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Empowering Digital Societies - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business

Imagine a world where data about traffic, public transportation, and pedestrian patterns is continuously analyzed to provide the smoothest possible commute for the largest number of people. Read more from Microsoft: Navigating New Zealand’s largest city with Auckland Transport and digital transformation. Estonia has only 1.3

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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business

They failed to come up with any, unable to imagine horseless transportation. They make us more efficient and productive. So consider leaving the latest white papers, industry rundowns, and management hot takes at the office. They provide us with cognitive shortcuts for making sense of the world.

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Technology Is Changing What a Premium Automotive Brand Looks Like

Harvard Business

A World Economic Forum white paper predicts remote diagnostics, enabled by telematics, will add $60 billion of profits to OEMs, suppliers, and telematics service providers through 2025. Further, it will be impossible for OEMs to innovate at the requisite pace entirely through their company’s own proprietary R&D.