Steve Jobs is renowned for his captivating presentations. He spends extensive time rehearsing and refining his presentations. Jobs focuses on crafting a compelling narrative through simple, visually-focused slides devoid of bullet points. He aims to create emotionally charged "Holy Shit" moments that will be remembered. Jobs' natural presence, delivery and passion for his products are the result of many hours of practice over decades, not innate talent. His mastery of storytelling allows him to share complex topics accessibly.
In The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, business journalist Carmine Gallo describes the seven principles that form the philosophical core of master innovator, Steve Jobs. Although there is only one Steve Jobs, studying and following these principles can inspire creativity and the ability to ‘think different’
in any profession or workplace. Among these principles are the importance of following one’s heart and pursuing one’s passion, as well as the importance of seeking out new experiences. Innovations occur by making connections between unexpected things, and this ability is rooted in a life filled with a wide range
of experiences. Simplicity is also crucial, because anything
which is more complicated than it needs to be will attract a narrower audience. Also important is the ability to communicate the importance and utility of one’s innovation, or tell its story, effectively.
Carmine Gallo’s book, The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, reveals the 7 principles behind breakthrough success--principles that anyone can use to rethink, reinvent, and revitalize their career, brand, or business.
In The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, business journalist Carmine Gallo describes the seven principles that form the philosophical core of master innovator, Steve Jobs. Although there is only one Steve Jobs, studying and following these principles can inspire creativity and the ability to ‘think different’
in any profession or workplace. Among these principles are the importance of following one’s heart and pursuing one’s passion, as well as the importance of seeking out new experiences. Innovations occur by making connections between unexpected things, and this ability is rooted in a life filled with a wide range
of experiences. Simplicity is also crucial, because anything
which is more complicated than it needs to be will attract a narrower audience. Also important is the ability to communicate the importance and utility of one’s innovation, or tell its story, effectively.
Carmine Gallo’s book, The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs, reveals the 7 principles behind breakthrough success--principles that anyone can use to rethink, reinvent, and revitalize their career, brand, or business.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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.
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.
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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/
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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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/
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5. Steve Jobs is the most
captivating communicator
on the world stage.
If you adopt just some of his
techniques, your ideas and
presentations will stand out
in a sea of mediocrity.
6. Act 1: Create the Story
Act 2: Deliver the Experience
Act 3: Refine and Rehearse
7.
8.
9. Jobs has been giving awe-inspiring
presentations for decades.
In 1984, Jobs unveiled the first Macintosh.
The launch remains one of the most
dramatic presentations in corporate history.
11. Steve Jobs secret to success:
“You’ve got to find what you love.
Going to bed at night saying I’ve
done something wonderful.
That’s what mattered.”
He was inspired by a purpose beyond
making money. True evangelists are
driven by a messianic zeal to create
new experiences and to change the
world.
15. Truly great presenters like Steve Jobs
visualize, plan and create ideas on
paper (or whiteboards) well before
they open the presentation software.
16. Design experts recommend that presenters spend the
majority of their time thinking, sketching and scripting.
Nancy Duarte recommends that a presenter spend 90
hours creating an hour long presentation with 30 slides.
But only one third of that time is spent building slides.
Another third is rehearsing, but the first third is spent
collecting ideas, organizing ideas, and sketching the story.
17. @Ben: Did u eat my sandwich?
@Laura: This presentation is awesome!
@Tom: I’m stealing this idea!
@Bob: ROTFL
@Sammy: When’s lunch?
@Carol: I heart this.
21. Act 1: Create the Story
Act 2: Deliver the Experience
Act 3: Refine and Rehearse
22. Steve Jobs does most of his demos. You don’t have to. In
fact, in many cases, it makes more sense to bring in
someone who has particular product knowledge.
23.
24. In every classic story, the hero fights the villain. The same
storytelling principle applies to every Steve Jobs presentation.
25. In 1984 when he introduced the Macintosh, Big
Blue, IBM represented the villain.
30. That’s right – no bullet points. Ever. New
research into cognitive functioning—how
the brain retains information--proves that
bullet points are the least effective way to
deliver important information.
32. Researchers have discovered that ideas
are much more likely to be remembered
if they are presented as pictures instead
of words or pictures paired with words.
34. If information is presented orally, people
remember about 10% of the content 72 hours later.
That figure goes up to 65% if you add a picture.
35. According to John Medina, your brain interprets
every letter as a picture so wordy slides literally
choke your brain.
36. Let’s take a look at how Steve Jobs simplifies
complex information.
37. Here is an example of how a mediocre presenter
would launch the MacBook Air. They would try to
squeeze every piece of information onto one slide
– along with different font styles, colors, etc.
38. Here is Steve Jobs’s slide. What’s the difference? First, no words.
Why use words when you’re simply trying to show that the
computer is so thin, it fits in an office envelope? Challenge yourself
to use fewer words and more visuals. It does take more thought, but
you’ll never deliver an Apple worthy presentation if don’t.
39. Seattle Post Intelligencer ran transcripts through a software
tool intended to measure “lexical density,” how difficult or
easy it was to understand the language. They ran two
pieces of text through the tool: Steve Jobs Macworld 2007
and Bill Gates CES 2007. Jobs’s words are simpler, phrases
less abstract, and uses fewer words per sentence. He was
much easier to understand.
40. Numbers don’t resonate with people until those numbers
are placed into a context that people can understand. The
best way to help them understand is to make those
numbers relevant to something with which your audience is
already familiar with.
41. For example when Steve Jobs introduced the iPod in 2001,
he said it came with a 5GB of memory. He broke it down
even further by saying you could carry 1,000 songs “in your
pocket.”
Jobs always breaks down numbers to make them more
interesting and meaningful.
42. –Steve Jobs
Here’s another example. A reporter for Rolling Stone once
asked Jobs what he thought of Apple’s market share being
“stuck “at 5%. Jobs responded, “Our market share is greater
than BMW or Mercedes and nobody thinks they are going
away. As a matter of fact, they’re both highly desirable
products and brands.”
43. On June 9, 2008, IBM issued a press release touting its
superfast supercomputer called Roadrunner. It operates at
one petaflop per second.
44. What’s a petaflop? One thousand trillion calculations per
second. IBM knew the number would be meaningless. It’s
simply too big. So IBM added the following description to
its press release…
48. MacBook Air
• We are really excited to:
– Introduce a really thin, light notebook computer
– It has a 13.3 inch wide screen display
– Backlit keyboard
– Intel Processor
Let’s return to MacBook Air. In January, 2008, Steve Jobs
could have described it as most people would: “We’re really
excited to introduce a really thin, light notebook computer.
It has a 13.3 inc wide screen display, backlit keyboard and
Intel processor…blah blah blah.
49. Instead, he created an experience. The one moment in the
presentation that he knew people would be talking about.
He introduced the World’s Thinnest Notebook
50. By the way, the Holy Shit moment was completely planned
– press releases had been written, web site landing pages
created and advertisements ready to run. Jobs raises a
product launch to art form
51. His flair for drama can be traced back twenty five years
earlier to the launch of the first Macintosh in 1984. When
he unveiled the Macintosh, he removed it from inside a
draped box, and let it “speak for itself.”
52. According to John Medina, “The brain doesn’t pay attention
to boring things.” When the brain detects an emotionally
charged event, the amygdala releases dopamine into the
system… dopamine greatly aids memory and information
processing. It’s like a mental post-it note that tells your
brain, remember this.
53. Create an emotionally charged event ahead of time. Identify
the one thing you want your audience to remember and to talk
about long after your presentation is over.
57. Steve Jobs has a commanding presence. His voice, gestures and
body language communicate authority, confidence and energy.
58.
59. Body language, delivery, all very important. Cisco did some
studies and found that body language and vocal tone account
for about 63% of communication. That confirms other studies
that found the majority of the impression we make has little to
do with the actual words. Of course, you can’t improve your
body language and vocal delivery unless you..
60.
61. –BusinessWeek
Steve Jobs rehearses for many hours over many days. A
BusinessWeek reporter who profiled Jobs wrote, “His sense of
informality comes after grueling hours of practice.”
When is the last time you devoted hours of grueling practice to
a presentation?
62. For two full days before a presentation, Jobs will practice the
entire presentation, asking for feedback from product
managers in the room. For 48 hours, all of his energy is
directed at making the presentation the perfect embodiment
of Apple’s messages.
63. Quality and Excellence
But the actual process begins weeks in advance and he is very
demanding. One employee noted Steve Jobs has little or no
patience for anything but excellence. He is single minded,
almost manic, in his pursuit of quality and excellence.
64. 10,000 HOURS
Steve Jobs is not a natural. He works at it. Malcolm Gladwell
writes in Outliers that people at the very top don’t work harder
than everyone else. They work much, much harder. In fact,
Gladwell quotes neuroscientists who believe that 10,000 hours
of practice is required to become world class at a particular
skill--whether it’s surgery, shooting baskets, or public speaking.
65. Let’s do the math and I’ll show you
why I don’t think Steve Jobs is a
born speaker.
66. 1974 1984 1997 2007
I believe he improved substantially as a speaker every ten years. In 1974, Steve Jobs and
his friend, Steve Wozniak would attend meetings of the Homebrew club, a computer
hobbyist club in Silicon Valley. Together they started sharing their ideas and Apple was
soon formed.
67. 1974 1984 1997 2007
Ten years later, 1984, Jobs gave a magnificent presentation when he launched the first
Mactintosh. But his style was stiff compared to the Steve Jobs of today – he stood behind
a lectern and read from a script.
68. 1974 1984 1997 2007
A decade later, in 1997, Jobs returned to Apple after an 11-year absence. He was more
polished and more natural than in previous years. He began to create more visually
engaging slides.
69. 1974 1984 1997 2007
Ten years later, 2007, Jobs took the stage at Macworld to introduce the iPhone. It was
without question his greatest presentation to date – from start to finish. He hit a home
run. But he was a vastly more comfortable presenter than he was twenty years earlier.
The more he presents, the better he gets.
70.
71. Steve Jobs is the anti-Cher. Where Cher will change costumes 140 times in one show, Jobs
has one costume that he wears for every presentation – a black mock, blue jeans and
running shoes.
Now, why can he get away with it? Because he’s Steve Jobs. Seriously, when you invent
revolutionary computers, music players and Smart Phones, your audience will give you
permission to dress anyway you want.
72.
73. HAVE FUN!
Most presenters lose sight of the fact that audiences want to be informed and
entertained. A Jobs presentation is infotainment – he teaches his audience something
new, reveals new products and has fun doing it.
74. During a technical glitch at Macworld 2007,
Jobs paused and told a funny story about a
prank he and Steve Wozniak played on Woz’s
college buddies. The glitch was fixed and Jobs
moved on. That’s cool confidence.
76. – Steve Jobs
I’d like to end with a piece of advice that Steve
Jobs offered Stanford graduates during a
commencement speech in 2005. He was
talking about the lessons he learned after
doctors discovered that he had pancreatic
cancer. “You’re time is limited so don’t waste it
living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by
dogma—which is living with the result of other
people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’
opinions drown out your own inner voice. Stay
hungry, stay foolish.”
Steve Jobs and John Sculley“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”
Truly great presenters like Steve Jobs visualize, plan and create ideas on paper (or whiteboards) well before they open the presentation software.
Design experts recommend that presenters spend the majority of their time thinking, sketching and scripting. Nancy Duarte recommends that a presenter spend 90 hours creating an hour long presentation with 30 slides. But only one third of that time is spent building slides. Another third is rehearsing, but the first third is spent collecting ideas, organizing ideas, and sketching the story.
MacBook Air. The world’s thinnest notebook.
iPod. One thousand songs in your pocket.
One of Steve Jobs’s favorite presentation metaphors is a three-act play. So in true Steve Jobs fashion, I’d like to introduce these concepts in three parts: Act 1: Create the Story Act 2: Deliver the Experience Act 3: Refine and Rehearse
Now, Steve Jobs does most of his demos. You don’t have to. In fact, in many cases, it makes more sense to bring in someone who has particular product knowledge.
In every classic story, the hero fights the villain. The same storytelling principle applies to every Steve Jobs presentation.
In 1984 when he introduced the Macintosh, Big Blue, IBM represented the villain.
Introducing an antagonist (the problem) rallies the audience around the hero.
SimplicityA Steve Jobs presentation is strikingly simple, highly visual and completely devoid of bullet points.
That’s right – no bullet points. Ever. New research into cognitive functioning—how the brain retains information--proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.
According to John Medina, your brain interprets every letter as a picture so wordy slides literally choke your brain.
Let’s take a look at how Steve Jobs simplifies complex information.
Lexical densitySeattle Post Intelligencer ran transcripts through a software tool intended to measure “lexical density,” how difficult or easy it was to understand the language. The tool measured things like average number of words per sentence, number of hard words, how many years of education are required to understand the language. They ran two pieces of text through the tool: Steve Jobs Macworld 2007 and Bill Gates CES 2007. Jobs’s words are simpler, phrases less abstract, and uses fewer words per sentence. He was much easier to understand.Strive for simplicity – in slides and message.
For example when Steve Jobs introduced the iPod in 2001, he said it came with a 5GB of memory. He made the number more meaningful by saying 5GB provided enough storage for 1,000 songs. He broke it down even further by saying you could carry 1,000 songs “in your pocket.”Jobs always breaks down numbers to make them more interesting and meaningful.
Here’s another example. A reporter for Rolling Stone once asked Jobs what he thought of Apple’s market share being “stuck “at 5%. Jobs responded, “Our market share is greater than BMW or Mercedes and nobody thinks they are going away. As a matter of fact, they’re both highly desirable products and brands.”
What’s a petaflop? One thousand trillion calculations per second. IBM knew the number would be meaningless. It’s simply too big. So IBM added the following description to its press release: