When hiring use survivor bias

I have had opportunity to conduct interviews on behalf of my company for over a year now. Most of my colleagues who have been on the interview panel have asked me why I spend lot of time asking candidates about tasks and jobs that...

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IBM’s crystal ball Tech Predictions

Big Blue continued its annual tradition and released technology predictions after surveying its 3,000 researchers to find five ideas expected to take root within five years. The list includes (not in order of my preference though!) Air-powered...

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Role change - You get a new avatar. Now what?

Role change @job is probably the most awaited thing for any employee who has put in his mind, heart and soul to meet his targets. So it was for me few weeks back till I received a C&B letter mentioning my new job role. I was all...

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WebP - A new images format 4 web

WebP pronounced as "weppy" is a new image format for web by Google that gives you a file size reduction by an average of 39.8% percent, without affecting its quality. To make Internet more faster and loading pages in lesser time,...

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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.  Here is the video and transcript for this address - You've got to find what you l...

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Boss & You: Its called management

Management: The Dilbert WayImage Courtesy: Dilb...

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Up for a probability challenge?

Today after a long time I came across an interesting probability question. I think there are two ways to solve this problem but don't know which one is correct. Leave me a comment if you know the right answer."A couple has two children...

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BAM: real-time versus historical

The ability to report business performance metrics is a major differentiator among BPM suites. BPM vendors are rushing to include this type of business activity monitoring (BAM) capability in their suite through acquisitions, partnerships...

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notes to self - Sunday, January 24, 2010

An Audience With....John Everhard | Theo Priestley-- John Everhard of Pega systems thinks many companies stepped-back from software investments in 2008 in the US and took the time to plan significant transformations as preparation...

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