Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But there is mounting evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) can reverse the downward spiral in productivity by automating the system’s labyrinth of labor-intensive, inefficient administrative tasks, many of which have little to do with treating patients. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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MAY 18, 2021

Customer experience officers, directors, and industry experts recently gathered online at the 2021 Government Customer Experience Virtual Conference , hosted by Digital Government Institute, to share lessons and insights for delivering a better CX. Here are key highlights from the conference. There isn’t a single path to CX”.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

The buzz over artificial intelligence (AI) has grown loud enough to penetrate the C-suites of organizations around the world, and for good reason. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space. Don’t believe the hype: Not every business is using AI… yet.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

Jacobi went for a long walk in Riverside Park and happened to bump into Or Shani, CEO of an AI firm, Adgorithms. After discussing Jacobi’s sales woes, Shani, suggested he try out Albert, Adgorithm’s AI-driven marketing platform. AI at Work. Insight Center. The AI Advantage. How did it do that?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

It’s no secret that organizations have been increasingly turning to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve decision making across business processes—from research and design to supply chain and risk management. Artur Debat/Getty Images. What skills do translators need?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2018

Not a day goes by without the announcement of the appointment of a new VP of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a Chief Data Scientist, or a Director of AI Research. While the enthusiasm is undeniable, the reality is that AI remains an early-stage technology application. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2018

A recent survey by Deloitte of “aggressive adopters” of cognitive technologies found that 76% believe that they will “substantially transform” their companies within the next three years. So, how do you make sure that your organization is going to get more successful results from its AI endeavors? Adopting AI.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

And the contact center industry is not exempt. With several outsourcing contact centers in 2021 reporting training class rates as low as 20% and above average stress levels , it’s no longer a question of how does the industry recruit quality employees, but how does it retain them? contact center representative is $14.64

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Well-respected technologists and business leaders have voiced their concerns over the (responsible) development of AI. And Hollywood’s appetite for dystopian AI narratives appears to be bottomless. We now have AI systems that learn from vast amounts of complex, unstructured information and turn it into actionable insight.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

Hardly a day goes by without the announcement of an incredible new frontier in Artificial Intelligence (AI). There is no question that big data and AI will bring about important advances in the realm of management, especially as it relates to being able to make better-informed decisions. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

Insight Center. Enter “Albert”, a digital marketing platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Albert acts on these types of insights as he goes, rather than stopping to ask for approval, which can present a learning curve to new adopters of AI, but he also shares what he’s learning along the way.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Many alarms have sounded on the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to upend the workforce, especially for easy-to-automate jobs. How can managers — from the front lines to the C-suite — thrive in the age of AI? Practice 1: Leave Administration to AI. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2018

Companies are using AI in all kinds of innovative ways to advance their businesses. If you’ve ever searched Netflix to watch a movie, AI (a recommendation algorithm) was no doubt used in your decision about what to watch. Insight Center. Adopting AI. JW LTD/Getty Images. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

Much of the strategic focus in the digital economy thus far has revolved around getting better insights into consumers. But there is also an emerging capability to gain insights on business customers. And that’s where AI techniques provide can help. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 6, 2018

In early June, at the invitation of the European Commission to Brussels (Belgium), I toured some fascinating AI and blockchain-based projects, which the Commission is funding. One of the technologies, an “ AI doctor ”, shows great promise for the future of healthcare in Africa. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A good way to gain insights is to create a customer touchmap. Brands can get better insights into customer behavior, preferences, and habits by integrating data silos that will offer a 360-degree view of customers. Based on that data, build an agile and insight-driven service delivery model.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Today’s leading organizations are using machine learning–based tools to automate decision processes, and they’re starting to experiment with more-advanced uses of artificial intelligence (AI) for digital transformation. AI can expedite “exception handling” in many financial processes. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. My own firm released a survey recently of 835 large companies (with an average revenue of $20 billion) that predicts a net job loss of between 4% and 7% in key business functions by the year 2020 due to AI. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Through AI, machine learning, robotics, and advanced analytics, firms are augmenting knowledge-intensive areas such as supply chain planning, customer order management, and inventory tracking. James Wilson debunks the widespread misconception that AI systems will replace humans in one industry after another. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

When the new system, Compass, was rolled out to all 44 offices, the fact that it was born of a problem identified by internal staff helped accelerate the tool’s adoption across the firm. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Talent tech adoption must be owned and driven by business leaders. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2018

Companies are using AI to prevent and detect everything from routine employee theft to insider trading. In time, AI-powered crime-fighting tools could become a requirement for large businesses, in part because there will be no other way to rapidly detect and interpret patterns across billions of pieces of data. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2018

Insight Center. To give a sense of magnitude: more than one in three workers may need to adapt their skills’ mix by 2030, which is more than double the number who could be displaced by automation under some of our adoption scenarios — and lifelong learning of new skills will be essential for all.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have led to speculation that AI might one day replace human radiologists. This probably does portend a future in which AI plays an important role in radiology. We also believe that several of these factors will inhibit the large-scale automation of other jobs supposedly threatened by AI.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging in applications like autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices. We can find a similar number of skeptics of AI-enabled medical diagnosis systems, such as IBM’s Watson. Insight Center. The Age of AI. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

But I think we get closer to the heart of AI in 2018 when we think about small and mundane ways in which AI makes work just a little easier. And it’s not necessarily the AI experts in your organization who will identify these mundane problems that AI can help solve. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

In contrast to health care, aviation has been an early adopter of decision-support technology — the “fly by wire” flight-control computers that prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft and reduce maintenance costs and pilot workloads. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier. Sponsored by Optum.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2018

AI systems and devices will soon recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human emotions. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Keeping those concerns in mind, business leaders should be aware of current applications for Emotional AI. The insights are communicated to the user for learning purposes.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

Management teams often assume they can leapfrog best practices for basic data analytics by going directly to adopting artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. So how can companies tell if they are really ready for AI and other advanced technologies? Insight Center. Trying out AI.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

Cognitive computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are spawning what many are calling a new type of industrial revolution. We’re defining AI here as a broad term that loosely refers to computers that can perform tasks that once required human intelligence. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

If all went well, AI-powered robots would enable the company to achieve a weekly production of 5,000 Model 3 electric cars to keep up with burgeoning demand. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Moreover, it’s not just technology-related jobs that are being reimagined with AI. Humans are underrated.”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In a crisis that has become progressively dire over the past decade, digital solutions — many with artificial intelligence (AI) at their core — offer hope for reversing the decline in our mental wellness. AI solutions are arriving at an opportune time. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

It’s clear that robo-advisors and AI play an important and growing role in the financial services industry, but a question remains. Insight Center. The Risks and Rewards of AI. If AI-guided investing can work for a person, can it also work for a company? AI is growing exponentially in enterprises.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

The pace and extent of adoption will vary from country to country, depending on factors including wage levels. Insight Center. The Age of AI. We also expect to see large differences among countries in the pace and extent of automation adoption. But no geography and no sector will remain untouched.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

The adoption of smart speakers is even outpacing that of smartphones a decade ago: An NPR-Edison Research study found that 18% of adults in the United States, or 43 million people, now own a smart speaker. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS. Partner with Google and Amazon.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 13, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm? And what are the distinctive qualities of firms in a world of smart contracts and AI? Insight Center. Adopting AI. What can firms do better than markets?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2017

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the automobile. Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. Insight Center. The Age of AI. In so doing, it will transform much more than that.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2018

Insight Center. The electronic systems hospitals have adopted at huge expense are fronted by user interfaces out of the mid-1990s: Windows 95-style screens and dropdown menus, data input by typing and navigation by point and click. ” AI must make the clinical system smarter. Health Care’s New Frontier.

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