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Alphabet Workers Union to bring back the ‘Don’t be evil’ motto

HR Digest

The members-only union is supported by the Communication Workers of America, which represents workers in telecommunications, information technology and media. Alphabet Workers’ Union open to all workers. The Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) won’t seek collective bargaining rights to negotiate a new contract with the company.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Unfortunately, many of us have developed expertise in only one field (software engineering, information technology [IT], marketing, biotechnology, automobile manufacturing, the food industry, etc. For example, Bezos has developed deep expertise in software engineering, robotics, information technology, devices (e.g.,

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Tear Down This Wall: 4 Ways to Fix Business and Tech’s ‘Women Problem’

Strategy Driven

Information technology (tech) is at the epicenter of the world’s economy. His new book is The Future of Tech Is Female: How to Achieve Gender Diversity (NYU Press, July 2018). Apple, Microsoft, and Google are the foremost companies in the world. He is the author of 23 books on gender and corporate governance.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Stringer’s website observes that “These costs are projected to rise over the next four years to $782 million by FY 2018, a figure that is greater than the FY 2015 budget for the Parks Department, Department of Aging, and New York Public Library combined.”. Decision making Information & technology Strategy'

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The Power of Digitalizing Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business Review

By 2018, as many as 1.7 Tom Davenport, the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, says that the health IoT will become “the most important and prolific source of real-time health data that we will have.” Expectations of growth in this sector are robust.

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Make the Most of Scarce Data-Mining Talent

Harvard Business Review

By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of as many as 190,000 people with deep analytical skills according to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute. Information & technology' The Talent Gap in Big Data. The study also found a looming need for over 1.5

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

According to the Consumer Electronics Association , drone shipments will increase from 250,000 units in 2014 to nearly a million by 2018. And that’s for a technology that is, and will remain, largely illegal. Information & technology Innovation' (Many use smartphones and tablets as their controllers.).