Curated articles from various sources.
The technology-driven world in which we live is a world filled with promise but also challenges. Cars that drive themselves, machines that read X-rays, and algorithms that respond to customer-service inquiries are all manifestations of powerful new forms of automation. Yet even as these technologies increase productivity and improve our lives, their use will substitute for some…
Steve Jobs long believed Apple should own the technologies inside its products rather than rely on mashups of components from other chip makers, including Samsung, Intel and Imagination Technologies. In 2008, the company made a small but significant step in that direction by acquiring boutique chip maker P.A. Semi. Two years later, Jobs unveiled the iPad….
ByHBR.org
HBR examines the future of work in the light of Artificial Intelligence and begs the question: How should companies prepare, strategically, to thrive in this world? Accordingly, HBR means that views on what to expect vary dramatically. By some accounts, almost half of all jobs in the U.S. economy could be made obsolete, while others have described how…
ByTED
Find out why TED Resident, co-founder and CEO of PulpWorks, Paul Tasner, means it’s never too late to re-invent yourself. After working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea for a business with his experience and passion. And he’s not alone. As he shares…
ByTED
What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical transparency and algorithmic decision-making to create an idea meritocracy where people can speak up and say what they really think – even calling out the boss is fair game….
Let’s reconsider the power of words for a moment, as the Guardian challenges the phenomena of business bullshit. A certain amount of empty talk is certainly unavoidable when humans gather together in large groups, but the kind of bullshit through which we all have to wade every day is a remarkably recent creation, this articles states….
