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AI to Replace People: Wrong Philosophy

Harmonious Workplaces

He touted the software as a worker who never complains, works odd hours, will do anything requested, conducts tedious research, and costs only $20 per month (on the paid subscription). Then, the software uses pattern recognition to string relevant content together in a way people have written in the vernacular. My heart sank.

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. Data-Driven Marketing. Insight Center. Sponsored by Google. The science of storytelling and brand performance.

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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

Data-Driven Marketing. Top performers are more likely to: employ truly tailored pricing at the individual customer and product level. By contrast, more-advanced companies tailor their pricing carefully for each combination of customer and product, continually working to maximize total margin. Insight Center. Sponsored by Google.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business

Siri is super, Alexa is awesome, and Cortana’s quite clever, but better bots and digital assistants aren’t going to determine personal productivity’s data-driven future. Simply put, selvesware helps people identify, manage, and measurably improve their best, most productive selves. Putting Data to Work.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. Chemicals and Petroleum. Consumer Products. Automotive.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

Royal Dutch Philips is a $20B diversified consumer electronics, healthcare, and lighting products company. He reset collaborative P&L metrics and business review processes, shared by the region leaders and the global product leaders, to form tight “business handshakes,” that he regards as the center of a granular set of growth strategies.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business

Yahoo’s disclosure in December of what could be the largest data breach in history was hardly an isolated incident. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., internet software & services, semiconductors, wireless telecommunication services); and Materials (e.g.,