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Will Cognitive Computing Disrupt the High-Skill Labor Market?

Tom Spencer

She danced to requests and wittily answered customers’ questions on topics which ranged from product information and weather forecasts to their love life. An Economist report entitled “Lifelong Learning: How to survive in the age of automation”, which appeared in the 14th-20th January 2017 edition, provides useful insights on this question.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). million per launch. References: Beswick, C.,

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Does Your Team Hoard Information?

Harmonious Workplaces

Information from leads and clients cannot be found anywhere, which subsequently hampers marketing efforts. They may also miss key data points to drive productive ideas. Increased Efficiency and Productivity: Knowledge sharing helps avoid duplication of effort and allows for more efficient processes. & Avolio, B.

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Consulting in Mongolia- a Personal Journey

Effective Managers

I first learnt about the Institute of Consulting in 2012, when over 24 Mongolian consultants received core consultancy skills training from John Moore of Exponential Training and ICUK. Currently, 95% of our 70,000 active companies employ fewer than five people and productivity in the SME sector in Mongolia is less than 30%.

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When Companies Should Invest in Training Their Employees — and When They Shouldn’t

Harvard Business

companies spent over $90 billion dollars on training and development activities in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 32.5 %. Training is useful at times but often fails, especially when it is used to address problems that it can’t actually solve. Photodisc/Getty Images. According to one industry report , U.S.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Workforce Reskilling: Enabling the Future of Your Business

Eupnea Management Consulting

While the current market conditions make it harder to understand the full effects of the pandemic – or even for these to materialise – in businesses, within sectors and across our society, at least effects in the workplace and workforce of most UK organisations are evidently permanent, deep and broad having changed how employees work forever.

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