HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2024

“Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology,” Jamie Dimon said in an interview with Bloomberg. There are going to be all different types of models and different types of tools and technology…So errors, trading, hedging research; every app, every database you can be applying AI.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? All you can really do at this point is make a random guess. When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 3, 2018

Available starting Wednesday, June 1, it's called, The Inspiration Code , by Kristi Hedges. Filled with profound insights and compelling data, and based on a commissioned survey on who and what inspires people, Hedges uncovers a set of consistent, learnable behaviors that dramatically enhance leadership success. Be Personal.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2017

Available starting Wednesday, June 1, it's called, The Inspiration Code , by Kristi Hedges. Filled with profound insights and compelling data, and based on a commissioned survey on who and what inspires people, Hedges uncovers a set of consistent, learnable behaviors that dramatically enhance leadership success. Be Personal.

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Hedge Open-book Books Influence 50

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

But, why do so many leaders struggle with building shared vision? They add, with logical precision, how they will achieve that goal through technology, content partnerships, and educational videos. Until one day, I put some videos up on YouTube for them as a supplement so they could learn at their own pace.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Externally, examine societal trends, political implications, technological advancements, and competitive forces. Our value systems and individual beliefs are learned. If you can’t do this with your vision, it is likely not clear enough or it may be your mission and not your vision. Describing why you exist as an organization.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have great vision? Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Are you a master of strategy?

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

See what two not yet 20 year olds were able to do and sustain. MedInternational was started in 2011 to raise the standard of healthcare in resource-poor regions of the world by sharing and maintaining appropriate hospital technology in these areas, initially Zanzibar, Tanzania. Where do I draw the line? How do we do it?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2016

It drives large efforts from spearheading a movement to bringing a game-changing product or technology to market. Whether or not they understand the forces driving it, the smartest organizations are putting purpose at the top of their agendas—and those that ignore it, do so at their peril. Huffington, Davos, January 2016).

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

Our ability to do that – and get it right – is our greatest opportunity to grow our business and our people and play a meaningful role in society. I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” That, I think gets to the heart of what the right culture can do.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

While the thought that all employees should have an equal say may get some air time in business school, I have found that often times the theoretical discussions that take place in halls of academia have little to do with the realities that exist in the world of business. Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In “The Employee Experience” study, we found that 73% of employees surveyed agree that the longer they use their technology devices, the more they desire a visual break such as taking a walk or looking through unobstructed windows to an outside view. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

AlphaGo’s success is emblematic of a broader trend: An explosion of data and advances in algorithms have made technology smarter than ever before. In addition to executing well-defined tasks, technology is starting to address broader, more ambiguous problems. kenneth andersson FOR HBR. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

In fact, new research shows that a substantial part of the growth in this wage gap can be attributed to computer technology. Instead, new computer technologies require major new skills. Workers who learn these skills see their wages grow, but many workers have difficulty acquiring the new skills. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. These advances all point toward the total automation of our lives, including the way we work and do business.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

Unlike a pure holding company or a modern hedge fund, the GE model intended to create value by actively sharing capabilities among its disparate businesses, which, with one important exception, were all rooted in manufacturing. Silicon Valley and the rise of information technology.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

The first-ever cyber-commencement address given by “ Rossum ” — a machine intelligence running a $22 billion hedge fund—to the graduating class of a top-tier technical university somewhere in America before the year 2030. . That’s because, in fact, I do. I do my homework. I cannot predict.

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Biotechnology Technology Class Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

The Kahn Academy, founded by Salman Kahn (a former hedge fund manager), is a not-for-profit, online venture that is currently revolutionizing K-12 education. Hart does not quite do what the Kahn Academy does but she operates in the same space. Previous videos for educative purposes did not do that. Want to get a taste?

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Video Education Christensen Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

“AI,” “big data,” and “machine learning” are all trending buzzwords, and you might be curious about how they apply to your domain. So how can you know which problems in your business are amenable to machine learning? Start by distinguishing between automation problems and learning problems.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

But what will unbundling do to its sources of competitive advantage? Today Facebook enjoys three advantages over rivals: technological capabilities, economies of scale in its infrastructure, and most importantly, network effects. Observers have quickly labeled the strategy outlined by Zuckerberg, “ The Great Unbundling.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

While big data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things garner the lion’s share of media attention, using data to its full potential is much more about management than it is about technology. But doing so can provide great opportunity. Putting Data to Work. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

The most painful board conversations that I hear about machine learning revolve around how much power and authority super-smart software should have. Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. That’s hard.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

You have to consider salaries, marketing budget, office size, technology services, and on and on. After managing a sleeve of a successful hedge fund in London for five years, and building ample savings, Colin was ready for his own shop. Let’s examine two cases, one a former colleague and the other a close friend.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

So why do companies spend millions on big data and big-data-based market research while continuing to ignore the simple things that make customers happy? Why do they buy huge proprietary databases yet fail to use plain old scheduling software to tell you precisely when a technician is going to arrive?

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CAPEX Balanced Scorecard Hedge Software 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

I recently participated in a spirited panel discussion with Bruce Brown, Procter & Gamble's Chief Technology Officer, and Erich Joachimsthaler, Vivaldi Partners' managing director and CEO. You certainly do see obvious differences in perception in certain categories. billion by 2030. The world simply moves too fast these days.

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Marketing Hedge Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

So how do you jumpstart collaboration without transforming the pay or promotion system? Pair a technology whiz with any employee who needs support with the tools; a personal relationship makes the uptake much likelier than expecting someone to learn on their own or to rely on the IT hotline. Drive down collaboration costs.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

banks are going to survive the coming wave in financial technology (fintech), they’ll need to finally take digital transformation seriously. Small businesses are starting to demand banking services that have engaging web and mobile user experiences, on par with the technologies they use in their personal lives.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While it isn't hard to argue the value of analyzing big data, it is intimidating to figure out what to do first. It's a lower-risk way to see what big data can do for your firm and to test your firm's readiness to use it. A few intuitive examples like this allow the organization to see what the data can do. The Traditional Way.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2011

As I digested these two stories — America's heartbreak upon learning of Steve Jobs's death and the protests of Wall Street that are sweeping the country — I could not help but be struck by the irony they represent. I learned of Steve Jobs's death in a text message from my mother that simply read, "Steve Jobs died."

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Policies Hedge Learning-by-Doing System 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. The transformation in education technology and markets is happening with the business leaders and money-men of higher education barely present.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Or insist that the author do so him/herself? What to do with the fellow? Reflecting on the discussion, my own conclusion is that, if you want to become more prescient, you should do four things: 1. Yet how do you actually do it, when life and livelihood generally depend on operating inside a box? Dismiss him?

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Groupthink Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

Companies can do five things to hedge their bets in turbulent times while opening up options for the future: 1. When stock markets gyrate and growth prospects darken, it's tempting to rein in innovation programs and hoard cash. As it looked like the economic storm clouds were dissipating (ah, the good old days.)

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

Moreover, firms are often investing in venture capital-type organizations with the hope of striking it lucky with a new technology or offer. As noted management expert Geoffrey Moore told me with respect to high-velocity competition, "I''m not sure you ever want to be in the public markets."

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

Unlike some pharmaceuticals, data-opolies do not charge consumers exorbitant prices. Even if the government can’t strike a deal to access the data directly, it may be able to do so covertly. Data-opolies have greater incentives to prevent a breach than do typical firms. That influence comes in part from data.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

How do we imagine this great and resurgent nation with its embedded conflicts and challenges will look in 2034? Enormous investments have been made in science and technology in Chinese universities. Similarly, hundreds of thousands of Chinese students who study abroad are concentrating overwhelmingly on science and technology.

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Education Politics Globalization Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

No longer do we need theories of genetics or linguistics or sociology, Wired editor Chris Anderson wrote in a manifesto four years ago : "With enough data, the numbers speak for themselves.". Big data, it has been said, is making science obsolete. Anderson and Ranadivé are reacting to something real. be replaced with a computer program.

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