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Early Morning Byte: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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Good Morning, 👩💻👨💻
To lead effectively, you need visibility, not just into what’s working, but also into what’s slowing you down. More CIOs are turning to tools like Flow by Appfire to get that insight. By tracking where projects stall and where teams thrive, leaders are cutting cycle times, speeding up onboarding, and delivering results faster.
But speed is just one part of the equation for technology leaders.
When you’re working across teams or with external partners, your reputation can be affected by things outside your control. What do you do when someone else drops the ball?
Read on for advice on how to protect your professional brand with structure, clear communication, and follow-through. Because in the end, visibility and trust go hand in hand.
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Asking for a Friend: Is Your Reputation Safe in Someone Else’s Hands?
A reader asks how to protect their reputation when a partner drops the ball. Contributing Writer H. Michael Burgett replies with advice on how to safeguard your brand with structure, clarity, and the courage to follow up. Read More…
RESOURCE HUB
Your engineering data is hiding easy wins. Flow finds them and helps teams cut cycle times by 35%, speed up PR merges by 14 hours, and onboard devs 4 months quicker.
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AI Under the Microscope
Which class of AI systems, currently under scrutiny for antitrust and monopolistic behavior, combines LLMs with real-time data fusion and user preference modeling?
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