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Silicon Valley Pioneer Sandra Kurtzig Back In Start-Up Game With Kenandy - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ

Not many people could walk into one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firms, ask to see a partner, and have him talk you into letting him fund your company.

But former ASK Group founder Sandra Kurtzig, one of Silicon Valley’s first female entrepreneurs and the first woman to take a Silicon Valley technology company public, did just that, walking into the offices of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and getting an immediate meeting with Managing Partner Ray Lane. 

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---- So excited that Sandy Kurtzig has started this new company.  ASK was one of the best places to work in Silicon Valley and it's wonderful to see this brilliant woman partnering with Salesforce! I spent 5+ years at ASK and know that KENANDY is going to be a great success!  -----  More on KENANDY... 

http://kenandy.com/

 

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The Real Succession Plan For Steve Jobs: Apple Thinks Different With Apple University

Apple's Succession Strategy for Jobs:  Apple University

Publicly, we know that Apple has been grooming Tim Cook for several years.  Not only has he already experienced the CEO role, he has been working directly with Jobs on the company's supply chain - so he has a deep understanding of the internal operations of the company.

Behind the scenes, we also know that there has been a project at Apple for several years to "capture the essence of Steve Jobs management philosophies" for generations ahead. Under the title of Dean of Apple University, Joel Podolny (former Dean of Yale Business School) has been building a leadership curriculum around Jobs behind the scenes.

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Taking A Customer From Like To Love: The UX Of Long-Term Relationships - Smashing Magazine

MBAs call this “customer experience,” although when it’s spelled out so plainly, it sounds more like common sense. And like most common sense, it’s rarely that common — especially in the world of subscription software, where we need customers to stick around.

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Work-Life Balance is Not a Perk - Talent Management

A very interesting piece about workforce generations and how to attract and retain employees. Lots of articles on this topic lately, and this is one of the best.

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Steve Jobs's Ultimate Lesson for Companies - Horace Dediu - Harvard Business Review

In a rare reflective moment Steve Jobs, after the launch of the iPad, mentioned Apple's DNA. He said:

"Technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that makes our hearts sing.

Read the rest of the article here.

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Are We Multi-Tasking Our Way Into Zero Productivity? | Psychology Today

Acknowledging that multitasking requires more effort than remaining focused, what's an employee to do? How can you "shut it off" while accomplishing more in less amount of time? For instance, I recently attended an Intel luncheon about women and technology and as it became fascinating how people use technology around the globe, the hours of the work day are boundarylessness. So is geography.

via www.psychologytoday.com

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How Long Does it Take to Create Learning? (2010 Research)

by Bryan C on September 14, 2010

Research Participants: 249 companies organizations, representing 3,947 learning development professionals, who have created content consumed by 19,875,946 learners.

All results are shown as ratios, showing number of hours of development to create 1 finished hour of learning (output)

 

We just completed a large-scale study and encourage you to use the results to benchmark and help improve your own internal development practices (see below):

How Long Does it Take to Create Learning?

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Make sure to check out the newest info on course development ratios. Extremely useful for anyone managing the development of traditional classroom and/or web-based training materials.

10 Unthinkable Lessons For Your Employees « Linked 2 Leadership

The Top Ten Things You Never Thought You’d Need To Teach Your Employees

In a collaborative investigation into workforce readiness, HR executives reported that new workers are entering the labor pool lacking overall professionalism, written communication skills, analytical skills, and business knowledge.

While we have the best-educated workforce in our country’s history, many employees have not learned the basic skills they need to succeed at work – and as a result, their employers have to teach them those lessons.

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