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  • ECJ, Schrems 2 and (real-world) data protection in the EU

    ECJ, Schrems 2 and (real-world) data protection in the EU

    Sharing a perspective and a few facts. Much has been said since the ECJ struck down the #PrivacyShield for US-EU data transfer. Earlier this week, James Sullivan, Jr. from the U.S. Department of Commerce shared a White Paper outlining the information that can help both US and EU organizations in this context. Interesting that the ECJ focuses on aspects related to…

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  • Your call is very important, which is why you are talking to a bot

    Your call is very important, which is why you are talking to a bot

    Technology is about serving human beings. Interestingly, some plan otherwise. Illustration with customers’ contempt by pushing costly, useless, dystopian bot assistants.

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  • DataVirus threat: targets are now your brain and decision-making

    DataVirus threat: targets are now your brain and decision-making

    Do you know what it is about behind the data you trust and use? Recently I had the opportunity to contribute to a LinkedIn post on what new can be said about data that wouldn’t have already been said. A rather difficult but very good question. Most approaches to data usually relate to the importance of its…

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  • Tesco creates 20K jobs. M&S wastes 7K jobs. Business as Usual?

    Tesco creates 20K jobs. M&S wastes 7K jobs. Business as Usual?

    Same market, same industry but different C-suite, obviously. We believe that less is more and that the post’s title should be enough. More on this topic CNN: UK’s biggest supermarket adds 16,000 jobs to cope with online shopping boom Retail Gazette: M&S to scrap 7000 jobs Reason‘s blogs:

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  • The Economics of #MeToo & Reference Checks: Do Recruiters Care?

    The Economics of #MeToo & Reference Checks: Do Recruiters Care?

    Abuse of power and backlisting are undoubtedly strengthened by dogmatic, arbitrary and unregulated practices of References / Background Checks leaving real risk prevention for businesses and candidates/employees often unaddressed. As a new landmark decision related to #MeToo has just been taken in the US, we are sharing here an article about “The Economics of #MeToo and How to…

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  • Resilience Association Next Webinar on COVID-19 Exit Strategy

    Resilience Association Next Webinar on COVID-19 Exit Strategy

    On Wed 29th July, 6pm: Opening the door on what leadership, management and operations are currently thinking about on the COVID-19 “new normal” About this Event and Booking The Resilience Association is pleased to provide you with another COVID-19 Exit Strategy Free to attend Webinar, this time focusing on “What does the new normal look like?” reason are delighted…

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  • Corporate Insights and ‘Single Version of the Truth’ Principle

    Corporate Insights and ‘Single Version of the Truth’ Principle

    From assertive goodwill to consistent reality: Why Praxis matters. Clarifications about a highly underestimated strategic question. When it comes to Reporting, Analytics and Insights, there is little more important for organisations than the principle of a Single Version of the Truth (SVoT). This principle often expresses the data warehousing design ideal, at IT level, with…

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