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Making mindfulness a leadership success factor

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Conscious breathing exercises and micro-breaks, mindfulness-based interventions and guided meditations are considered helpful in strengthening self-regulation and dealing withchanges or stress more calmly. The results from the face-to-face training are reinforced when mindfulness exercises are continued via an app.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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Immediately after the CrowdStrike outage happened, for example, Akamai ran a tabletop exercise. The exercise even involved running through CrowdStrikes remediation process. The exercise worked, she says, and Akamai wouldve been able to recover if the bad update had slipped through the checks. Prouty asks.

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The dawn of agentic AI: Are we ready for autonomous technology?

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The people who are programming agentic AI want it to work through the same type of autonomous decision-making. Organizations could use agentic AI to try to defeat themselves, much like a red team exercise. At least in its early days, the technology will be a programmed system.

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What CIO certificate programs can do for your career

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If you’ve been recently promoted into the CIO role, or hope to be at some point, a CIO management-certificate program can help you learn how to think strategically, approach the job systematically and broadly, and communicate effectively with other executives in the C-suite. No replacement for hands-on experience. That includes coaching.).

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D&I programs help AllianceBernstein stand out for tech talent

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The list of programs that AllianceBernstein has in place to diversify its talent pipeline is extensive. It sponsors high school robotics teams, offers career transition programs for former pro athletes and military members, and partners with the Nashville Software School to offer vocational training. Diversifying the talent pipeline.

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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

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OCM is a specialized skill, but CIOs can start with some practical strategies, such as publishing their technology roadmap, hosting interactive Q&A sessions to encourage dialogue, training programs that include hands-on exercises, and building a feedback mechanism that allows employees to voice their concerns.

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INE Security: Optimizing Teams for AI and Cybersecurity

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Incorporate Structured Team Training Programs The first step in building an AI-ready cybersecurity team is to implement structured training programs that focus on both foundational cybersecurity principles and advanced AI applications. Strategies to Optimize Teams for AI and Cybersecurity 1.

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