolved over the last…
A CYBERSECURITY PERSPECTIVE FROM DR. IZUAKOR, A CYBERCULTURE HACKER What does leadership mean to you from a cybersecurity perspective? When it comes to cybersecurity, it seems as though there is always a fire to fight. Whether it is a new vulnerability impacting the company, the risk of failing an audit,…
