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

Tom Spencer

The massive benefits seen in Australia from the development of digital technology include increased living standards, shrinking distances through telecommunications, improved efficiency for businesses and government, as well as a larger workforce. Transport and Logistics.

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Using Design Thinking to Embed Learning in Our Jobs

Harvard Business

Since we now expect learning to be as simple and compelling as watching YouTube, hundreds of video-based content providers and MOOCs offer free bite-sized content for us to consume on our phones while sitting in the coffee shop or standing in the subway. They’re getting in the way of employee development instead of supporting it.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Telecommunications. Here’s a list of notable AlixPartners alumni (okay, none of them are brand-name or famous but all are impressive) include: Reid MacInnes Cuming – Founder – Platform Development LLC. Alix Partners Videos. Healthcare. Heavy Equipment. Life Sciences. Media & Entertainment. Oil & Gas.

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India’s Botched War on Cash

Harvard Business

Furthermore, there are three fundamental structural factors to be mindful of as we understand the Indian context: India’s ties to cash are strong, even by developing country standards. Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > There are strong reasons underlying this degree of cash reliance.

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Doing Business in India Requires a Mobile-First Strategy

Harvard Business

A telecommunications revolution, towards fourth generation (4G) mobile services, will transform the consumer landscape over the next 5-10 years. Education : The use of mobile video technology in education and skill building for the millions of India’s youth is another bottom-up revolution in making.

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NSA tool collects "Nearly Everything You Do On the Internet"

MishTalk

The NSA boasts in training materials that the program, called XKeyscore, is its "widest-reaching" system for developing intelligence from the internet. XKeyscore, the documents boast, is the NSAs "widest reaching" system developing intelligence from computer networks – what the agency calls Digital Network Intelligence (DNI).

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