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7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated

Harvard Business

The most basic form of communication is constructing a compelling story. Even with the advanced capabilities of AI products such as Amazon’s Alexa, machines are rudimentary in their ability to understand the emotional tenor of a person, meeting, or organization. In a world where U.S. Emotional competence.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. Analysts have predicted that U.S.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. Productivity growth in advanced economies has been on a declining trend since well before the onset of the financial crisis, and the workforce is already shrinking in several countries as the population ages.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services. But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Value is in the products and services themselves.

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Reflections on "Uncertainty"; Yellen Expects Rates Hikes but "Uncertain" about Growth, Jobs, Inflation, Wages

MishTalk

Here too, however, the signal is not entirely clear , as other factors such as longer-run trends in productivity growth also generally influence the growth of compensation. Outlook for the Economy The latest estimates show that both real GDP and industrial production actually edged down in the first quarter of this year.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Bain recently completed research on workforce productivity. times global GDP).