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Consumers In Two Minds About Automated Deliveries

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers identified a “complex and multifaceted” relationship between behavior and the acceptance of imminent technologies for automated parcel delivery. The researchers emphasize that success in this field requires companies to consolidate their unique systems. “On

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5 Why's and a How

CEO Blog

4 - IT Systems. People wait for the system or can only do part of what they need. The biggest innovation that I add to the process is to not only ask the 5 Why''s but to add the How question. EG - in analyzing a shipping line, the 5 why''s might determine that only 1,000 parcels per hour can be shipped per hour.

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The Precarious Nature Of Youth Employment

The Horizons Tracker

A recent report from the innovation group Nesta suggests that there are six million people in the UK who are in such a precarious position, and they caution that without assistance, these people will be stuck in a cycle of either low-pay and insecure employment or forced out of the workforce entirely. Treading water.

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Starting a Business for the Post-Pandemic World

Strategy Driven

Whether you are a potential new business owner or someone who has been in the game for years, you knew how your industry operated before, and you at least had an idea of how to navigate within that system. American Express – The credit card company that originally delivered parcels across the country. You need to innovate immediately.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Pink Demos Dr. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Delivery Robots Unlikely To Provide Carbon Savings

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers examined the environmental impact of not only automated delivery systems but also the human-based methods that dominate the market. We found that the energy and carbon footprints of this automated parcel delivery in suburban areas was similar to that of conventional human driven vehicles. Carbon footprint.

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What to Do When Each Department Uses Different Words to Describe the Same Thing

Harvard Business Review

Each department trusts its own system, but when the task at hand requires that data be shared across silos, the company’s various systems simply do not talk to one and other. The problem arises because different systems employ different definitions of key terms. Eventually a relative newcomer discovered the problem.