The Horizons Tracker

MAY 22, 2024

A fresh study from Monash University delves into the real, ethical, and political challenges tied to using smart home tech to protect women facing intimate partner violence at home. ” Barriers to overcome The study also highlights obstacles to using such technologies to protect women.

Politics 60

Politics Ethics Policies Technology 60

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

How many times have you heard that “knowledge is power?” In every vocation, from academics to business to politics, the knowledge theorem and its power corollary is seemingly undeniable. . Knowledge Theorem: Information + Knowledge = Better Decision-Making. . Power Corollary: Better Decision-making = Power.

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2020

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?

McKinsey 59

McKinsey Class Short-term Human Resources 59

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2018

Today digital technology is all the rage because after decades of development it has become incredibly useful. We need to start preparing for a new era of innovation in which different technologies, such as genomics, materials science, and robotics , rise to the fore.

Industry 12

Industry GDP Technology Agility 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

All of the RFID tags are “passive technology,” meaning that the individual tags don’t need power. One obvious issue was whether the RFID technology would interfere with the ECG machine, monitoring equipment, and the overhead communication and paging systems. Staff members have RFID chips in their badges.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

That would be a terrible outcome given the power of the kinds of large datasets de Montjoye is testing. Economic data tracking can help identify opportunities for innovation and growth. Currently, PII is binary and information is either personally identifiable or not. . million people, all of which had been scrubbed of any PII.

Proposal 8

Proposal Policies Information Technology Price 8