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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

Infomocracy , by governance researcher Malka Older, explores how software could change our public institutions through the social and technical engineering of elections. The protagonists wrestle with the impacts of tech consolidation, data breaches, and the theory and practice of corporate social responsibility.

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To Stay Relevant, Your Company and Employees Must Keep Learning

Harvard Business Review

As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.” It is in the eye of the digital evolution.