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The Transformative Power of AI in Business

Tom Spencer

For example, businesses like Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, and Airbnb use AI-powered recommendation systems to suggest movies, videos, products, and rental properties based on a user’s browsing history, past purchases, and revealed preferences based on past behavior. These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy.

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Emergence of Formal Behavioral Insights Teams and Initiatives

Steve Shu Consulting

I recently ran into a short video by the New South Wales government which does a great job of introducing the notion of behavioral insights and application in the governmental space. Companies like Idomoo present companies with an opportunity to tap into behavior change using massively-automated and personalized videos.

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5 Recommended Courses To Develop Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

You are valued for your ability to review/cut/analyze data and use the results to come up with solutions and strategies to your clients’ dilemmas. Check out this video to hear Karl Ulrich, Vice Dean of Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School talk more in depth about the free courses that they offer.

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How To Position Yourself as a Peer (and Stay Out of the Dreaded "Pair-Of-Hands" Trap)

Consulting Matters

In a “pair of hands” situation, the client collects the data, analyzes it and determines the solution. Do you have significant staff group experience, such as from HR, Finance or IT? Here's what to do next: Watch this short video on proper consulting positioning. Stakeholder management. Process leadership (vs.

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Biometrics Won’t Solve Our Data-Security Crisis

Harvard Business

Current consumer technologies offer intriguing ways to generate dynamic data as identifiers, such as where an individual is (IP address/Geolocation/mobile device or number/application or social network) or something an individual is (biometric/genetic/behavioral data). Shore up your company’s first line of defense.

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The Avoidable Mistakes Executives Continue to Make After a Data Breach

Harvard Business

The past few years have taught us that companies will be breached and consumer data will be stolen. Last year was a record year for data breaches , and 2017, so far, has seen its fair share of high-profile cyberattacks. In addition to distributing a press release and posting a video to their site on Sept. Poor customer service.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Business A can be profitable if it grows revenues enough to cover the non-product-related operating costs (such as sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and human resources). The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales.