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Our Physical World Has Changed: Augmented Reality in Tourism

Tom Spencer

Augmented reality operates by transforming data and analytics into information and images which are overlaid on the real world. Boeing has adopted AR and seen increased productivity and quality in their training process. Reading Time: 3 minutes. Newport News Shipbuilding, which designs U.S AR in the Tourism Sector.

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The Fight of The Two R’s: Robots v Redundancy

Tom Spencer

This has not only reduced the need for checkout operators but who now packs the bags? This begs the question, why do we favour productivity and efficiency if the new technology is simultaneously kicking workers out of jobs and diminishing the user experience? Artificial intelligence is already having an impact in our daily lives.

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You Can’t Delegate Talent Management to the HR Department

Harvard Business

A centralized function also enables a comprehensive and objective view of the company’s talent landscape (overcoming the problem of silos hiding talent), and makes it easier to implement solutions, such as leadership training, that cut across the organization and can be delivered cost-effectively.

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What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building

Harvard Business

These include administration, facilities, information technology, employee training, equipment, human resources and sometimes – just sometimes – fundraising. If you give a dollar to human resources, or new computers, or staff training, etc., Because no one likes to fund fundraising. It’s sales.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business

Toyota hired Deming to train hundreds of the company’s managers, eventually capitalizing on his expertise to develop the famous Toyota Production System — the primary source of today’s “lean” thinking. The signatories posted their document online and invited others to add their names as supporters.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

The H-1B Visa Process The H-1B visa was established, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, to let companies recruit trained foreign workers (with at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent) to work in “specialty occupations” for which there are few qualified local candidates.