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Covid Triggered Digital Transformation, But Was It Really Transformative?

The Horizons Tracker

Early adoption. The survey also found that most investments delivered a fairly modest return in terms of productivity improvements, but firms were more bullish about the impact of the investment on their finances, which the authors believe indicates that many of the investments were made with cost-cutting in mind.

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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers assessed a representative sample of manufacturing plants in the United States in 2010 and 2015, with a survey asking them about their use of predictive analytics, their management practices, the use of data in their decision-making, and the general design of their production process. Strong returns.

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Gear Up for the Future: Outlining the AI Impact on Employment

HR Digest

As AI becomes more accessible, it also becomes more easy to adopt. It is still unclear if the adoption of AI in the workplace has already led to job replacements so far.

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How Chatbots Can Support University Education

The Horizons Tracker

They cite a survey of 1,122 faculty members across the United States, which found that nearly 70% felt stressed during 2020. This was prompting over half of respondents to consider changing career or retiring early. This is roughly double the number who reported the same in 2019.

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AI evolves the hiring process

HR Digest

According to a survey, 52 % of talent managers say the most challenging part of the recruitment process is identifying the right candidates from a large applicant pool, and 56% say their hiring volume will increase this year. Onboarding process made easy with AI. Recruiting sounds easy with AI powered software.

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Leading in a New Direction - 3 Techniques for Thinking up New Business Ideas

Great Leadership By Dan

Consumers get a free food item for every survey or test they take. The more expensive the item, the longer the survey. This will appeal to both early adopters (who can spread the word) and customers not being served by current DVD rental businesses. Or vegetarian or even vegan? See what happened there?

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How Government Could Respond To The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

There are understandable concerns about whether this future will be positive for all, however, and McKinsey cite a recent survey of over 100,000 people across 29 countries, which showed that job security was the biggest economic concern for the future. Supporting and enabling technology adoption.

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