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Post 25 – The Trusted Advisor provides advice
In our last post, the CEO and the General Counsel discussed a notice from an agency announcing the opening of a case. The CEO met Millie...
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Jun 16, 20212 min read
Post 24 – More pressure from the Regulators
In our last post, HR and the CIO discussed a potential new requirement and decided that it was a “nice to have” vs. a “must-have.” The...
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
Post 23 — HR's Reaction to "Just one more thing"
In our last post, the security team requested a new technology competence. The CIO called the HR VP at the end of the day to ask about...
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Jun 11, 20211 min read
Post 22 - A New Security Concern
In our last post, trying to lower the contingency rate to fund higher benefits backfires. In the meantime, another complication is...
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Jun 9, 20211 min read
Post 21 – One-on-One with the CEO
The HR VP had passed no good news to the CIO in time for his one-on-one with the CEO. “Talk to me about what you’ve gotten done.” “The...
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Jun 8, 20212 min read
Post 3 — When is it time to deploy outside talent?
This is the third in a series of posts about deploying specialized talent to address serious enterprise challenges. Strategies to deploy...
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Jun 4, 20211 min read
Post 20 — Vendor Issues
In our last post, three small specialist talent search firms are retained that will be paid only upon a successful hire. Unfortunately,...
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Jun 3, 20211 min read
Post 19 - Creative Searching
In our last post, Board member Millie advised the CEO that pressure had gone as far as it could as a tactic. Telling the team to be...
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Jun 2, 20211 min read
When It's Time to Bring in Outside Talent - Post 2
The previous post suggests enterprises need outside as well as internal experts to address strategic and immediate incidents. Expertise...
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
Post 18 — The Trusted Advisor Returns
The Trusted Advisor set up a phone appointment with the CEO. She said, “I’m not hearing any news about the search. The Board meeting is...
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Jun 1, 20211 min read
HFT Learnings - Post 3 - Assessment and Evaluation
Post 3 – Assessment and Evaluation – Final words about Evaluation This is the third is a series of posts you can find a link to the two...
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May 28, 20211 min read
HFT Learnings - When it's time to bring in outside talent
Our last post addressed a talent deployment strategy to work on complex knowledge-intensive problem areas in an enterprise. The tactics...
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May 27, 20211 min read
Post 3 - Assessments and Evaluations - Final Words
Post 3 – Assessment and Evaluation – Final words about Evaluation This is the third is a series of posts you can find a link to the two...
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May 26, 20211 min read
Post 2 Assessments and Evaluations - A Deeper Dive
EkaLore’s series, “Hunt for Talent” is a business fable that illustrates what happens to an imaginary company gets caught by a...
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May 26, 20211 min read
Assessment and Evaluation – Are you already doing what’s needed?
Assessment and Evaluation – Are you already doing what’s needed? How management can work ahead of incidents and look to avoid situations...
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May 26, 20211 min read
Post 17 - A Cheap "Purple Squirrel
In our last post the search had been set up via ads, social media, job boards, and internal referrals. After one week, the CIO received a...
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May 26, 20212 min read
Post 16 - Looking for a "Purple Squirrel"
In our last post, the CIO and the HR VP acknowledge the gravity of the search and commit to pushing the process as fast as they can. The...
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May 26, 20211 min read
Uprating Capacities
Uprating Capacities is about expanding existing capacities – compute, storage, network bandwidth, and usability. At first glance, this...
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May 25, 20212 min read
Post 15 - It's Just Us
In our last post, the media attention on the breach intensified, and the CEO gave the CIO and the HR VP another reminder of how important...
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May 25, 20211 min read
3 Actions inspired by Lessons Learned from Ransomware
An EkaLore - HFT Learnings post - by Arnold Kwong We’ve been running a data breach story, “The Hunt for Talent” in Serial Lore format at...
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May 24, 20212 min read
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