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Project Management: Leverage Data for Better Cost Control 

PM Alliance

But if you’re looking for more sophisticated and flexible ways to manage your project’s financial resources, consider how data can help make any approach more effective. Timely data can give your team an edge on controlling costs by ensuring that resources are used efficiently. What’s the latest insight into best practices?

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Technology Is Changing Transportation, and Cities Should Adapt

Harvard Business

And as innovation brings self-driving cars, electric vehicles, in-vehicle data connectivity, mechanisms for sharing rides and vehicles, and other technologies to more people, getting around cities will become easier, faster, and safer. million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments).

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David and Goliath: How Boutique Firms Triumph

Tom Spencer

For example, they typically require consultants to travel to client sites for meetings and presentations, creating expenses related to airfare, hotels, and ground transportation. Accenture acquired Knowledgent , a data and analytics-driven firm that specializes in digital transformation and data-driven decision-making.

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Cars, Trains, Planes Hacked… A Transportation Risk That Leaves Us All Vulnerable

Melissa Agnes

I just had a conversation with a colleague after publishing a post on how to communicate in a data breach or hack crisis , and the conversation lead to a petrifying realization. If you work in the transportation and/or travel industry, this should scare the crap out of you too – otherwise, we’re all screwed.

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Real-World Examples of AI in Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

Traditional methods of market research are becoming increasingly ineffective due to the large amount of data available. AI-powered tools, such as natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML), are able to generate valuable insights from unstructured data, such as customer reviews and social media posts.

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Is There Something New Under the Sun?

Chad Barr

Self-Driving Cars: Combining sensors, artificial intelligence, and complex algorithms, these vehicles navigate without human intervention, reshaping transportation, reducing accidents, and improving efficiency. Artificial Organs: A few decades ago, the creation of fully functional artificial organs was unimaginable.

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IoT Disruptions in 3 Industries and What You Can Learn From Them

Tom Spencer

Cattle farmers can also now use sensors inside a cow’s stomach to transmit data about its health. Farmers get real-time data on the movements, temperature, and pH levels of the animal, as well as the ability to predict a cow’s pregnancy with high accuracy. Transport and Logistics.