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Gig Economy workers want access to company algorithms for fair practices

HR Digest

The key is the Kafkaesque element of what it means to have an algorithm as your boss,” said Eva Blum-Dumontet, senior researcher at advocacy group Privacy International and co-author of a new report ‘Managed by Bots’, written with WIE. Courts in Europe are now taking note of algorithmic management malpractices.

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This Airbus Makes Pilots Smarter

Harvard Business Review

But look under the hood and you will find an array of sensors and proprietary technology developed by GE that make their pilots smarter. Pilots and airline managers see the results on a dashboard and use it to make better informed decisions about how much fuel they need and which path they are going to take.

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Remembering Andy Grove, the Teacher

Harvard Business Review

Andy, of course, had already shown his interest in academia much earlier by writing a widely used textbook on semiconductor technology and teaching that subject at Berkeley. Plus he had already contributed to the business literature with his best-selling book High Output Management (1983). Once, Eva’s mother came too.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Almost Ready for Business

Harvard Business Review

AI, expert systems, and business intelligence have been with us for decades, but this time the reality almost matches the rhetoric, driven by the exponential growth in technology capabilities (e.g., That’s important for convincing managers to act on analytical insights. IBM is leading the integration of AI in industry.

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The Research We’ve Ignored About Happiness at Work

Harvard Business Review

And just because we have more advanced technology today doesn’t mean we’re any closer to pinning down a definition, as Will Davies reminds us in his new book The Happiness Industry. They wanted their managers to provide them with a steady stream of recognition and emotional reassurance.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Among those crown jewel TV moments were: Our Town , starring Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint. Many of them were consistently great. They were live, in real time.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

You are able to position yourself as a true thought leader in your industry, separating yourself from competitors. They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales.

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