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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

The solution is machine learning —computers automatically discovering patterns and developing new knowledge by furiously feeding on modern society's greatest and most potent unnatural resource : data. Obama was re-elected in 2012 with the help of voter prediction. Student essay grade prediction has been developed for automatic grading.

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E-Coaching Roles

Marshall Goldsmith

The art of developing leaders will evolve with the technology that connects people through both wired and wireless networks. Experience difficulties while searching for high-quality leadership development tools. So, e-coaches must help leaders find relevant content, and development tools that have a real impact.

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Six Marketing Mistakes at CES 2012

Harvard Business Review

You don't make wireless Airplay speakers. If you're not asking customers all about this before you invest significant resources in the development of your product and marketing, then you are just guessing from a conference room. For example, you don't make a video-distribution technology. Be bold, be shameless.

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Who's Really Responsible for P&G's Succession Problems?

Harvard Business Review

Many wonder why an academy company like P&G, historically known for developing talent, did not, or was not able to, promote a successor from within its ranks. Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management. Where was its leadership bench? Succession planning'

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. There's the question of how to develop robust legal, regulatory, and financial infrastructure (including payment systems). Morgan Stanley projects that 3G penetration will reach 22 percent by 2015. Yes, there are challenges.

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Mobile Money Is Driving Africa’s Cashless Future

Harvard Business Review

More people have mobile money accounts than bank accounts in at least nine African countries, up from four in 2012. Econet Wireless is another mobile operator laying the foundation for an entire suite of such services and paving the way for a cashless future for their customers in Zimbabwe. These trends are not limited to customers.

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Rethinking Security for the Internet of Things

Harvard Business Review

In 2012 a hacker built and revealed a simple device that can open Onity-brand electronic locks (which secure over 4 million hotel room doors ) without a key. For example, the recent hacking of the Associated Press''s Twitter account by the Syrian Electronic Army and subsequent tweet about an explosion at the White House caused the U.S.