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The Threat of Workplace Automation in Future

HR Digest

John Maynard Keynes warned in 1930 “about the new scourge of technological unemployment”, which he termed as “unemployment due to our discovery of means of economizing the use of labor outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labor.” In short, out jobbing ourselves. What workplace automation means for workers?

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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology. That meant making the call without all of the information, and not fretting about it, but being glad of it. To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. But, I’m a disciple of point #4.

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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

The team also sought the input of various departments, including human resources, legal and compliance, and ethics consultants, and the approvals of key internal committees including clinical practice, location services, and information technology. So they embraced the idea of location devices.