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Four Keys to Thinking About the Future

Harvard Business Review

Yet how do you actually do it, when life and livelihood generally depend on operating inside a box? Training in emotional intelligence is life-long work, and most of us need as many tutors as possible. . “Thinking outside the box,” is one of the most well-worn clichés in any business or creative endeavor.

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7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. Again, it is those with a combination of expertise and the ability to move new knowledge forward who will stay ahead of the robots. Automated systems are usually very bad at recognizing context.

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