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A Brief History of Blockchain

Harvard Business Review

The second innovation was called blockchain, which was essentially the realization that the underlying technology that operated bitcoin could be separated from the currency and used for all kinds of other interorganizational cooperation. Proof-of-work systems are expected to go live later this year. Insight Center.

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The 3 Ways Work Can Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

But just when we’ve sorted out preferred management routines, there is an entirely new landscape emerging with technology options central to the work and possibly your business model: work automation. How, when, and where should leaders be thinking about applying the various automation technologies to their businesses?

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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

Harvard Business Review

More nuanced analysis points to a less dystopian future where a great number of activities within jobs will be undertaken by intelligent systems rather than humans. Pilots are a critical pool of talent for an airline; there must be a sufficient supply with appropriate skills to operate the airline.

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The Truth About How Uber’s App Manages Drivers

Harvard Business Review

The company manages a large, disaggregated workforce of “driver-partners” that deliver a relatively standardized experience to passengers, while simultaneously promoting drivers as independent entrepreneurs whose work is characterized by freedom, flexibility, and independence. million drivers are active on the platform globally.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

Work is being disaggregated into tasks that can be dispersed inside and outside of the organization — the “uberization” of work. IBM has been building a talent system that both aligns with and accelerates this phenomenon of the external disaggregation of work.