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How do you balance generational expectations through interventions in corporate culture?

Through communication and listening. Generational expectations matter because each generation has different experiences, frustrations, challenges, and hopes. These are also shaped by technological advances and the societal values inherent to that generation. The first thing is to make the different generations aware of these differences, both the older generations, who have historically held a higher […]

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What are some processes that you can put in place to extract knowledge from team 1 to enable team 2 to be autonomous and not blocked by the availability and priorities of team 1?

This is a very common use case (and pain) in Agile organizations. It occurs when you scale all your teams at the same time, but you don’t invest enough in analyzing how the flows of work evolve with respect to the growth of your products and services. But worry not, this is just a matter […]

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Career

How do you manage your time to learn the latest technologies?

I share my good practices with you here. Basically, it is about setting aside a little time (15 minutes), every day of the week, whenever you like, to at least start reading, listening to, or watching something about a recent technology. If the subject and content interest you, you will naturally spend more than 15 […]

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Career

What is the main difference between a software architect versus a tech lead?

The differences are the following: The purpose of a Software Architect is to provide a solution to a set of needs in terms of products and services or a problem, which includes technical and functional research, impact analysis, system design, IT designs, decisions, vendor management, financial analysis and project planning. They are absolutely needed if […]

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Career

What kind of management works best to increase workers’ productivity, and why?

I think it is management that has a clear vision of where it wants to go, communicates that vision, and makes sure the people who make up the company are part of/contribute to it. Management that gives everyone the power to act and the power to decide, within a framework that is defined and clear […]

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Artificial Intelligence Automation Engineering

I Wake Up, There Is New AI: Building My Automated Podcast Studio Experiment

Two years of building my own AI podcast workflow, from Podcaas and voice cloning to agent orchestration. What a second verification taught me about quality, cloud cost and human engineering.

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Architecture

What are the basic components needed when developing a framework for transforming business strategy into IT architecture?

The basic building blocks for developing a framework for transforming business strategy into IT Architecture are: A. The elements of business strategy: The expression of business strategy, as a synthesis of your vision The business goals Investment themes: strategic buckets from which money will be invested The Objectives and Key Results (OKR): express what you […]

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Business

How do you validate a problem in a market?

There are several scenarios when validating a problem in a market. The simplest situation is when this problem is already tackled by one (or several) existing companies. You “just” need to analyze their activity in that market. For example, their business model, the number of customers, the type of customers, the number of products sold […]

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Engineering

Can a low-code platform help developers minimize technical debt?

Yes, it can, but the true answer to “How do I minimize technical debt” is how you deal with your technology strategy. Technical Debt management must be an active practice and a process of your IT Governance. So should your strategy embed a principle saying that each development of simple solutions usually based on complex […]

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Wisdom

What habits make us less intelligent?

The habits that make us less intelligent are: Procrastinating. Why? Because procrastination creates a continuous moral burden that keeps accumulating and makes us prone to more disorganization, more procrastination, and less time to act. Action strengthens and refines our knowledge. Not making decisions/letting things happen. Why? Making a decision is preceded by reflection and weighing […]