Assessing Misinformation Infection In People In The Digital Age
Posted on09 Mar 2020
Tagsalgorithms, television, social media, internet, information technology, information, artificial intelligence
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The digital age expanded access to information. That included bad info as well as good. This means people are more misinformed as... Read More
Biggest Obstacles to Big Data Are Right In Front of Us
Posted on23 Jan 2017
Tagsdecisions, information technology, resistance to change, statistics, uncertainty, Go, big data, bias, 2016 presidential election, business planning, artificial intelligence
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Big data analytics is a big thing. It also plays a huge role in artificial intelligence (AI). Deep learning requires analyzing a... Read More
The Small Importance of Big Data
Posted on14 Aug 2014
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Many small things are critical to big data. Yet, as history shows, revolutionary uses will surprise us. Our imagination lags far behind... Read More
Big Data, Big Personality Assessor
Imagine applying for a job. In addition, to all the necessary disclosures for background checks, references, credit reports, drug tests and personality... Read More
Software Softening Our Brains?
Posted on31 Mar 2014
Tagssoftware, flying, planes, apps, smart phones, GPS, Intuit's, accounting, Nicholas Carr, brain exercising, The Atlantic, technology, problem solving, information technology, computers, brain
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Quick, by hand, calculate: 186 x 3,086 = ? 196,452 ÷ 2,568 = ? Why? For the same reason we exercise. Modern... Read More
Eight Alerts Help Us Anticipate Problems
Posted on21 Oct 2013
Tagsorganizational culture, information technology, leadership, money, perspective, problem solving, risk, sales, team building, time, Why Problems Occur Series
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People tend to solve problems within the constraints of their strengths and preferences, thus IT professionals are likely to see IT solutions,... Read More
Computers in Decision Making
Posted on10 Jun 2013
Tagsdecision-making process, certainty, chess, computers, decisions, Harvard Business Review, information, information technology, poker, uncertainty, Garry Kasparov, Deep Blue, Go, Matthias Seifert, Allègre Hadida
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Chess is a relatively easy decision-making task for computers. Thus, historically, the defeat of Garry Kasparov by Deep Blue was inconsequential when... Read More
Plug ‘n Play Employees: Not Enough Qualified People
Posted on13 Sep 2012
TagsThe New Yorker, technology, Talent, skills, pigeonholing, Peter Cappelli, James Surowiecki, information technology, employees, training, Wharton
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How many times have employers exclaimed, “It’s so difficult to find qualified people”? Well, James Surowiecki’s article, “Mind the Gap” (The New... Read More
Business Examples of Patience’s Merits
Posted on28 Oct 2010
Tagsapplication, future, experience, Expat 21, example, employees, organizational culture, crisis, computers, client management software, business, branding, approaches, information technology, American, action, sales, workplace, warfare, urgency, training, teachable moment, tactics, strategy, rules, reorganization, Rahm Emanuel, public relations, patience, marketing, management by walking around, management, knowledge, investment, insight
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A question posted by Expat 21 asked for examples of patience in the workplace, especially those demonstrating a contrast between American and... Read More