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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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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” Who’s Afraid of Data-Driven Management? Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

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Cyber Security Depends on Education

Harvard Business Review

One important way to achieve enhanced security is to design it from the start, in new application development, in how data is managed, and in the construction of IT infrastructure. Education IT management Information & technology' Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company''s Data Security?

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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

This Emergency Department-Clinical Engineering Learning Laboratory (ED-CELL) team comprises physicians, nurses, other health professionals, systems engineers, scientists, informaticians, IT personnel, and project managers. Use technology to identify and address barriers. So they embraced the idea of location devices.

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We Can’t Always Control What Makes Us Successful

Harvard Business Review

The field of psychology has long thought about the ethical issues and moral consequences of their tests. Human resources Information & technology Talent management' Many times they are only a bit more accurate than chance, and they explain only a fraction of the differences in behavior of people.