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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

For example, a company that needs to update its computer systems might seek advice from IT consultants. An example from 2014 occurred when McKinsey poached two partners from AlixPartners, one of the world’s best-known restructuring firms. Below we outline five (5) reasons why organisations engage consulting firms. Turnarounds.

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The Fight of The Two R’s: Robots v Redundancy

Tom Spencer

This begs the question, why do we favour productivity and efficiency if the new technology is simultaneously kicking workers out of jobs and diminishing the user experience? Or, could we all have overlooked the warning in the movie WALL-E of what can happen when humans misuse ultra-modern technology? Image: Pexels. References.

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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

Harvard Business

During her training years ago, there would have been a handful of therapy options to consider. This could include specialized staff, such as nurses and junior doctors trained to research and identify clinical trials and therapy options, as well as technology that can automate the search process much as has been done with legal discovery.

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The Ways Your Brain Manages Overload, and How to Improve Them

Harvard Business

Training your brain for local feedback makes it a more efficient multitasker, allowing it to manage more information and do more tasks as well. The ding on your Facebook page, for example, is something you can decide ahead of time to ignore, or you could turn notifications off on your computer too.

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Why You Shouldn’t Swear at Siri

Harvard Business

If adaptive bots learn from every meaningful human interaction they have, then mistreatment and abuse become technological toxins. That undermines enterprise efficiency, productivity, and culture. While not (biologically) alive, these inanimate objects are explicitly trained to anticipate and respond to workplace needs.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business

Although China is the most important example of this strategy today, the idea is not new. These strategies eroded GE’s competitive advantage in everything from consumer electronics and home appliances to trains and aircraft engines. Silicon Valley and the rise of information technology.

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How P&G and American Express Are Approaching AI

Harvard Business

These firms are likely to have already established the organizational structures needed to nurture and spread new technologies and business approaches. Two good examples of combining well-established practices with cognitive technology to achieve business success are American Express and Procter & Gamble.

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