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Unusual Ways to Save Money In Your Business

Strategy Driven

No matter if you are looking for a better quality machine for your manufacturing plant, or a way to measure thin film stress and strain , you will have to consider all the options before you tie yourself into a long term contract. You should have a look at the cost of running your fleet, and compare it with outsourcing the process.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

While 60% of drone usage currently relates to communications and media such as for film making and commercial photography, new higher-value applications are on their way, as drones have a significant advantage in terms of precision, convenience, and cost over more traditional solutions such as satellites and helicopters. Insight Center.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). In a world of virtual value chains and multi-part outsourcing, how do we bring good judgment to bear?

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The Humans Working Behind the AI Curtain

Harvard Business Review

The truth is, AI is as “fully-automated” as the Great and Powerful Oz was in that famous scene from the classic film , where Dorothy and friends realize that the great wizard is simply a man manically pulling levers from behind a curtain. We need to think seriously about the human labor in the loop driving AI.

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Linds Redding’s Short Lesson in Perspective

In the CEO Afterlife

As fast as we could pin an idea on the wall, some red-faced account manager in a bad suit would run away with it. The creative industry operates largely by holding ‘creative’ people ransom to their own self-image, precarious sense of self-worth, and fragile – if occasionally out of control ego. An elaborate hoax.