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How And When Automation May Affect Long-Haul Trucking

The Horizons Tracker

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once.

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An Interview with Diane Gherson, CHRO at IBM, on Driving Organizational Transformation

HR Digest

The contribution of technology in improving customer experience is well documented, but little has been done in using it for enriching workplace experiences. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources. Digital technologies forced-disruption of all that.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. Actions have consequences and continuity of character matters. Blog Post ).

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Nuclear Power is Clean, Safe, and Reliable… But Can It Be Competitive?

Strategy Driven

Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? to achieve its climate change goals.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

” William Arthur Ward Inside, the early risers—tenders of affairs for higher-ranking leaders and those who kept the night-fires at bay while the day-shift slept—were already buzzing like bees busily scurrying from one alcove to another with documents, notebooks, and slides in hand.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. Don’t answer the question with technologies, offerings, or categories.

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Post words. Achieve big. Build success. Day-by-Day.

Strategy Driven

I wrote 1,000 words a week and documented hundreds of ideas. ADVISOR – I launched the Gitomer Certified Advisor program in the fall of 2013. LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. My results? I finished the 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling.