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The Fourth Industrial Revolution will be people powered

January 24, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an edited version of a conversation hosted by Daphne Luchtenberg for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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The 21 (plus two) “deep shifts” driving the fourth industrial revolution

December 8, 2019

In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Klaus Schwab observes: “In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital connectivity enabled by software technologies is fundamentally changing society. The scale of the impact and the speed of the changes taking place have made the transformation…

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Four Industrial Revolutions: A briefing

November 23, 2019

In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Klaus Schwab provides this historical perspective: “The first profound shift in our way of living — the transition from foraging to farming — happened around 10,000 years ago and was made possible by domestication of…

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Greg McKeown on how to develop “the disciplined pursuit of less”

October 12, 2015

In Essentialism, Greg McKeown explains how to develop “the disciplined pursuit of less.” Obviously, he agrees with Albert Einstein: “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” I agree with McKeown: “There are three deeply entrenched assumptions we must…

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Reinventing Society in the Wake of Big Data: A Conversation with Alex (“Sandy”) Pentland

August 31, 2015

According to John Brockman, Publisher & Editor, Edge.org, “With Big Data we can now begin to actually look at the details of social interaction and how those play out, and are no longer limited to averages like market indices or…

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Leaders Win Trust When They Show a Bit of Humanity

April 10, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tim Leberecht for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Risk and responsibility in a hyperconnected world: Implications for enterprises

February 13, 2014

In an article they co-authored, David Chinn, James Kaplan, and Allen Weinberg discuss a new report from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company that suggests, for the world’s economy to get full value from technological innovation, it must…

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Automation and the threat to jobs: Policy implications for societies need to be addressed

January 31, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an editorial featured by Financial Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription and registration options, please click here. * * * The mood was optimistic at this year’s…

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Daniel Isenberg: An interview by Bob Morris

August 8, 2013

Daniel Isenberg was raised in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Oregon and then Harvard University in Social Psychology (Ph.D.), after living and working in Israel from 1972-1976. He taught organizational behavior at Harvard Business School, and…

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If you think top executives have to have charisma, think again.

May 19, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Christian Stadler and Davis Dyer for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click…

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