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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

Osborne from Oxford University calculated that about 47% of American jobs could disappear by 2020 due to digitization. After all, when HR people routinely talk to finance staff, they are effectively working as members of a cross-functional team. Nevertheless, we should be careful not to overestimate the boon of digital transformation.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

As reported in our recent HBR article “60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed,” each scored highly on our Digital Evolution Index; with the exception of South Korea, each is also in a state of high digital momentum. Each is a highly evolved digital player.