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How to Balance Digital Expertise and Sustainability

Bringing digital prowess and sustainable practices together should be at the forefront of strategic thinking for any business. For further insights, read “Digital Technology and Sustainability: Positive Mutual Reinforcement.”

August 1, 2018

Related tags: 3d printing, artificial intelligence, automation, bitcoin, blockchain, data, digital, digitization, emerging technology, industry 4.0, internet of things, sustainability
Digital Technology and Sustainability: Positive Mutual Reinforcement

Get the balance right between these two concepts, and your business can thrive. For more insight, see “How to Balance Digital Expertise and Sustainability.”

August 1, 2018 by Nils Naujok, Henry Le Fleming, and Naveen Srivatsav

Related tags: 3d printing, artificial intelligence, automation, bitcoin, blockchain, data, digital, digitization, emerging technology, industry 4.0, internet of things, sustainability
The Rise of the Last-Mile Exchange

Keeping up with the growing volume of e-commerce will require delivery companies to disrupt their long-standing business model.

July 30, 2018 by Tim Laseter, Andrew Tipping, and Fred Duiven

Related tags: analytics, automation, cloud computing, consumer trends, digital strategy, e-commerce, pricing, supply chain, transportation
Why AI Will Create Jobs

Even in a world of robots, continuous education can keep people employed.

May 29, 2018 by Peter Schwartz

Related tags: artificial intelligence, automation, economic growth, education, technology
Quantum Underwriting: A Core Capability for Bionic Companies

When you know the probabilities of future events, including your own processes, you can hedge their risks in more strategic ways.

May 9, 2018 by John Sviokla

Related tags: analytics, automation, big data, business intelligence, capabilities, corporate finance, crowdfunding, data analytics, digital trends, finance, insurance companies, insurers, sharing economy
The New Automation Is Smart, Fast, and Small

Emerging digital tools and techniques are reinventing large-scale IT initiatives, one process at a time.

April 24, 2018 by Dan Priest, Kumar Krishnamurthy, and Alex Blanter

Related tags: automation, cost management, enterprise technologies, finance, new technologies, productivity
The Magic of Predicting Demand from Data

Demand sensing is a key element of a real-time, connected supply chain ecosystem and can kick-start digital transformation.

January 15, 2018 by Philipp Berttram, Judith Schneider, and Marc Münch

Related tags: automation, consumer insights, consumers, data analytics, digital retail, strategic planning, supply chain
What Will Work Look Like in 2030?

Imagining four radically different scenarios for how companies will manage people and how people will manage their work and careers.

December 18, 2017 by Jeff Hesse and Scott Olsen

Related tags: analytics, automation, corporate social responsibility, diversity, employee engagement, human resources, management techniques, outsourcing, training
Do Utilities Need a Chief Digital Officer?

Regardless of their job title, leaders need to be able to connect new technologies to strategy.

December 4, 2017 by Jagoron Mukherjee and Earl Simpkins

Related tags: automation, big data, data analytics, digital technologies, digitization, energy, oil and gas, utilities
What’s Going on with Wages?

As the labor market continues to change, base pay is rising much more quickly for the bottom 20 percent of earners than for other workers.

November 22, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automation, economics, economy, global economy, human resources
How to Spark “Next-Gen” Creativity

Leading for creativity isn’t about being an artistic free spirit — it’s about having the necessary skills to think in ways that get things done.

November 14, 2017 by Eric J. McNulty

Related tags: automation, creativity, economy, global economy, skills
Innovating the Mundane

Space tourism and self-driving cars are exciting to ponder, but what about just making our current systems work better?

October 31, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automation, consumers, digitization, economy, innovation, technology, transportation
Why Companies Need to Build a Skills Inventory

To have the right talent to thrive in the future, companies need to start categorizing and analyzing the skills present in their organization today.

October 31, 2017 by Jeff Hesse

Related tags: automation, data analytics, digitization, employee engagement, human resources
The Dangerous Necessity of Relying on Bots

Algorithms and AI can help a company achieve massive scale, but they bring with them new risks.

October 18, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automation, consumers, cybersecurity, digitization, economy, technology
What Happens When Machines Know More About People than People Do?

Artificial intelligence may learn to track predispositions and personality traits, turning our inner personalities into a detectible second skin.

October 16, 2017 by Art Kleiner

Related tags: analytics, artificial intelligence, automation, big data, digitization, technology
Get Ready for the Silicon Military

As the global defense industry embraces digital technology, it is creating a new type of warfare with different winners and losers.

August 8, 2017 by Andrew Apostolou

Related tags: aerospace, automation, defense, digital trends, drones, military technology
What Billy Joel Can Teach Us About AI

It’s too simplistic to view advances in automation as inspiring either sadness or euphoria.

July 25, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: artificial intelligence, automation, economy, innovation, labor, machine learning, technology
Why the Construction Industry May Be Robot-Proof

There is something unique about building houses that inherently eschews efficiency and automation.

May 24, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automation, digitization, innovation, labor, technology
Cracking the Code of Economic Development

Public policy professor Philip Auerswald takes on “the Great Man–Machine Debate.”

May 24, 2017 by Theodore Kinni

Related tags: automation, digitization, innovation, software, technology
A Strategist’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

As the conceptual side of computer science becomes practical and relevant to business, companies must decide what type of AI role they should play.

May 10, 2017 by Anand Rao

Related tags: artificial intelligence, automation, big data, data analytics, digital technologies, enterprise technologies, Strategist's Guide
Where Have All the Shop Clerks Gone?

Forget your worries about the factory floor. Machines are already decimating retail jobs.

April 12, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automation, consumers, economy, retail trends, technology
Tech Is No Cure-All Where Emotions Run High

Autonomous buses seem like a natural solution to a school bus driver shortage, but parents would certainly disagree.

April 6, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automakers, automation, auto trends, economy, innovation, self-driving cars, technology, transportation
When Robots Miss the Minutiae

As tasks such as ad placement are becoming automated, it’s obvious that machines will need to make a huge leap to discern context.

March 30, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: advertising, automation, digitization, innovation, marketing, technology
Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence

Robots are becoming chefs, and software is our new chauffeur, but their capacity for empathy leaves something to be desired.

March 9, 2017 by Daniel Gross

Related tags: automation, cybersecurity, digitization, innovation, new technologies, social responsibility, technology
The Thought Leader Interview: GE’s Bill Ruh on the Industrial Internet Revolution

During the next few years, says GE Digital’s leader, the Industrial Internet will turn every company into a digitally empowered enterprise.

February 1, 2017 by Art Kleiner and John Sviokla

Related tags: automation, data analytics, digital technologies, General Electric, industrials, industry 4.0, internet of things, transportation

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All articles tagged: automation

How to Balance Digital Expertise and Sustainability

Digital Technology and Sustainability: Positive Mutual Reinforcement

The Rise of the Last-Mile Exchange

Why AI Will Create Jobs

Quantum Underwriting: A Core Capability for Bionic Companies

The New Automation Is Smart, Fast, and Small

The Magic of Predicting Demand from Data

What Will Work Look Like in 2030?

Do Utilities Need a Chief Digital Officer?

What’s Going on with Wages?

How to Spark “Next-Gen” Creativity

Innovating the Mundane

Why Companies Need to Build a Skills Inventory

The Dangerous Necessity of Relying on Bots

What Happens When Machines Know More About People than People Do?

Get Ready for the Silicon Military

What Billy Joel Can Teach Us About AI

Why the Construction Industry May Be Robot-Proof

Cracking the Code of Economic Development

A Strategist’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

Where Have All the Shop Clerks Gone?

Tech Is No Cure-All Where Emotions Run High

When Robots Miss the Minutiae

Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Some Emotional Intelligence

The Thought Leader Interview: GE’s Bill Ruh on the Industrial Internet Revolution

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Inside the Digital Factory

A Strategist’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

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Digital Champions

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