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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business

Anytime a function becomes a “profession,” with an association, conferences, certification, and the like, it starts formalizing its own language, which only insiders really understand. A good example is Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business

Ask for help reducing your low-value work from your company’s productivity unit or information technology gurus. A smart controller had been producing monthly reports for years that nobody read. Close your door, if you have one, or find a conference room. And here’s how to do it: Vote it off the island.

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Best IT Development Podcasts 2019 for consultants

QEmploy

Information Technology represents one of the fastest growing industries and it’s essential in today’s society. Be it smartphones, laptops, tablets, social media networks or virtual businesses, they are all dependent on developing software and technologies. Late Night Linux. A serious and lighthearted podcast at the same time.

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Digital Transformation Is Racing Ahead and No Industry Is Immune - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business

The relentless speed of change of customers, markets, and technology has given rise to enormous opportunity. A 2015 report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimated the digital economy would contribute $4 trillion to the GDP of countries in the G-20 during 2016, and would continue to grow at a rate of 10 percent per year.

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Robots Will Replace Doctors, Lawyers, and Other Professionals

Harvard Business

During our consulting work and at conferences, we regularly hear practitioners concede that routine work can be taken on by machines, but they maintain that human experts will always be needed for the tricky stuff that calls for judgment, creativity, and empathy. Our focus was on what has actually been achieved at the cutting edge.

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Innovative Companies Get Their Best Ideas from Academic Research — Here’s How They Do It

Harvard Business

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. Take a look at any significant innovation, such as an iPhone , and you’ll find that most, if not all, of the technology came from some government program.

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Judging the Obamacare Rollout Two Weeks Later; Signups Vs. Obama's 7 Million Goal; Unprecedented Experiments

MishTalk

On day 10, some sites reported that a mere 51,000 signups had occurred. Please consider the New York Times report From the Start, Signs of Trouble at Health Portal. These are not glitches,” said an insurance executive who has participated in many conference calls on the federal exchange. The short answer is exceptionally poorly.