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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

The solution is machine learning —computers automatically discovering patterns and developing new knowledge by furiously feeding on modern society's greatest and most potent unnatural resource : data. The leading career-focused social network, LinkedIn, predicts your job skills. Data can seem like such dry, uninteresting stuff.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Formerly SVP in charge of wireless communication. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance.

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Access to Digital Technology Accelerates Global Gender Equality

Harvard Business Review

Accenture surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women in 31 countries, exploring their use of technology, including access to devices like smartphones and wireless wearable devices, and the frequency with which they use them. At the current pace such equality won’t be achieved until 2065 in developed nations and 2100 in developing countries.

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The Innovation Mismatch: "Smart Capital" and Education Innovation

Harvard Business Review

One of the most poignant summaries of the market for innovative technology solutions in education is that it is forever in its infancy. The demands of practitioners and the market supply of innovation from entrepreneurs are simply mismatched. The result is a large-scale market of technological mediocrity. Regrettably not.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: 3M Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Arthur Fry , a 3M employee, attended a Technical Council where Spencer Silver spoke about trying to develop a super-strong adhesive for use in building planes; instead, Silver accidentally created a weak adhesive that was a "solution without a problem." Thus was born the Post-it note. 3M also has a rich tradition of telling the.

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The Social Side of Auto-Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Or maybe we're more miserable in a particular career than we're willing to admit. Trackers include smartphone apps or wireless sensors to collect and monitor yourself over time. In fact, Quantified Self hosts health experiments as well as career-focused ones. Output here is usual visual representations of what was measured.