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How the Data That Internet Companies Collect Can Be Used for the Public Good

Harvard Business

From climate change to terrorism, the difficulties confronting policy makers are unprecedented in their variety, but also in their complexity. Our existing policy tool kit seems stale and outdated. While still an emerging practice, examples of such partnerships now exist around the world, across sectors and public policy domains.

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business

For decades, African governments have used many policy instruments to improve farm productivity. UjuziKilimo , a Kenyan startup, uses big data and analytic capabilities to transform farmers into a knowledge-based community, with the goal of improving productivity through precision insights.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

At the high end of artificial intelligence are systems like cognitive computing that are allowing driverless cars and other machines to develop the capacity to learn from their experiences in the world — by incorporating nuances, remembering outcomes, and adapting to mistakes. (A First, let’s get our bearings. Insight Center.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

At a company, there is more security in the relationships you develop, and more likelihood that they will last throughout your tenure at the company. I joined consulting to learn new things constantly, but over time I also realized I wanted to gain depth rather than persistently add breadth to my knowledge base.

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Epicflow Updates: Hardshell Data Security and Advanced AI-Powered Functionality for Flawless Project Portfolio and Resource Management

Epicflow

It’s been a while since our last blog post about Epicflow’s latest updates , and we’ve developed a lot of new features since then. DataGuard: Leverage Our Cloud Service While Keeping Your Personal Data On Premises We’ve developed a unique data security tool that safeguards your company’s information.

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When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To

Harvard Business

For some tasks, it is desirable or necessary to have common rules across the operating units: policies, standards, methods, procedures, or systems. Think of compensation and benefits policies, product design standards, quality assurance methods, fraud reporting procedures, financial reporting systems, and the like.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Work and decisions often become centralized at a corporate level for a variety of good reasons – to drive common strategy and policy, to consolidate work for efficiency and scale, to leverage scarce talent through centers of expertise. And where they need to let go of decisions to create speed but also to develop talent.

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