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Big Data, Big Opportunity

Chartered Management Institute

Big Data, and its close cousin the Internet of Things, are among the trendier terms of 2013. Worryingly, one recent survey indicated that while companies are investing heavily in Big Data, many employees lack data-mining and analytics skills. And of course there are ethical and legal considerations to consider with trading data.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. But as wearable and mobile technology becomes more attuned to our moods, will that still be true? Distracted?

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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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Watching Wise Leaders Deal With Complexity

Harvard Business Review

In a survey conducted by IBM in 2010 with more than 1,500 CEOs worldwide, 80% of leaders anticipated greater complexity in the future, but fewer than half of them felt confident to deal with that complexity. The business environment today has indeed become mindboggling complex due to accelerating globalization and rapid technology changes.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Many established firms— a 2017 Deloitte survey suggested about 20% in the U.S.—are These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. These robo-advisors may be used to automate certain aspects of risk management and provide decisions that are ethical and compliant with regulation.

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The Tech Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2015

Harvard Business Review

At the end of each year, I apply a framework to surface the most important emerging trends in digital media and emerging technology for the year ahead. Where/how are people having difficulty with technology? Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. Where/how are people stuck?

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