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The Transformative Power of AI in Business

Tom Spencer

As a result, businesses are able to provide recommendations that simultaneously enhance customer satisfaction and increase sales revenue. More Efficient Operations AI enables businesses to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks, freeing up human resources to focus on more complex and strategic activities.

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How to Make Sure Agile Teams Can Work Together

Harvard Business

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

The insurance industry has not been immune to AI’s advancement – whether implementing robo-advisors for investment management (Vanguard and Charles Schwab) or applying AI to insurance and loan underwriting (the Chinese search giant Baidu, which provides enhanced risk assessment capabilities). Assess readiness.

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6 Digital Trends Are Poised to Transform How We Work - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already in use throughout the web and increasingly within the enterprise, handling everything from initial call screening for sales prospects to scheduling. Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud. Artificial intelligence. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.

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A Tool for Balancing Your Company’s Digital Investments

Harvard Business

A retailer’s point of sale (POS) system falls into that category. Support investments are those that improve business efficiency and management effectiveness but, in themselves, do not sustain the business or provide any competitive advantage. They are essentially R&D investments in unproven ways to use digital technologies.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

These could range from employee turnover, equipment malfunctions, or even seasonal variations in sales for businesses. “I was approached by a company to investigate why a very important project that should have taken one year actually took five years. Having Insurance (Risk Buffer). Most vehicles come with a spare tire.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business

He’ll need proof of a driver’s license, a loan, and insurance. Today, the auto manufacturers, banks, insurers, and government agencies are all evolving their digital capabilities and services in parallel. John will also need insurance for his new car. Read More from Microsoft. Empowering Digital Societies.