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How to Think for Yourself When Algorithms Control What You Read

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, Google took a step towards understanding the intent of their users with the Hummingbird algorithm. Young kids are being subjected to algorithmically generated, algorithmically optimized pernicious content. beastfromeast/Getty Images. The consequences are serious and wide-ranging. Fake news and misinformation are pervasive.

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Don’t Try to Be a Publisher and a Platform at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

From this perspective, the Harvard Business Review , The Atlantic , and The New York Times are classic “publishers” — they present highly-curated content, and their editors invest a lot of time in its creation. It’s not technologically difficult for publishers to add platform-like elements, and vice versa.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Often its members join in a professional organization, local, state, or national, which enunciates standards and ethics of professional performance sometimes with the powers of enforcement.” ” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together. ” To hit the aggressive growth targets (750 by the end of 2013 and 1000 by November 2014) Waldo had to rewrite some GE rules.

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

Strategy Driven

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days.

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