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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While electric vehicles are already replacing conventional automobiles, no electric aircraft is ready for large scale commercial production that can usher in a sustainable revolution in aerospace. When it comes to understanding the carbon footprint of these aircraft, the primary culprit is the engine. Billion industry by 2027.

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Our engineering ratchet

Seth Godin Blog

Quietly, over the last thirty years, engineering has become dramatically more efficient and effective. Insulated glass, cars that don't break down, keyboards with just the right feel to them… Mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering are all moving faster than ever. The ratchet turns the ratchet.

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Technical Women Are Software Managers

Johanna Rothman

Yes, the Computer Science curriculum had several required Hardware Engineering classes. Up until the mid-80s, many of the software engineering jobs were for special-purpose machines or applications. I started to travel internationally as a consultant in the late 1990s. (Okay, there were only 6 of us, and 2 were women.

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Can Anyone Stop Amazon from Winning the Industrial Internet?

Harvard Business

There are three types of products today. Type 2: These are once-analog products that have now been converted into digital products, such as photography, books, and music. These products are typically sold as a service via digital distribution platforms (Audible.com for books, Spotify for music, Netflix for movies).

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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business

Infomocracy , by governance researcher Malka Older, explores how software could change our public institutions through the social and technical engineering of elections. Like international travel or meditation, it creates space for us to question our assumptions. They make us more efficient and productive.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

With over 175 million active users worldwide, Pinterest thrives on providing users with relevant ideas: what to wear, what to cook, how to furnish your home, and where to travel. For example, while women typically make up roughly 16 % of software engineers in the U.S. It can’t just be left up to HR , either.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business

What type of office design is best for productivity and engagement? Beginning in the Spring of 2016, our workplace analytics group worked with commercial real estate company CBRE to calculate the cost savings associated with relocating a 1,200-person Microsoft engineering organization from five buildings into four other buildings.