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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

These noble families also held positions of power in the English political system, from which they were able to pass laws that protected their privileges and claims. It was a system that remained essentially unchanged for centuries, and it assured these families a continuous flow of income to maintain their wealth across generations.

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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. Last month the supermarket giant Tesco announced a partnership with a technology firm Amscreen aimed at improving the targeting of its advertisements. And of course there are ethical and legal considerations to consider with trading data.

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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Disciplines

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Casey Mackert, Director of Baldrige Services and Dr. Jan Garfield, Baldrige Client Coach at Six Disciplines Consulting Services in Findlay, Ohio, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The

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How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Care

Harvard Business Review

The successful experience illustrates the role that relatively simple technology (e.g., an RFID system) and a multidiscipline team of clinicians and people from other fields can play in improving the quality and cost of care delivery processes and the steps that can ease the way to applying such an approach. Sponsored by Optum.

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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. Perhaps the least concerning implication is that there is systemic bias in our information feeds, that we operate in and are informed by tiny echo chambers. Force the system to cast its net wider. What can be done?

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The Right and Wrong Ways to Regulate Self-Driving Cars

Harvard Business Review

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

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

Harvard Business Review

In the UK alone, a 2014 report from the chief medical officer for England estimates, the number of sick days lost to “stress, depression, and anxiety” increased by 24% from 2009 to 2013. Soon, face- and voice- recognition technology will almost certainly be good enough to provide a richer experience to these and other use cases.

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