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Micro-credentials Vs. Certifications: What behaviors and outcomes do they create in your IT functions?
Are micro-credentials the future of professional development in the IT industry? Or is the traditional certification route still the gold standard? As technology continues to advance at a breakneck pace, IT organizations face the challenge of ensuring their professionals are equipped with the latest skills and knowledge. Understanding Micro-Credentials Micro-credentials are short, focused learning experiences…
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Key Takeaways from Embracing Talent Transformation Through Leadership
Introduction Digital transformation is a rapidly accelerating trend, and organizations are feeling the pressure to adapt. In order to succeed, businesses must focus on people as a key dimension of transformation. However, many transformation initiatives fail because they do not provide enough focus on enabling, motivating, and engaging people in the transformation journey. At the…
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Maximizing DevOps Success with High-Performance Team Skill Assessments
The adoption of DevOps practices has been widely embraced by organizations due to its clear return on investment, as highlighted by the DORA data-based report. Despite its growing popularity, it’s estimated that 75% of DevOps initiatives will fall short of expectations in 2022, largely due to a lack of focus on organizational learning and change.…
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People: If You Do Not Listen, Guide, and Train, People Create Their Own Strategy
Experience with T-Shape and Second Pillar Approach I started my first professional role in IT support in a global corporation. I learned firsthand the importance of listening to, guiding, and training people to create and execute successful strategies. When I started working in IT, I assumed I was more intelligent than our users and focused…
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Suffering from Development Work, Why Won’t it Fly?
Developing and Delivering a Service needs feedback! USE DEVOPS! The advice to “Use DevOps” might still be confusing for many people. It is like saying, “Use a bike,” to someone who doesn’t know how to ride one and suggesting they do so without guidance. Hence, we worked with a group of eight people and compiled…
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Learning Journeys to Boost Employee Skill Enhancement
What is a Learning Journey? It is a set of formal and non-formal learning experiences that take place over a period of time and involve a range of approaches to enhance employees’ professional aptitudes, develop their current skills and abilities, and improve their behavior. It means that learning journeys should satisfy employees’ urge to learn…
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Optimizing Talent Retention with the Three Ways of DevOps
IT organizations are increasingly relying on technology to bring capabilities of automation, self-service capabilities, continuous measurement, and cross-functional collaboration to optimize their operations but one of the most important pieces of the puzzle is people. In a study by Gartner, it was found that over 80% of respondents said that their organization will be challenged…
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What are DASA Recognition Badges?
In today’s complex world, we are witnessing the survival and prosperity of the lean, the agile, the inventive, the curious, the bold, and the brave. As IT organizations strive to stay ahead of the curve in the ever-changing competitive landscape, upskilled and engaged employees will make a lasting impact on your organization’s DevOps transformation. Achieving…
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7 Reasons Why We Need Transformational Leaders
Transformational leaders inspire transformational change, enabling people to adapt by simultaneously instilling confidence and motivating them. Among transformational leadership characteristics are the following: Transformational Leaders build company culture by motivating employees – moving from a frame of mind of self-interest to a mindset where they work for the common good. They also coach and mentor…
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Experiencing Digital Talent Squeeze? Strategies to Help You Manage
We are continually seeing reports today about the ‘great resignation’ and the need for strategies to manage the onboarding, development, and retention of employees. The need for these strategies has been primarily driven by the rise in Covid cases. However, even before the pandemic, we were in an age of ‘digital disruption’ driving ‘agile transformations,’…
