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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models. In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. Subsequently, its market share plummeted by 90 percent.

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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. You can read more on mastering this difficult balancing act in the Hay Group 2013 Best Companies for Leadership study. Don’t try to resist technology in the workplace.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

We find ourselves amidst the challenges of living and working in a triple-threat world of a global pandemic, economic instability, and political unrest. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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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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Could Solar Power The Next Industrial Revolution?

The Horizons Tracker

This growth has been driven by the tremendous technological strides made by solar power. The company, which was founded in 2013, currently has around 46 solar installations generating over 500 megawatts across Europe. These technologies also tend to provide a greater return on investment for public authorities too.

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Is Free Internet Access A Human Right?

The Horizons Tracker

Shocking headlines emerged in 2013 when households across the UK proclaimed broadband access to be more important to them than water. For some it was regarded as an absurd statement, but new research from the University of Birmingham argues that free internet access should be regarded as a fundamental human right.

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Why It’s Highly Likely That You’ve Read Fake News At Least Once

The Horizons Tracker

Fake news has had a significant impact upon the workings of modern society, with misinformation on everything from vaccines to politics distorting the agenda. Whereas if it were just bots, we would need a technological solution.”. Research from Leiden University highlights just how common it is for people to digest fake news each week.