Companies can reap great benefits from digitalizing their sales organizations – that is, using technology, data, and analytics to improve the sales process. Done well, digitalization increases customer engagement, boosts the skills and performance of salespeople, and supports a more customer-focused business model. But digitalization initiatives are often plagued by
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The Future Physician: Technology And New Models Of Care Can Augment, Not Replace, Physicians And Help Them Focus On Meaningful Work
As we recover from the recent public health crisis and take stock of the events of the last several weeks and months, we begin to think about the future and how the practice of medicine may be transformed. Physicians have been at the forefront of patient care, making challenging decisions
From Privacy To Racial Bias, Ethical Concerns Over Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition technology has entered the mass market, with our faces now able to unlock our phones and computers. While the ability to empower machines with the very human ability to identify a person with a quick look at their face is exciting, it’s not without significant ethical concerns. Suppose
A Technology Gap: Underinvestment In Technology And Gaps In Boardroom Engagement On Digital Transformation
Over the past few years, technology investment and deployment have expanded dramatically. What is less known is how, or to what extent, boards are engaged in tech matters: Some are, but many are not as engaged as they believe they should be. As part of its Boardroom Frontier series, in
Transforming The Workplace Technology By Adapting Artificial Intelligence
Successful organizations have long known that their employees are their biggest asset, but recent job numbers show how hard organizations have to work to retain them. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, the rate of quit levels remained significant at 4.2 million in
Metaverse: How Big Data And Metaverse Technology Could Transform Corporate Business Processes
Bloomberg estimates that the metaverse market may grow to $800 billion by 2024, and Facebook has changed its name to Meta to capitalize on this looming technology. The metaverse is a collection of immersive online technologies that include virtual reality, augmented reality and interactive video. At the corporate level, CIOs
Are You Ready For The Metaverse: Technology And Gaming Giants Are Ready To Bring New Levels Of Virtual Work
The workplace of the 2020s already looks vastly different from what we could have imagined just a couple of years ago. Now, the metaverse promises to bring new levels of social connectedness, mobility, and collaboration to a world of virtual work. The metaverse is poised to reshape the world of
Quantum Computing: The Technology Is Improving And Likely Continue To Boast More Media Coverage Than Practical Applications
The future of quantum computing isn’t quite here yet. But that doesn’t mean that companies shouldn’t prepare. Though the technology is steadily improving, quantum computing will likely continue to boast more media coverage than practical applications in 2022. Deloitte Global predicts that the multiple companies making quantum computers (QCs) will
The Technology Is Not Perfect Yet But AI Can Enhance Our Emotional Intelligence By Making Us More Self-Aware
Emotional intelligence matters more to one’s success as a manager than IQ or technical skill. The principal takeaway: emotional intelligence is just as important as any “hard skill” and investing in it helps individuals and teams succeed at work. Companies are wise to explore AI solutions that can help make
Digital Technology For The Future Of The Planet: Lives, Society, And The Physical Environment
Digital technology is becoming an indispensable and crucial component of our lives, society and the environment. We present a framework for computing in the context of problems facing the planet. The framework has a number of goals: an optimal digital infrastructure, sensing and optimizing with a global world model, reliably
Quantum Computing – The Qubit Technology Revolution: Panel Discussion Followed By Q&A Session
One of the strangest features of quantum mechanics is also potentially its most useful: entanglement. By harnessing the ability for two particles to be intimately intertwined across great distances, researchers are working to create technologies that even Einstein could not imagine, from quantum computers that can run millions of calculations
How Management Will Be Changed By The Most Impactful Information Technology Of Our Time: Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is changing how products are designed; enabling closer collaboration between the corporate IT department and other business units, including sales, finance and forecasting; and fostering more customer interaction, even to a point of jointly developing products with their consumers. In particular, new ways of writing and deploying software
