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We Need Both Networks and Communities

Harvard Business Review

Marshall McLuhan wrote famously about the “global village,” created by new information technologies. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. Networks connect; communities care.

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Technology Is Not Threatening Our Humanity — We Are

Harvard Business Review

I was there for a gathering of Human Resources executives, the third conference I have attended this autumn in which a central theme was the “technological revolution” and its implications for employment, education, and lifestyles. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. It was something you did.

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Automation Won’t Replace People as Your Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

The last lines of an article he excerpted from the book express it very nicely: Staking our futures to our profoundest human traits may feel strange and risky. The best that they can do for you is to augment the strengths of your people — you know, those humans you’re at risk of underrating.