As CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty is no stranger to both the complexities of the modern business environment and gender diversity. Artificial intelligence, or cognitive computing, as IBM prefers to call it, is not a threat to jobs. In fact, Rometty believes the purpose of AI is to augment the human brain and simplify the job […]
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I’ve referred to topics surrounding the fourth industrial revolution in past blog posts about automation, and disruption in financial services. The fourth industrial revolution is worthy of its own discussion, in particular because the World Economic Forum focused on it at its 2016 meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus
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A recent study by a global executive search firm found that people, not technology, are the most important asset to global economic growth. Human capital represents a $1,215 trillion gain for the global economy, while “physical” capital (technology, real estate, and inventory) represents $521 trillion. These results may appear unsurprising yet need to be articulated
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