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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future? “We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.”

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Getting Buy-In for Predictive Analytics in Health Care

Harvard Business

New predictive analytics tools promise to reduce waste and improve care by forecasting the likelihood of an event — for example, a patient being readmitted to a hospital or developing a life-threatening infection — and allowing providers to tailor treatments and services accordingly. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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Are You A Future-Ready Leader?

Organizational Talent Consulting

link] Most economists hold a belief that a more efficient workforce leads to competitive advantage and lowers the costs of goods and services. It is projected by 2030 in the US and Europe that the time spent during a workweek will on information technology and programming tasks increase the most.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

But companies and government agencies are starting to find plenty of places where knowledge-based tools can make a huge difference. These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. Don’t make your AI too lite.

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Why Process Is U.S. Health Care’s Biggest Problem

Harvard Business

A lot of money has been spent on information technology in health care with little to show for it. They use proven improvement methods such as the principles, systems, and tools of the Toyota Production System (TPS). ilbusca/Getty Images. To understand why we must pay a visit to the hospital. This thinking is not new.

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