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Your Language at a Job Interview

Numerous articles have been written about job interview dress code, behavior, body language and answer strategy. But when it comes to discussing the language of a job interview, expert advice are usually limited to publishing lists of 'taboo' words or giving advice about hiding emotions and keeping your language neutral in style. At the sameContinue reading "Your Language at a Job Interview"

The Key Innovations That Transform Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Today

The supply chain is a complex process that involves numerous operations, from warehouse fulfillment to logistics of transportation and delivery. With all innovations that emerge to assist the development of supply chains, the industry still needs more. What are the key innovations that are transforming supply chain and logistics industry in 2021? To answer theContinue reading "The Key Innovations That Transform Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Today"

Job Interview Tips: What to Do When You Don’t Know How To Answer a Question

I've been receiving numerous messages and questions, mainly from those who are about to get interviewed for IT-related jobs, about the ways to answer and behave in cases when you absolutely do not know what to say. Well, everyone has these moments of 'emptiness' in mind during a job interview. This article is about waysContinue reading "Job Interview Tips: What to Do When You Don’t Know How To Answer a Question"

Digital Transformation in Business Operations Management

As a foreword to this article, let me share a request that I seem to receive from our customers with regularity that requires special attention. "...our operation management system is limited to papers..., so we've been thinking about introducing an App integrated into a program/software available to clients on our website..." In 2020, when halfContinue reading "Digital Transformation in Business Operations Management"

What Use Can Logistics Companies Make of the AI and IoT Technology Today?

Since the beginning of the new millennium, when technologies have become capable of replacing people in many complex, smart operations, more and more businesses realize the necessity to optimize their daily processes by digitalizing nearly every step in their performance. As I am focusing on logistics, I will give you a few examples of the use thatContinue reading "What Use Can Logistics Companies Make of the AI and IoT Technology Today?"

Smart Technologies for Logistics Companies

What Use Can Logistics Companies Make of the AI and IoT Technology Today? Since the beginning of the new millennium, when technologies have become capable of replacing people in many complex, smart operations, more and more businesses realize the necessity to optimize their daily processes by digitalizing nearly every step in their performance. As I am focusing onContinue reading "Smart Technologies for Logistics Companies"

Keeping Your Audience Engaged During a Training

I found Anna in an empty connecting corridor between the two administrative buildings of the university. When she saw me, she threw herself on my shoulder and burst into tears. "I swear I did my best to prepare," she sobbed. "I worked on that presentation all week after the previous time, when they looked quiteContinue reading "Keeping Your Audience Engaged During a Training"

Blowing on the Dice of Your Career

Earlier today, I was searching through Linkedin.com articles of my colleagues and ran across a quote which is frequently attributed to Mark Twain and which I'd read years ago-- "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw offContinue reading "Blowing on the Dice of Your Career"

What Can Bring Rocketing Start-Ups to Failure

You can't give people more knowledge than they are willing to take. I came to this conclusion while working with university students years ago, and now I keep receiving validations to it every time I do coaching for IT start-ups. This note is about trying to understand why so many start-ups fail to reach theContinue reading "What Can Bring Rocketing Start-Ups to Failure"

Knowledge Management: Yes or No?

When I opened a presentation and started showing it to my young colleagues, I could see nothing but surprise in their eyes. Those eyes asked: "What the heck, why did she waste her time making that presentation for a video piece from Youtube, when she could simply watch the video and retell it to usContinue reading "Knowledge Management: Yes or No?"

Internships vs General Education

The biggest benefit of internships is, beyond doubt, the opportunity of gaining valuable work experience along with learning the basics of a certain profession. Unlike learning from coursebooks or classroom-based education, one acquires professional knowledge plus skills, plus a bit of experience, all in one. Internship lets you explore your future (or potential) career path,Continue reading "Internships vs General Education"