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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

Harvard Business Review

Let’s look at an example that most of us directly interact with for hundreds, if not thousands, of hours annually: the airline industry. To answer these questions, we need to begin disaggregating work and understanding how automation and AI can differentially handle various aspects of work.

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The World Needs a DARPA-Style Project to Prevent Pandemics

Harvard Business Review

We’re also facing a new and perilous generation of drug-resistant pathogens. Fixing this should be one of the top public health priorities today for leaders in science, government, and private industry. And it’s not as effective as it could be, because the money is allocated in a disaggregated manner.

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Traditional Strategy Is Dead. Welcome to the #SocialEra

Harvard Business Review

When I say, "Social is and can be more than media," people resist. They haven't seen the obituary: It's helpful to call this new context the Social Era to emphasize a point: while in the industrial era, organizations became more powerful by being bigger, in the Social Era, companies can also be powerful by working with others.