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

Tom Spencer

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? Why would you not want an expert available 24/7 when you’re studying? Robots could take over 20 million jobs by 2030, study claims. Image: Pexels.

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4 Steps to Improving Your Strategic Thinking Passion and Proficiency

Organizational Talent Consulting

Even though I had earned my MBA, I wasn't an efficient reader or writer. Three research studies from Zenger Folkman suggested perceptions of a leader's strategic thinking proficiency can hold back your career. Collaborative open strategic planning: A method and case study. Information Technology & People (West Linn, Or.),

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Are You A Future-Ready Leader?

Organizational Talent Consulting

link] Most economists hold a belief that a more efficient workforce leads to competitive advantage and lowers the costs of goods and services. A recent MIT study revealed that wages in the U.S According to a study by McKinsey & Company, you are justified in this thinking.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Combating Information Overload in Critical Care Units

Harvard Business

How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. We created a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, and experts in clinical informatics to design and test information-technology tools that can help, rather than hinder, clinical care. It also saves three to five minutes on chart review per patient per day.

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How Physicians Can Keep Up with the Knowledge Explosion in Medicine

Harvard Business

One service, called UpToDate , employs 6,300 physician authors, editors, and peer reviewers to manually review the most recent medical information to produce synopses for practicing doctors. A Harvard study found that such service could improve patient outcomes. Build a learning medical information ecosystem.

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Big Companies Don’t Pay as Well as They Used To

Harvard Business

And big companies tended to be more efficient than smaller firms, which meant their workers were more productive and therefore better paid. In a forthcoming study Nicholas Bloom of Stanford suggests that part of what’s going on is a shift from a manufacturing to a services economy.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Consultants often join straight out of undergraduate or graduate studies, and there are currently over 350 partners managing sensitive client relationships with C-level executives. Corporate and Institutional Banking. Retail and Business Banking. Wealth and Asset Management.