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‘Uberization’ of consulting: A major disruption or merely hype?

Tom Spencer

This has promoted the use of virtual meeting spaces which are quickly eliminating the need for big fancy meeting rooms and the high costs associated with business travel. The platform facilities virtual meetings and any financial transactions between the parties. Success of crowdsourcing as a business model.

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How to Capture Value from Collaboration, Especially If You’re Skeptical About It

Harvard Business

Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. For example, one earthquake engineer, Stuart, had a career breakthrough when he joined a large structural investigation project led by a team of senior partners in his firm. Work on your network.

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business

Think of them as “selvesware,” analogous to recommendation engines for books to read or movies to watch. The designer could run their designs through “visual recommendation engine” selvesware that offers bolder, more energetic styles based on their sketches and use cases.