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There has been much talk recently regarding a convergence of information security and privacy. Not that this is anything particularly new - convergence has been happening ever since privacy became a concern. After all, privacy requires the implementation of robust information security controls and appropriate safeguards. There are at least 46 privacy breach notice laws in the US alone; understanding and complying with their multiple requirements (to say nothing of the growing number of other national and international privacy laws) will require privacy and information security areas to work together for effective enterprise-wide management.
How do we ensure that we are getting the most from big data, cognitive computing, and whatever lies beyond, to improve the probability of making the right decisions, in the right context, and for the right reasons? We believe that lessons learned in over five decades of Lean Thinking can help guide us forward in this journey, and we will use examples from the financial services industry to illustrate them.
July 7, 2016 | Authored By: Karen Whitley Bell, Steve Bell
In a global setting, culture is an important facet of the decision-making process. To become a great decision maker, it behooves an individual to become educated about practices, values, and beliefs that are dominant in a culture and to understand others' frames of mind before making a decision. This recommendation inevitably suggests adopting an interdependent mindset.
September 30, 2014 | Authored By: Sharon Glazer, Tamas Karpati
Over the last decade, the growing adoption of personal devices has led to many people having their first and only computer experience on a phone or tablet. Over the coming decade, these devices will drop in price and proliferate, with a large percentage of the earth's population having more than one personal computer device (phone, tablet, watch, glasses, etc.). Unfortunately, the very devices that are designed to help us communicate and work better together are causing us challenges with in-person engagement. Human face-to-face contact has already been altered as a result of the constant distractions from our personal devices, breaking the social contract we have when we are engaged in a conversation with someone.
August 1, 2015 | Authored By: Neil Roodyn
Some of us -- who tend to be leaders -- almost enjoy making decisions, but are such people better decision makers than others who are more deliberate? Not necessarily. Decisiveness is generally considered a virtue, but being decisive for its own sake can be as dangerous as protracted vacillation.
September 1, 2014 | Authored By: Paul Clermont