CIO & LEADER-Issue-11-February 2018

Around The Tech
BY THE BOOK
Daniel Coyle, New York Times' bestselling
author of The Talent Code
unlocks the secrets of highly successful
groups and provides tomorrow’s leaders
with the tools to build a cohesive,
motivated culture.
Have you ever thought about
strengthening a culture that
needs fixing?
In The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle
goes inside some of the world’s most
successful organizations—including
Pixar, the San Antonio Spurs, and U.S.
Navy’s SEAL Team Six—and reveals
what makes them different from others.
He identifies three key skills that
generate cohesion and cooperation, and
explains how diverse groups learn to
function with a single mind. Taking a
leaf out of various organizations such
as Internet retailer Zappos, Upright
Citizens Brigade, and a gang of jewel
thieves, Coyle offers lessons in strategies
that spark collaboration, build
trust, and drive positive change. The
Culture Code is a revelation into the
organizations that have successfully
created an environment within for
innovation to flourish, discover solutions
to problems, and exceed expectations
where there were none.
This book gives you an insight into
organization culture of other organizations.
The Culture Code puts the power
in your hands.
makingheadlines
In his budget speech, finance minister, Arun Jaitley, announced that virtual
currencies are no legal tender and that the proliferation of its use for illegitimate
financing will be curbed. However, the government sees an opportunity
and plans to utilize Blockchain.
The government in Andhra Pradesh is working with Swedish startup ChromaWay
to set up a blockchain-based land registry system that allows people to
collateralise property, get loans, and invest against that asset. Tracking property
ownership using blockchain allows people to circumvent disputes, frauds,
and errors, while also lessening the administrative hassle of registrations and
title transfers.
Recently, the Maharashtra government called upon industry leaders,
researchers, and others to devise ways of incorporating blockchain in e-governance
operations.
Globally, women generate 37% of global GDP despite
accounting for 50 percent of the global working-age
population. The global average contribution to GDP
masks large variations among regions. The share of
regional GDP output generated by women is only 17%
in India, 18% in the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA), 24% in South Asia (excluding India), and 38%
in Western Europe. In North America and Oceania,
China, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the share is
between 40 and 41%.
Women are actually one of the largest pools of
untapped labor: globally, 655 million fewer women are
economically active than men. And while they make
up over 50% of the world's higher-education graduates,
only 25% of them occupy management positions.
The entry of more women into the labor force would be
of significant benefit to countries that face pressure
on their labor pools and therefore, potentially, on their
GDP growth.
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