1) Habits and thought patterns developed over time can block creativity by making us rigid in our thinking and less open to new ideas. Our tendency is to rely on what is known and familiar rather than exploring unfamiliar or unknown options.
2) As we gain experience, we develop mental categories to organize information, but these categories can also prevent insight if we only try to fit new problems into existing frameworks rather than considering wholly new approaches.
3) Many common obstacles to creativity arise from social and psychological factors that discourage behaviors like asking questions, taking risks, being different from others, or maintaining an openness to uncertainty. Overcoming these blocks requires recognizing how our default ways of thinking can interfere with creativity.
With a wide range of DeFi expertise, RWaltz is leading the edge over competition offering decentralized finance development services. The DeFi development company delivers various DeFi projects to the financial sectors through cutting-edge technologies.
CoinDesk reveals the key trends, challenges, and opportunities for bitcoin and blockchain technology in 2016.
Reports are available to download for those who are signed up to our research list.
Sign up here: http://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/
Buy our research on the banks and the blockchain here: http://www.coindesk.com/research/banks-blockchain-report/
Get in touch via research@coindesk.com if you'd like to partner with research in the future.
With a wide range of DeFi expertise, RWaltz is leading the edge over competition offering decentralized finance development services. The DeFi development company delivers various DeFi projects to the financial sectors through cutting-edge technologies.
CoinDesk reveals the key trends, challenges, and opportunities for bitcoin and blockchain technology in 2016.
Reports are available to download for those who are signed up to our research list.
Sign up here: http://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/
Buy our research on the banks and the blockchain here: http://www.coindesk.com/research/banks-blockchain-report/
Get in touch via research@coindesk.com if you'd like to partner with research in the future.
Blockchain in Agri-Food – Industry Adoption AnalysisNetscribes
With the ability to track every movement of food – from the farm to the customer’s basket – blockchain has the power to address numerous challenges plaguing the agri-food industry such as waste management, food fraud, and the lack of price transparency. So it stands to reason that tech firms, both startups and behemoths, are working towards transforming this age-old industry with innovative blockchain-enabled solutions and business models. With a steady stream of projects being undertaken across food farming, processing, transportation and distribution, this report looks under the hood to find answers to key questions, such as:
• What does the value chain of blockchain enabled solutions supporting the agri-food industry consist?
• How do major blockchain companies fit in the value chain and how they collaborate with each other to meet various blockchain-enabled solutions in agri-food?
• What is the state of blockchain adoption across global regions and various sectors in the industry?
• What has been the outcome of real-world blockchain implementations, including pilot projects?
• How does the startup landscape look like?
• What does the future of blockchain in the agri-food industry look like?
For the full report, contact info@netscribes.com
Visit www.netscribes.com
A presentation on cryptocurrency and bitcoin by Utkarsh Singh and Srinath Singh. Best presentation for students in B.Tech colleges. Best presentation for seminar in aktu colleges. Best technical presentation.
The Defiant YouTube's Robin Schmidt created a DeFi 101 presentation explaining what this new blockchain-based financial freedom is all about. You'll get the definitions you need to talk the talk, the protocols to get you started and the data sources to not get rekt.
"Decentralized Finance (DeFi)" by Brendan Forster, Dharma | Fluidity 2019Fluidity
Presented by Brendan Forster, Co-founder of Dharma, at Fluidity 2019.
Fluidity brings the worlds of finance and technology together to shape the future of blockchain and capital markets. On May 9, 2019, we welcomed companies and teams to help shape the narrative of rebuilding finance at the historic Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn, New York.
Resources:
Website: https://fluiditysummit.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/fluidityio/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fluidityio
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/fluidityio/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC0NBCYlgLIxjSljf7CV91nQ/
Binance is one of the most popular an international multi-language cryptocurrency exchange.Clients on the Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange can get a 50% on exchanging charges by paying with the BNB token.
Traditional financial systems are limited in many ways, and blockchain can help them move to the next stage. Decentralized Finance is one of the hot topics at the moment. This technology is capable of introducing new possibilities of a trustless global financial system with a much quicker and more secured settlement time.
Decentralized finance applications can’t be tampered with, promotes interoperable design, fully transparent network, permissionless access, and user empowerment. There are already a vast number of DeFi apps for multiple varying use cases.
Popular DeFi use cases include asset management, complying with AML and CFT measurements, decentralized organizations, analytics and risk management, and so on.
We at 101 Blockchains believe decentralized Finance is the next stage for our financial systems. That’s why we offer premium blockchain courses specifically for DeFi and anyone who wants to utilize this technology for their company.
Our Introduction to DeFi course will focus on the purpose and scope of DeFi, along with introducing you to the underlying mechanism.
Learn more about the course from here ->
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/defi-course
We also offer additional courses and masterclasses for the finance sector. Learn more about the course from here ->
Blockchain in Finance Masterclass
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/blockchain-in-finance
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Masterclass
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/central-bank-digital-currency
Enterprise Blockchains and Trade Finance Course
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/enterprise-blockchains-and-trade-finance
We also offer lucrative certification courses for professionals. Learn more about these courses from here ->
Certified Enterprise Blockchain Professional (CEBP) course https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/blockchain-expert-certification
Certified Enterprise Blockchain Architect (CEBA) course
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/certified-enterprise-blockchain-architect
Certified Blockchain Security Architect (CBSE) course
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/certified-blockchain-security-expert
Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm
Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens
Location: Stanford Continuing Studies
Week: 3 (of 7)
The third session focuses specifically on cryptocurrencies. We will discuss the history of digital currencies from Bitcoin to Ether and others. We will review core concepts and terms and more highlight the major events in cryptocurrency space, new opportunities and existing problems that remain to be solved.
Observatoire des réseaux sociaux - IFOP - 6ème édition - Novembre 2011Romain Fonnier
L’Observatoire des réseaux sociaux est une enquête quantitative réalisée chaque année depuis l’automne 2007 par questionnaire auto-administré en ligne auprès d’un échantillon représentatif de la population internaute française en âge de voter (18 ans et plus).
Pour cette nouvelle enquête, l’Ifop a interrogé 2 080 internautes du 18 au 27 octobre 2011.
35 réseaux sociaux ont été étudiés. Les nouveaux réseaux sociaux testés sont Branch Out, Google+, Jaiku, Louer un étudiant, Wizbii et Yupeek. Les Créateurs du possible, testé en 2010, a été remplacé par Planète UMP.
La représentativité de l’échantillon a été assurée par la méthode des quotas appliquée aux critères suivants : sexe, âge, profession de la personne interrogée, région et catégorie d’agglomération.
L’échantillon constitué a fait l’objet d’un redressement sur la base des critères sociodémographiques usuels retenus en quotas et de la fréquence d’utilisation du web. Ce redressement a pu être réalisé à partir de données Ifop issues de son enquête annuelle de profiling de la population internaute française, réalisée par téléphone.
Les francais et le nouveau monde numérique tns - novembre 2011Romain Fonnier
1 Les Français à la découverte du nouveau
monde numérique
2 Les Français déjà de plain pied
dans le nouveau monde… à leur insu ?
3 Un nouveau monde numérique
attirant, malgré de vrais clivages…
4 Mais ce nouveau Monde numérique :
terre promise ou terre damnée ?
5 Un nouveau monde qu’il reste
à cartographier
A first step toward becoming a better analytical thinker and writer is to become more aware of your own thinking processes, building on skills that you already possess, and eliminating habits that get in the way.
Blockchain in Agri-Food – Industry Adoption AnalysisNetscribes
With the ability to track every movement of food – from the farm to the customer’s basket – blockchain has the power to address numerous challenges plaguing the agri-food industry such as waste management, food fraud, and the lack of price transparency. So it stands to reason that tech firms, both startups and behemoths, are working towards transforming this age-old industry with innovative blockchain-enabled solutions and business models. With a steady stream of projects being undertaken across food farming, processing, transportation and distribution, this report looks under the hood to find answers to key questions, such as:
• What does the value chain of blockchain enabled solutions supporting the agri-food industry consist?
• How do major blockchain companies fit in the value chain and how they collaborate with each other to meet various blockchain-enabled solutions in agri-food?
• What is the state of blockchain adoption across global regions and various sectors in the industry?
• What has been the outcome of real-world blockchain implementations, including pilot projects?
• How does the startup landscape look like?
• What does the future of blockchain in the agri-food industry look like?
For the full report, contact info@netscribes.com
Visit www.netscribes.com
A presentation on cryptocurrency and bitcoin by Utkarsh Singh and Srinath Singh. Best presentation for students in B.Tech colleges. Best presentation for seminar in aktu colleges. Best technical presentation.
The Defiant YouTube's Robin Schmidt created a DeFi 101 presentation explaining what this new blockchain-based financial freedom is all about. You'll get the definitions you need to talk the talk, the protocols to get you started and the data sources to not get rekt.
"Decentralized Finance (DeFi)" by Brendan Forster, Dharma | Fluidity 2019Fluidity
Presented by Brendan Forster, Co-founder of Dharma, at Fluidity 2019.
Fluidity brings the worlds of finance and technology together to shape the future of blockchain and capital markets. On May 9, 2019, we welcomed companies and teams to help shape the narrative of rebuilding finance at the historic Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn, New York.
Resources:
Website: https://fluiditysummit.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/fluidityio/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fluidityio
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/fluidityio/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC0NBCYlgLIxjSljf7CV91nQ/
Binance is one of the most popular an international multi-language cryptocurrency exchange.Clients on the Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange can get a 50% on exchanging charges by paying with the BNB token.
Traditional financial systems are limited in many ways, and blockchain can help them move to the next stage. Decentralized Finance is one of the hot topics at the moment. This technology is capable of introducing new possibilities of a trustless global financial system with a much quicker and more secured settlement time.
Decentralized finance applications can’t be tampered with, promotes interoperable design, fully transparent network, permissionless access, and user empowerment. There are already a vast number of DeFi apps for multiple varying use cases.
Popular DeFi use cases include asset management, complying with AML and CFT measurements, decentralized organizations, analytics and risk management, and so on.
We at 101 Blockchains believe decentralized Finance is the next stage for our financial systems. That’s why we offer premium blockchain courses specifically for DeFi and anyone who wants to utilize this technology for their company.
Our Introduction to DeFi course will focus on the purpose and scope of DeFi, along with introducing you to the underlying mechanism.
Learn more about the course from here ->
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/defi-course
We also offer additional courses and masterclasses for the finance sector. Learn more about the course from here ->
Blockchain in Finance Masterclass
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/blockchain-in-finance
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Masterclass
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/central-bank-digital-currency
Enterprise Blockchains and Trade Finance Course
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/enterprise-blockchains-and-trade-finance
We also offer lucrative certification courses for professionals. Learn more about these courses from here ->
Certified Enterprise Blockchain Professional (CEBP) course https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/blockchain-expert-certification
Certified Enterprise Blockchain Architect (CEBA) course
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/certified-enterprise-blockchain-architect
Certified Blockchain Security Architect (CBSE) course
https://academy.101blockchains.com/courses/certified-blockchain-security-expert
Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm
Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens
Location: Stanford Continuing Studies
Week: 3 (of 7)
The third session focuses specifically on cryptocurrencies. We will discuss the history of digital currencies from Bitcoin to Ether and others. We will review core concepts and terms and more highlight the major events in cryptocurrency space, new opportunities and existing problems that remain to be solved.
Observatoire des réseaux sociaux - IFOP - 6ème édition - Novembre 2011Romain Fonnier
L’Observatoire des réseaux sociaux est une enquête quantitative réalisée chaque année depuis l’automne 2007 par questionnaire auto-administré en ligne auprès d’un échantillon représentatif de la population internaute française en âge de voter (18 ans et plus).
Pour cette nouvelle enquête, l’Ifop a interrogé 2 080 internautes du 18 au 27 octobre 2011.
35 réseaux sociaux ont été étudiés. Les nouveaux réseaux sociaux testés sont Branch Out, Google+, Jaiku, Louer un étudiant, Wizbii et Yupeek. Les Créateurs du possible, testé en 2010, a été remplacé par Planète UMP.
La représentativité de l’échantillon a été assurée par la méthode des quotas appliquée aux critères suivants : sexe, âge, profession de la personne interrogée, région et catégorie d’agglomération.
L’échantillon constitué a fait l’objet d’un redressement sur la base des critères sociodémographiques usuels retenus en quotas et de la fréquence d’utilisation du web. Ce redressement a pu être réalisé à partir de données Ifop issues de son enquête annuelle de profiling de la population internaute française, réalisée par téléphone.
Les francais et le nouveau monde numérique tns - novembre 2011Romain Fonnier
1 Les Français à la découverte du nouveau
monde numérique
2 Les Français déjà de plain pied
dans le nouveau monde… à leur insu ?
3 Un nouveau monde numérique
attirant, malgré de vrais clivages…
4 Mais ce nouveau Monde numérique :
terre promise ou terre damnée ?
5 Un nouveau monde qu’il reste
à cartographier
A first step toward becoming a better analytical thinker and writer is to become more aware of your own thinking processes, building on skills that you already possess, and eliminating habits that get in the way.
05cognitive reframing and EXTERNALIZING the PROBLEMTh.docxteresehearn
|05|cognitive reframing and EXTERNALIZING
the PROBLEM
“The most common way people
give up their power is by
thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker
EXTERNALIZING THE PROBLEM | 79
Where We Have Been
In Chapter 4, you learned to identify, acknowledge, and accept how your feelings and emotions can affect your
personal narratives. More importantly, you learned that you are someone who experiences feelings and emotions, but
you are separate from them—they do not define you. You were also introduced to insights and strategies that allow
feelings to move through you, rather than overtake you, so that you can minimize the chance of feelings and emotions
becoming problematic and taking your personal narrative hostage. Finally, you learned breathing exercises and were
introduced to guided mindfulness and meditation as a route to quiet your thoughts and connect you to the calming
influence of the present moment.
Where We Are Going
In this chapter, we will introduce you to the concept of neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to be “plastic” or
“changeable” in nature by actually growing new neural pathways when tasked with creating new thinking patterns, at
any age (Figure 1). Understanding and embracing neuroplasticity is important as you begin to update your thinking
patterns and form more helpful ways of responding to difficult feelings, emotions, and stressors.
Gearing Up
» To begin to understand the concept of neuroplasticity and recognize that with it
comes an invitation to shift your relationship to your mindset problems
» To begin to maximize your brain’s neuroplasticity as you form new thinking
patterns
» To begin to learn about the important role of cognitive reframing as you foster
new ways of responding to feelings, thoughts, and beliefs
» To begin to understand the concept and practice of externalizing your problems
» To begin to identify your main problem and learn the scope of its current
influence in your life
» To begin to develop a new relationship to your problem(s)
Figure 1. Our brains are capable of
growing new neural pathways at any
age.
You will also discover that you cannot always trust your thoughts as they are often stuck in the cycle of delivering
faulty information based on self-limiting and even self-sabotaging beliefs (see the discussion on self-talk in Chapter 2).
Because this is so common for many, you will be taught how to “prime yourself” to maximize your brain’s potential for
neuroplasticity when self-limiting beliefs do in fact surface; you’ll do this by following a process that starts with simply
pausing and noticing.
Next, you will be introduced to cognitive reframing, a concept that allows you to view the same information or
experience, but through a different and more productive frame.
Lastly, you will be introduced to the narrative concept of externalizing problems. This concept holds the potential to
liberate you from problems that previously you may ha.
05cognitive reframing and EXTERNALIZING the PROBLEMTh.docxkarisariddell
|05|cognitive reframing and EXTERNALIZING
the PROBLEM
“The most common way people
give up their power is by
thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker
EXTERNALIZING THE PROBLEM | 79
Where We Have Been
In Chapter 4, you learned to identify, acknowledge, and accept how your feelings and emotions can affect your
personal narratives. More importantly, you learned that you are someone who experiences feelings and emotions, but
you are separate from them—they do not define you. You were also introduced to insights and strategies that allow
feelings to move through you, rather than overtake you, so that you can minimize the chance of feelings and emotions
becoming problematic and taking your personal narrative hostage. Finally, you learned breathing exercises and were
introduced to guided mindfulness and meditation as a route to quiet your thoughts and connect you to the calming
influence of the present moment.
Where We Are Going
In this chapter, we will introduce you to the concept of neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to be “plastic” or
“changeable” in nature by actually growing new neural pathways when tasked with creating new thinking patterns, at
any age (Figure 1). Understanding and embracing neuroplasticity is important as you begin to update your thinking
patterns and form more helpful ways of responding to difficult feelings, emotions, and stressors.
Gearing Up
» To begin to understand the concept of neuroplasticity and recognize that with it
comes an invitation to shift your relationship to your mindset problems
» To begin to maximize your brain’s neuroplasticity as you form new thinking
patterns
» To begin to learn about the important role of cognitive reframing as you foster
new ways of responding to feelings, thoughts, and beliefs
» To begin to understand the concept and practice of externalizing your problems
» To begin to identify your main problem and learn the scope of its current
influence in your life
» To begin to develop a new relationship to your problem(s)
Figure 1. Our brains are capable of
growing new neural pathways at any
age.
You will also discover that you cannot always trust your thoughts as they are often stuck in the cycle of delivering
faulty information based on self-limiting and even self-sabotaging beliefs (see the discussion on self-talk in Chapter 2).
Because this is so common for many, you will be taught how to “prime yourself” to maximize your brain’s potential for
neuroplasticity when self-limiting beliefs do in fact surface; you’ll do this by following a process that starts with simply
pausing and noticing.
Next, you will be introduced to cognitive reframing, a concept that allows you to view the same information or
experience, but through a different and more productive frame.
Lastly, you will be introduced to the narrative concept of externalizing problems. This concept holds the potential to
liberate you from problems that previously you may ha.
Building Cultural AgilityOnline CourseDr. Bill CasVannaSchrader3
Building Cultural Agility
Online Course
Dr. Bill Castellano
Professor HRM Department
Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Welcome to the building cultural agility online course.
1
SESSION 4: How to Develop Your Cultural Competencies
Welcome to session 4: “How to develop your cultural competencies.”
2
Class 4Class 4:
How to Develop Your Cultural CompetenciesCultural Agility Track
Build self-awareness of your strengths and developmental opportunities around your cultural agility
Cultural Agility Self-Assessment (CASA)
An assessment of your cross-cultural competenciesDiscussion Question
Describe under what circumstances is it best to have a 1) Cultural minimization, 2) Cultural adaptation, and 3) Cultural integration orientation.
Due:
Cultural Agility Self-Assessment (CASA) Reflection Paper
3
In class 4 you will take the Cultural Agility course to build self-awareness of your strengths and developmental opportunities around your cultural agility. You will also take the Cultural Agility Self-Assessment (CASA).
Please ensure you answer the discussion question and submit your CASA reflection paper by Friday.
3
What is cultural agility?
Ability to quickly, comfortably, and effectively work in different countries and with people from different cultures.
4
As noted in the course introduction, Cultural agility is the ability to quickly, comfortably, and effectively work in different countries and with people from different cultures.
Cultural agility can be developed but it is important to understand that it will take more than a passive understanding of how cultures differ.
4
All Three Components are Critical for
Cultural Agility
5
Cultural agility consists of three critical components: Cultural understanding, cultural competencies, and cultural experiences.
5
Cultural experiences (practice)
Cultural competencies (readiness)
Cultural understanding (the right equipment)
Self-Management Competencies
Tolerance of Ambiguity
Resilience
Curiosity
6
Self-management competencies enable self-regulation in situations that are unfamiliar, unpredictable or novel. The three most important self-management competencies are tolerance of ambiguity, resilience and curiosity.
Tolerance of ambiguity – is the ability to be comfortable and effective in situations which hold some unknown and unpredictable elements. For those with a high tolerance of ambiguity, uncertain or unpredictable situations do not produce excessive anxiety or stress.
Resilience – is the capacity to cope and bounce back after set-backs and adversity. Individuals with resilience believe that professional challenges can be overcome and they remain committed to a goal even after a setback or failure.
Curiosity – is the sincere interest in knowledge and the inclination to pursue or investigate to gain greater understanding. Those higher in curiosity are more likely to ask questions, independently search for information, and read de ...
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
Habits that block creativity
1. HABITS THAT BLOCK CREATIVITY
Becoming more creative is not easy. Habits must be broken, perspectives changed, and
thought patterns revised. Nevertheless, the results can be well worth the effort. Here are
some reasons why it is difficult for most of us to be creative at all times.
It is a common myth that creativity declines with age beginning around the age of 11 or
12. It is also a myth that creativity also declines as education increases. These myths
convey some idea that age and learning are obstacles to creative problem solving. This is
not so it is just that as we gain experience and learning we develop more efficient tools
for dealing with our daily activities.
The Known Vs. The New
The simplest definition of creativity is, the ability to come up
with new or unique ideas. Ideas do not have to be new to the world, just new to us.
Because two or more people happen to make the same discovery or develop the same
invention does not change the fact that each of them had to be creative to discover or
invent the system independently.
Unfortunately, routine everyday decision-making works against searching for or
accepting new ideas. In attempting to exercise good judgement and not make mistakes,
people usually base their decisions on the best, most complete, and most accurate
information or experience available. These habits allow us to deal with most situations
without difficulty or trauma. Unfortunately, such high-caliber information exists only
about what is established, common, and known. The newer and more unique the solution
required, the harder it is to get good and sufficient information. That is why the easiest
solutions are not new and different. Creative solutions by their
very nature must be new or different.
Obstacles To Creativity
The process of creating a new idea involves combining existing
elements into original combinations. An example is Watson Watt's invention of Radar.
All the elements, radio waves, amplifiers and oscilloscopes existed and were known to
him. Nevertheless, he combined these elements into a new system and turned them into
hardware. Once Watt succeeded, radar became just another of the "givens" from which
newer systems and applications would be developed.
To unleash the creative process, much of what is usually known and taken for granted,
must be looked at in a different way, for a new purpose. Here are some of the most basic
obstacles that must be overcome:
Habits Restrict Awareness:
2. Habits are good in that they are efficient and conserve our mental energies for other tasks.
However, habitual behavior can lead to a kind of blindness. One of the chief roadblocks
to creativity stems from the physical, perceptual, and mental habits that we build up over
time. Such habits tend to tune out those things and ideas around us that could be the basis
for new insights,
Rigid Categories Prevent Insight:
We see the world selectively through a set of filters created by our experiences. These
filters superimpose constraints on a problem that are not there. To find creative solutions
we must discard our normal filtered perceptions and try a wholly new approach.
We begin life with essentially no experience or information. The solution to every
problem is creative. We learn by interacting with our environment. This learning process
fills our heads with raw data, which we organize into rules, mental pigeonholes. Each
pigeonhole is the repository for a class of experience and/or information. Each
pigeonhole is identified as good, if it leads to desirable results, or bad if it does not. Soon
our first instinct when faced with a situation is to try to fit it into an existing pigeonhole.
Wanting to fit new things into existing categories increases as we gain experience. Note
the response of someone exposed to something new. They will probably start out saying,
that it is the same as something they already know. If they are told it is not, they may take
several tries at establishing an identification based on similarity with something they
know. If they are unable to do so, they may satisfy his need for mental equilibrium by
saying: "Well, it is close enough." If they are open minded enough, they may accept it as
totally new to them, and not fitting into a preexisting pigeonhole. They create a
completely new category to reside beside the preexisting ones.
As we learn to cope with everyday living we learn to operate on automatic because we
find it efficient and comfortable. We develop enough pigeonholes to get us through life,
and we become reluctant to crowd in new ones. The net-effect is that even when exposed
to something new, we try to treat it like something familiar, and immediately assume it
belongs in an existing category.
There are several other creativity restraint mechanisms. For example, somewhere along
the way we stop asking what we think are stupid questions. We somehow don't want to
seem foolish and are afraid to show our ignorance. This tendency seems to increase as
one's educational credentials increase. We are afraid to be laughed at or rebuffed.
Being different is difficult, to march to the beat of a different drummer. Our social
instinct makes us want to belong to the group. Maintaining a view when those around you
disagree with it is hard. Many psychological experiments have demonstrated that
individuals may deny their own senses to make their judgements conform to what the
overwhelming number of people in their group say or believe.
3. Most of these mechanisms are useful when it comes to getting us through life on a dayby-day basis. However, when the time comes to be creative, we must change the way we
think and function. We must recognize these blocks to new ideas, for what they are and
move beyond them.
Overcoming the Obstacles
The first step to becoming a more creative individual is to understand what conceptual
blocks are and how they interfere with our ability to think about things in a new way. A
conceptual block is a mind set that prevents a person from seeing a problem or a solution
in an unconventional way. The most frequently occurring conceptual blocks are
perceptual blocks, emotional blocks, cultural blocks, environmental blocks and
communication blocks.
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Perceptual Blocks. These are obstacles that prevent us from clearly perceiving
the problem or the information needed to solve it. A few perceptual blocks are:
o Stereotyping:- This assumes that once an item or idea is identified it can
have no other use or function.
o Imaginary boundaries:- We project boundaries on the problem and
solution that need not exist in reality.
o Information overload:- Trying to satisfy an excess of information and
detail restricts the alternative that can be considered.
Emotional Blocks. These blocks decrease your freedom to explore and
manipulate ideas in a realm that makes you uncomfortable. They interfere with
your ability to conceptualize fluently and flexibly. Emotional blocks prevent you
from communicating your ideas to others. Some types of emotional blocks
include:
o Fear of taking a Risk:- Risk taking is always difficult, we start from
childhood to be careful, not to fail, not to look foolish. These prohibitions
are deeply ingrained in us by the time we become adults.
o Dislike for uncertainty:- To be a good problem solver you must be
prepared to deal with problems that are sometimes confusing. Some
possible solutions must be explored when their relevance to the problem is
not obvious or certain. Some best solutions may even seem contradictory.
o Judgmental attitude:- This block comes from a negative attitude. Finding
reasons why things wont work is easier than accepting a strange idea. Yet
wild ideas when explored further may lead to highly innovative solutions.
A positive approach to strange ideas can overcome this block.
o Not invented here:- This block comes about when a new idea threatens a
preferred idea or concept.
o Lack of challenge:- Some times problems or solutions seem too trivial or
easy to waste our time on.
o Inability to incubate:- Attempting to rush a solution without taking time to
mull it over can lock out additional and possibly better solutions.
Cultural Blocks. These are blocks that we impose on ourselves due to the
society, culture or group to which we belong. Cultural blocks refuse to accept that
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other societies or groups may see and desire things to be different. Some of these
blocks are:
o Our way is right:- This refuses to accept that there are other ways of doing
things.
o We don't say or think that way:- This is a reflection of the taboos we carry
with us. But, some time good solutions must be approached by first
considering the unacceptable and thinking the unthinkable.
Environmental Blocks. These blocks are due the distractions in our
surroundings, real, imagined, or anticipated. Working in an atmosphere that is
pleasing and supportive increases the generation of new ideas.
Intellectual Blocks. These blocks occur because of insufficient knowledge of the
kind needed to solve the problem being considered. Or because of a fixation on
the specialty, with which we are comfortable, and denying the possibility that a
better solution can be achieved using a different specialty.
Expressive Blocks. This is the inability or willingness to express ideas clearly to
others or oneself. Making models, sketches, drawings, or diagrams may clarify
ideas and aid in communicating them.
Many of these perceptual Blocks reveal themselves by "killer phrases," phrases that stop
consideration any other solutions or of the problem itself. When these phrases surface, it
is valuable to stop and think about the conceptual block that must overcome. Some
typical killer phrases are:
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No!
Guessing at the answer is wrong!
Don't appear foolish!
That's not my job (responsibility, concern)!
I haven't been told what to do!
I haven't been told how!
I don't know how to start!
I haven't been told exactly what is wanted!
I don't understand!
I don't want to be different!
It looks too hard!
Its too easy!
Strategies for creative problem solving must include steps to overcome and avoid
perceptual blocks. Some means of overcoming these blocks are:
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Remove the fear of failure:- Encourage wild ideas from all participants. Idea
generation groups to be peer groups. Emphasize that all solutions belong to the
group. Encourage humorous atmosphere. Have the ideas written down and passed
around anonymously.
Adjust attitudes:- Emphasize the positive aspects of the solution. Ensure that
risks are worth taking. Encourage the acceptance of alternate solutions.
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Change the rules:- Temporarily suspend the rules and conditions for the problem
and its solution. Especially where specific rules or conditions block progress.
Change the solution mode:- If the problem is being explored verbally, try
making a diagram or representing it mathematically. Use analogies. Assume a
solution and see if it can be made to fit the problem.
Use provocative Questions:- Instead of dealing with the problem directly
consider a question that stars beyond the perceived block. Then work backwards.
Once the perceptual block becomes familiar, it ceases to exist. Ask "What if"
questions. Use a check lists.
Geza Kardos
Professor, (retired)
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada, K1S 5B6
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Change the rules:- Temporarily suspend the rules and conditions for the problem
and its solution. Especially where specific rules or conditions block progress.
Change the solution mode:- If the problem is being explored verbally, try
making a diagram or representing it mathematically. Use analogies. Assume a
solution and see if it can be made to fit the problem.
Use provocative Questions:- Instead of dealing with the problem directly
consider a question that stars beyond the perceived block. Then work backwards.
Once the perceptual block becomes familiar, it ceases to exist. Ask "What if"
questions. Use a check lists.
Geza Kardos
Professor, (retired)
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada, K1S 5B6