HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2020

John Maynard Keynes warned in 1930 “about the new scourge of technological unemployment”, which he termed as “unemployment due to our discovery of means of economizing the use of labor outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labor.” In short, out jobbing ourselves. What workplace automation means for workers?

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McKinsey Class Short-term Human Resources 59

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2024

They determined that, although data engineers and data scientists typically take on most responsibility from conception to production of AI development lifecycles, non-technical leaders can play a key role in ensuring the integration of responsible AI.

How To 22

How To Engineering Operations Industry 22

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. We already have complex systems for ensuring that some products get marked with country of origin; some firms are taking voluntary steps to reveal where stuff comes from in detail and down to the micro-level of batch, plant, and date.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Ethics Telecommunications Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

In the quest to improve productivity and work life, the information that companies can analyze about you at work is limited only by software. They sent those customers ads for pregnancy related products. What could be wrong with helping pregnant women be aware of products or services they need, as early as possible?

Human Resources 11

Human Resources Information Technology Report Human Capital 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In addition, they need the ability to switch to manually controlled environments in case artificially intelligent systems have to be shut down and to recall faulty smart products. AI Insurance Products and Services. Contingency plans must go beyond a natural disaster playbook. AI International Protocols.

Insurance 8

Insurance Contingency Plans Globalization Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Not just those under attack for ethical lapses, accounting problems, or excessive compensation – retired college presidents are the latest to join corporate executives in the latter category. There are an awful lot of leaders in trouble these days. The trouble I’m referring to is getting new ideas implemented and brought to scale.

Management 8

Management Real Estate Information Technology Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Cisco now sells mostly commoditized products.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15