July, 2018

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A 5-Part Process for Using Technology to Improve Your Talent Management

Harvard Business

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Walker and Walker/Getty Images. Insight Center.

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Based on a recent study by Global Industry Analysts , the global market for wearable medical devices is projected to eclipse $4.5 billion by 2020. 1 In the United States, the predominant market in this space, it is estimated that roughly 20% of Americans currently own a wearable fitness device. Potential Benefits.

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Future of Healthcare: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Tom Spencer

Currently engineers, physicians, other healthcare providers, and educators are working to create innovative ways to apply these immersive technologies in order to transform clinical teaching and practice. As far-fetched as these scenarios may seem, they are closer to reality than you might think. Medical Student and Resident Training.

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Landing Amazon HQ2 Isn’t the Right Way for a City to Create Jobs. Here’s What Works Instead

Harvard Business

Other researchers, including Enrico Moretti, Michael Porter, and my colleague Mark Muro , point to the power of clusters — especially in tech-based advanced industries — for regional job creation. Beyond start-ups, local leaders can also help existing small- and mid-sized establishments survive, innovate, and grow.

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The Factors Behind China’s Growing Strength in Innovation

Harvard Business

But DJI is testament to China’s transformation from copycat to high tech innovation. As the example of DJI demonstrates, Chinese companies are busy innovating based on three valuable and difficult-to-imitate advantages that will allow them to compete effectively with, and, in some areas, even overtake their Western rivals.

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Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45

Harvard Business

To focus on businesses that are closer in spirit to the prototypical high-tech startup, we used a variety of indicators: whether the firm was granted a patent, received VC investment, or operated in an industry that employs a high fraction of STEM workers. It’s widely believed that the most successful entrepreneurs are young.

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

Harvard Business

Specialized vocabularies develop in the business world every day to support new or specialized disciplines, departments, problems, and innovative opportunities. We’ve all experienced some version of this problem: Ask “how many customers do we have?” Then people misunderstand the data and make mistakes.

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