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Jan 31

Entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and academics are coming together for this #TechForNonTechies workshop on 5 February. It's going to be great. If you're an upper mid to senior leader, you will find this useful.

Plan your year like a Digital Leader

Make an ambitious but realistic plan to go from traditional business manager to Digital Leader. Get clarity, learn the right action steps & build your network.

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Jan 24

Last fall I saw Luke Ellis, the CEO of MAN Group, a hedge fund with $64 billion AUM, at the

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Leadership Summit. He said: “it’s not meant to be easy to get this job, and it’s not supposed to be easy to keep it.” I find that comforting.

A great career is not meant to be easy

I’m teaching this class for

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alumni and the university has generously opened it up to everyone. Sign up here alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu/s/activities-e

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Kate Masterofwhine

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Jan 22

Why British people… WHY??

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How are those New Year resolutions going?

January’s False starts: plan for a marathon, not a sprint

Have you ever watched Arrested Development, the comedy series about a super rich family who suddenly goes broke? If not, it is my weekend…

Jan 18

The majority of Silicon Valley VC funding will go to white males in 2023. This is an opportunity for investors and innovators to capture overlooked markets.

Silicon Valley’s white male focus brings opportunity for everyone else

The majority of Silicon Valley VC funding will go to white males in 2023. This is an opportunity for investors and innovators to capture overlooked markets.

Ted Henry Curtis

@tedhenrycurtis

Jul 29, 2022

hbr.org/2022/07/coding via

Coding Isn’t a Necessary Leadership Skill — But Digital Literacy Is

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While most leaders now know that tech is a vital part of business, many are wondering what they really need to know about technology to succeed in the digital age. Coding bootcamps may appeal to...

PE Investors Hire Outsiders as CEOs

Jan 17

To become a public company CEO, get promoted from within. Most public company CEOs are internal hires. At PE backed firms, this is reversed: CEO hires are external & get paid more. Good news if your aren't good at corporate politics chicagobooth.edu/review/pe-inve

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Research finds evidence for an active market for CEOs among PE-owned companies in the US.

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The Actionable Futurist® Andrew Grill

@AndrewGrill

Jan 4

Kicking off season 5 of the #ActionableFuturist #Podcast with

If your'e a non-techie then how to you get a handle on new tech?

CEO & founder of Tech For Non-Techies. Sophia argues that you don’t have to be a tech expert to run or work in a tech company! Listen via podc.st/s5e1 #leaders #exec #tech #digitallycurious

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Before computers, Jean Golding sorted through data sets using cards and a thread. Loved this interview with one of the original data scientists (before it was a thing). Proud that Jean Golding’s life changing work continues at my alma mater

@BristolUni

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Professor Jean Golding, epidemiologist

Listen to this episode from Desert Island Discs on Spotify. Professor Jean Golding is an epidemiologist who is best known for founding the Children of the Nineties study - more formally known as the...

Dec 9, 2022

Back to school today!

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Emma Sinclair MBE

@ES_Entrepreneur

Dec 7, 2022

YES PLEASE! 🙏🏻

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Dec 7, 2022

'Are we attracting the right people into government?' Tech Entrepreneur Emma Sinclair calls for the government to stop 'blaming' each other and prioritise matters such as the state of the economy. @IainDale | @ES_Entrepreneur | #CrossQuestion

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Dec 6, 2022

Probably.

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Caroline Hardman

@LittleHardman

Dec 5, 2022

Okay so the Harry and Meghan doc looks dreadful/crass. But are we still going to watch it?

Dec 3, 2022

Just spotted this review for the #TechForNonTechies podcast! Feeling very warm and fuzzy right now. If you haven’t yet had a listen, maybe now is the time.

7 steps to cure your hangover - Harvard Health

Useful article for this time of year

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Drinking fluids may help with the morning-after misery from getting drunk. A friend recently recommended that I take the herb ginkgo biloba to protect against getting dementia. Is it effective, and...

Useful thread on recruiting.

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Anand Sanwal

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1 question interview challenge You are interviewing someone and can only ask 1 question Based on the answer to that 1 question, you have to make a hiring decision What question would you ask? Mine: How did you prepare for this conversation? What's yours?

Omg! I’m on Simone Spotify Wrapped. It’s like birthday and Christmas together.

Dec 1, 2022

I went to one of the world’s top business schools, but the way

@RachRodgersEsq

teaches how to manage your working capital is SO much better. B schools are great if you want to be a corporate manager, but are missing a trick when it comes to entrepreneurship.

Nov 30, 2022

I'm teaching a useful free class today. Come along or send on to a clever friend. Class starts in 90 minutes.

How to Become a Digital Leader

Join this FREEE MASTERCLASS for leadership case studies from Netflix & Microsoft. Learn how to apply them to your goals. Speak tech & have a great career!

Nov 30, 2022

Why do you keep checking your phone, even when you’re trying not to? It's because the apps on your phone use the Hook Model, codified by

@nireyal

I've summarised it for the latest #TechForNonTechies podcast. It's quite entertaining (+ useful)

How apps get built to be addictive: the Hook Model

Why do you keep checking your phone, even when you’re trying not to? It's because the apps on your phone use the Hook Model. Learn what this is on the podcast.

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Ihar Mahaniok

@mahaniok

Nov 28, 2022

There are two kinds of VCs. VCs that joined a venture firm, and VCs that have founded a venture firm. VCs that have founded a firm can relate to startup founders on an entirely different level. Founders: look for emerging Founding/Managing Partners; they will fight for you.

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A man won the legal right to not be 'fun' at work after refusing to embrace 'excessive alcoholism'...

Nov 29, 2022

I think this is great. Work is just that - work. Employees shouldn’t be expected to have fun with each other outside the office. To paraphrase Elizabeth I, let’s not break windows into men’s souls and let people be.

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A worker was wrongfully fired for not following his company's "fun" values that included "excessive alcoholism" and "promiscuity," a French court ruled.

From

reader, to podcast listener to happy client. Seeing this post on LinkedIn today made me super proud. Thank you Marlene!

cats being weird little guys

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Amid tech sector layoffs, there is still plenty of opportunity to be a Digital Leader. Here are three ways to play the long game and the short game.

How to become a Digital Leader as the tech sector shrinks

Amid tech sector layoffs, there is still plenty of opportunity to be a Digital Leader. Here are three ways to play the long game and the short game.

The game is afoot!

This is a useful thread even for people who don’t understand sports analogies (like me).

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Paul Griffiths

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Nov 17, 2022

My advice for students considering a career in startups, venture capital or private equity/investment banking: notes from a recent talk, now a

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Nov 21, 2022

Cute!

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Dr Catherine Breslin

@catherinebuk

Nov 20, 2022

The Christmas lights are being turned on today in Cambridge, so it’s time to share my favourite festive display which was at the local vacuum cleaner shop a few years ago

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Nov 15, 2022

I got this on LinkedIn today. I LOVE it when podcast listeners get in touch. I really feel a connection with them, and it’s good to know that it’s mutual. If you have a favourite podcast, tell the host! You could leave a review or get in touch. It really does make a difference.

Nov 14, 2022

You cannot get someone to innovate - you can just create an environment where people can be innovative. This is one of the core leadership challenges of today #hbr100

Celebrating 100 years of the Harvard Business Review! The first question the panel discussed was - which HBR article had the biggest impact on you? Hoping that someone will mention mine, although I know I have some stiff competition!

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Emma Sinclair MBE

@ES_Entrepreneur

Nov 12, 2022

Twitter help pls🚨! I have some friends who recently arrived in the UK with v little living in *Barking, Essex*. Is anyone in the area here who could deliver a *wardrobe and/or bed(s)* they might not need? V niche longshot but …. don’t ask don’t get! PLS RT! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Nov 12, 2022

Beautiful essay on work and the reality of being an adult

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Elena Shalneva

@ShalnevaE

Nov 11, 2022

Replying to @viveksworld and @rorysutherland

I didn't realise it was behind paywall, it used to be in free view. But here's a screenshot, if you can be bothered with the small print.

Nov 9, 2022

In episode 124 I suggest you go make some tech friends. I have and they changed my life (and my career).

What type of developer you need to make friends with

To lead in the Digital Age, you need a network of developer friends. But don't just hunt down anybody who can code. Instead, build your tech network with intention.