Mon.Oct 11, 2021

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Striking a balance: Hypersensitivity in crisis operations

Crisis Response Journal

Leaders and managers working in crisis response operations need to resist the slide into hypersensitivity if they are to avoid being caught in a tangle of personal issues, says Arran Heal

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How Politics are Polarizing the Pandemic Response

Disaster Zone

Ethical leadership is needed.

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Is the Fight for $15 Going to Cost Low-Wage Workers Their Health Insurance?

The Rand Blog

Minimum wage increases can lead to reductions in employer-sponsored health insurance for some workers and their dependents. If policymakers want to raise the minimum wage, they should look beyond standard labor market outcomes and take into account other potential effects.

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Energy Shortages are Here--Worldwide

Disaster Zone

Balancing energy needs and climate change.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Unlock New Levels of Innovation and Business Agility with Intelligent Automation

BMC

As companies continue to pivot and adapt in response to the pandemic, more of them have turned toward automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML)—the trifecta behind intelligent automation—to help them streamline their business processes and better prepare for future “what if” scenarios. In its Automating with Intelligence study, Deloitte saw a significant uptick […].

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USFA Helps Educate the Public about the Importance of Home Fire Sprinklers

National Fire Protection Association

Home fire sprinklers are crucial in fire prevention. They help slow or even stop a fire before firefighters arrive at the scene. In most cases, this reduces a significant amount of property damage and saves lives. For the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA), their goal is to have home fire sprinklers installed in as many homes as possible.

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James Bond and Managing Risk

Disaster Zone

What do they have in common?

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Unlock New Levels of Innovation and Business Agility with Intelligent Automation

BMC

As companies continue to pivot and adapt in response to the pandemic, more of them have turned toward automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML)—the trifecta behind intelligent automation—to help them streamline their business processes and better prepare for future “what if” scenarios. In its Automating with Intelligence study, Deloitte saw a significant uptick […].

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Three Emergency Management Positions Open

Disaster Zone

Use LinkedIn as part of your job search.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Reimagine work in a hybrid world at our Citrix Converge 2021 hackathon

Citrix

Employees are now distributed as never before, working more flexible hours and forming ad-hoc teams for the duration of a project. This new way of working demands new tools that allow dynamic collaboration while ensuring a secure work environment. The … The post Reimagine work in a hybrid world at our Citrix Converge 2021 hackathon first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Are You Maladaptive?

Disaster Zone

If so, the emergency management profession is not for you.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

In today’s bulletin, Charlie discusses his thoughts on the industry that is business continuity and how he believes COVID has negatively impacted it. Nothing particular in the news piqued my interest this week, therefore, I decided to give my thoughts on ‘Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?’. I think in a number of areas, business continuity (BC) was lacking when it came to responding to COVID and some may start to question the validity of BC.

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Acronis #CyberFit Summit Miami keynotes announced

Acronis

The best and brightest thought leaders in the IT channel are coming together at the upcoming Acronis #Cyberfit Summit – that includes all-star keynote addresses from Brooke Baldwin, Chris Voss, Alexis Ohanian, and two of Acronis' visionary leaders: Patrick Pulvermueller and Sergeui "SB" Beloussov. Whether you’re attending virtually or in-person in Miami, here’s a sneak peek at the keynote line-up.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

In today’s bulletin, Charlie discusses his thoughts on the industry that is business continuity and how he believes COVID has negatively impacted it. Nothing particular in the news piqued my interest this week, therefore, I decided to give my thoughts on ‘Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?’. I think in a number of areas, business continuity (BC) was lacking when it came to responding to COVID and some may start to question the validity of BC.

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How Your ITSM Tool & PagerDuty Make a Dynamic Duo for Real-Time Work by Hannah Culver

PagerDuty

There’s an incident. Your teams need to communicate with the development team that owns the service, but that team is too busy to stop and chat. Meanwhile, you in central IT have business leaders asking for updates, angry internal users calling the help desk, and customer service representatives asking for information. You have hundreds of tickets all pertaining to the incident in your ticketing system.

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Databricks Execution Plans

Advancing Analytics

The execution plans in Databricks allows you to understand how code will actually get executed across a cluster and is useful for optimising queries. It translates operations into optimized logical and physical plans and shows what operations are going to be executed and sent to the Spark Executors. Execution Flow. Databricks uses Catalyst optimizer, which automatically discovers the most efficient plan to execute the operations specified.

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NCSAM Week 2 – 3 Fundamentals for Shoring Up Phishing Defenses

Managecast

From ransomware to SolarWinds, the cybersecurity space has been as hectic as it has ever been over the last 12-24 months. However, for all of the emerging threats and news that are cropping up on the horizon, phishing — one of the oldest pain points in cybersecurity — is continuing to quietly wreak havoc and is as big of a threat as it has ever been.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

In today’s bulletin, Charlie discusses his thoughts on the industry that is business continuity and how he believes COVID has negatively impacted it. Nothing particular in the news piqued my interest this week, therefore, I decided to give my thoughts on ‘Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?’. I think in a number of areas, business continuity (BC) was lacking when it came to responding to COVID and some may start to question the validity of BC.

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NexusTek Achieves CRN Triple Crown Status for 2021

NexusTek

October 11, 2021. NexusTek Achieves CRN Triple Crown Status for 2021. Recognized for Exceptional IT Solution Provider Service Third Year in a Row. Denver, CO (October 11, 2021) – NexusTek, a national provider of managed IT services and full IT outsourcing solutions to businesses across the U.S., announced today that CRN , a brand of The Channel Company , has named NexusTek as a 2021 Triple Crown Award winner for the third consecutive year.