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The Entrepreneur’s Faces: 10 Entrepreneurial Types and Their Journey

Leading Blog

As if the changes in technology haven’t left many wondering what to do next, the reaction to the COVID-19 virus has left many leaders in a kind of limbo. Their work ethic didn’t sink in. Authors Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp have categorized the nature of this mindset into ten types or faces in The Entrepreneur’s Faces.

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Why is it so darn easy to say NO?

Women on Business

Happy clients that go wild about you because of the surprising way you serve their needs. Yes, I will talk to my manager and see if we can do that for you.” How about, “YES, I can do some hard work for you even though it would be easier for me to just say no.” The result? Related posts: Are Your Client Delight Efforts Misplaced?

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Biometrics Won’t Solve Our Data-Security Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Therefore, in order for new identity verification approaches to be widely adopted by government and business, they will need to leverage multiple layers of currently available information and technologies to help individuals prove identity to a prospective employer, creditor, educational institution, etc. Insight Center. Sponsored by Varonis.

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“A Friend of a Friend” Is No Longer the Best Way to Find a Job

Harvard Business Review

If the technologies that help us look for a job have changed in significant ways, I reasoned, it’s likely that the ways we get information about jobs have also changed. In the early 1970s it became clear that the most effective way to find a job through networking was to be in touch with as many weak ties as possible.

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The Right and Wrong Ways to Regulate Self-Driving Cars

Harvard Business Review

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

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How We’ll Really Feel if Robots Take Our Jobs

Harvard Business Review

And while groups like The Future of Life Institute are laying the groundwork for the ethical creation and use of robots , it seems like similar considerations should be considered when it comes to robots at work. The ethical management of robots, in other words, and how robots will ethically manage us.

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Should Your Voice Determine Whether You Get Hired?

Harvard Business Review

Technology is changing every facet of work, including how companies profile and select their employees. As with many other innovations in the space of HR technologies, evaluating claims about the accuracy of this method is difficult until independent academic research has been conducted. That is not enough. Not at all.