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“Nailed it.” A lesson in overcoming project complexity

Deming Institute

Much of my work focuses on involving people in activities and decisions about their work and how it will change as the technology they use changes. Having been a consultant/leader with a Big 4 firm, my project experience is extensive and varied. How did I figure this out? When we finished, we had a picture.

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Is It Ever OK to Break Into Your Colleague’s Computer?

Harvard Business Review

Rick was looking for Kelly, one of the analysts who supported his consulting team. George, the CEO of a technology company with over 150 employees, believes that you need to be careful when confronting someone with intelligence gained from data mining. Ethics IT management Technology'

EPM 8
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How Companies Are Using Machine Learning to Get Faster and More Efficient

Harvard Business Review

The technology can pick out kinds of people — mountain climbers, for instance — to help advertisers more efficiently match ads to the videos. The upshot of HealthMind is that doctors spend less time interpreting images and more time consulting with their patients. Root cause analysis.