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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. “We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” the authors explain.

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Is Your Organization Digitally Mature?

Leading Blog

In the same way, digital disruption is not about the technology as much as it is about how companies can make their way through the new competitive environment they find themselves in. Digital disruption is more about the people than it is the technology. Each of these gaps poses a different challenge for companies. Digital Maturity.

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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. In an age of smartphones, AI, and genetics, it seems crazy to think that the record sums invested in technology aren’t making more of an impact. in 1992.

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6 Communication Lessons from Social Media for 21st-Century Leaders

Engaging Leader

I was not one of social media’s early adopters. Aspendale Blog Communication skills Feedback Social media Tactics Technology' I finally got on Facebook in 2009, roughly the same time as your grandmother. Not until 2011. All those hashtags and short URLs confused me.

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How Chatbots Can Support University Education

The Horizons Tracker

While it’s highly unlikely that universities will be returning to a fully-online approach, research has shown that being better able to teach effectively across a variety of platforms is nonetheless a hugely valuable skill to acquire. Increasing capacity.

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How Being A Generalist Can Help You Adapt And Innovate

The Horizons Tracker

I’ve written a few times recently about the importance of breaking free from the straitjacket of our increasingly specialized world, and adopting a more generalist approach to skills development. This means that innovators are not necessarily inventing completely new things, but rather applying existing technologies in new ways.

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Gear Up for the Future: Outlining the AI Impact on Employment

HR Digest

There are a lot of benefits from the integration of AI technology, a possible 7 percent boost to global GDP according to the report, but when paired with apprehensions about unemployment, it results in an equal amount of worry for the future. As AI becomes more accessible, it also becomes more easy to adopt.

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