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How Many of Your Daily Tasks Could Be Automated?

Harvard Business Review

It has also has inspired scholarship by academics such as Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne of Oxford University, who estimate that 47% of occupations in the United States could be automated within 20 years, and David Autor of MIT, who argues that the ability of machines to take on human jobs is vastly overstated.

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Empowering Digital Societies - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Digital transformation—or the way of thinking about this change—refers to the use of technology to improve the reach and performances of enterprises. The technology is sophisticated enough now that the possibilities seem almost limitless. They are signs of profound change. It’s not limited to private enterprise.

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The Best Data Scientists Get Out and Talk to People

Harvard Business Review

Treat Osborn’s Law — “variables won’t; constants aren’t” — as your watchword. Embrace the broader reality, with a special emphasis on all the information that is yet to be stored in technology. First, see how the data is actually collected.