Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

DeepQA/Watson project, wants me to understand something very, very important about what makes Watson work. The algorithms, software and massively parallel architectures underlying the Jeopardy -winning technology's design are undeniably important, he says. Your career prospects are not bright if a machine has little to learn from you.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Thousands have asked this question of students who want to start their human resources careers. . Learn How To Work With Technology. Technology plays a big part in our lives today. As an HR specialist, knowing technology makes you more appealing to employers. ” or “What kind of projects does your team work on?”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Since the founding in 2007, Fellows have not only audited classes but developed projects in which they can give back to society.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. The course culminates in a team-based innovation project presented to hospital leadership. These challenges require extraordinary leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

Our advice therefore can’t boil down to a clear “avoid careers in a, b, and c” or “apply for jobs x, y, or z.” Congress or the European Union can throw all the regulations they want at banking and other industries, but politicians and bureaucrats are no match for today’s cognitive technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

AI, expert systems, and business intelligence have been with us for decades, but this time the reality almost matches the rhetoric, driven by the exponential growth in technology capabilities (e.g., The biggest application of Watson has been in health care. He told me: “I’ve spent my whole career in travel and IT.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is a founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Home-based businesses are a great way for busy people to take more control of their careers , but starting your own business can be intimidating. Being a consultant for an established company is a great way for individuals to build career skills while maintaining control over their success. That's okay!

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Feature Triple-Strength Leadership Nick Lovegrove and Matthew Thomas Nick Lovegrove and Matthew Thomas Managing resource constraints, controlling health care costs, implementing smart-grid technologies — these are challenges that can’t be addressed unless government, business, and NGOs work together.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

But increasingly, what companies sell are projects. A focus on selling projects would mean helping someone do something more specific, such as running the Boston Marathon. The project would have a clear goal (finish the marathon) and a clear start and end date. And that is just one type of project.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

One Brookings Institute analysis projected that teacher actions could spread to another 11 states. Poor pay , increased health care costs , and diminished pension plans are certainly core issues — teachers in Oklahoma haven’t received a pay boost in a decade. .” ” Except today, they’re not.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Many adult health care outcomes are shaped in childhood. Current models of pediatric primary care do little to address these “non-medical” causes and consequently have been largely ineffective in preventing adult disease. Reforming primary care pediatrics therefore has great potential for improving overall U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

You’re thinking about making a career change (or perhaps getting your first real job out of grad school), and you’re looking at different types of organizations. To help bring cool new technology to the world? He thought about his previous experience with products, projects, and companies.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

He was the scientific expert on the team, having earned a PhD in biology and worked at a health care company in Israel before studying for his MBA. Carly Gardos, MedPath’s technology chief, asked. Most people have lots of opportunities to make important career decisions in their lives. Career planning Work life balance'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The unsolvable problem that has become the "white whale" of my career's own captain story was posed by Nick Donofrio, IBM's senior vice president of technology (and official protector of innovators) a year before I wrote "Breaking Out." Disruptive Innovation Comes to Health Care. Here's a conundrum." More >>.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

Alternative work arrangements, some powered by such platforms, can potentially enable boundary-less careers, lifetime learning, greater transparency about work, and even worker empowerment. The McKinsey report suggests that new intermediaries may emerge to serve the needs for freelancers’ insurance, retirement plans, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

And after IBM chief Ginni Rometty congratulated Trump on his election win, staffers circulated an online petition asking her to allow them to refuse to participate in projects that violate civil and constitutional liberties. It now has more than 2,000 signatures. What should companies do when insiders publicly condemn them?

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