Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Lip Service
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
If you want to stay employed, you’d better stay current. You’ve heard that before, and in more than a dozen different ways. Technical changes keep coming fast and furiously. Whether you’re a project manager, developer, analyst or DBA, you must be on top of the newest and hottest technical bells and whistles or your livelihood will be in jeopardy.
Barring nepotism and politics, the best and brightest are likely to be paid top dollar. As well they should. Put it this way: If you owned a company that’s competing for a piece of the market action, you’d obviously hire people who are on top of their game. That means that they’re not just familiar with the best and latest technology on the market--they also know how to use it. If they’re still using last year’s technology, it’s doubtful that you’d waste your time interviewing them.
So when you find yourself looking for a new job, you’ll be wise to look for companies that invest heavily in training, rather than give lip service to its importance. Many big companies churn out reams of corporate-speak about the importance of keeping their workers abreast of new technology, but when it comes to providing nuts-and-bolts training on a regular basis, they fall far short of the mark.
It’s your job to get beyond the hype and get important …
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