Digital Collaboration and the 21st C.
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Examines the connectivity possible for global knowledge participative creation and sharing.
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A 17-year guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers highlights how easy - and sometimes painful, long, tedious - it is to aggregate data to provide true picture of what's hap...

A 17-year guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers highlights how easy - and sometimes painful, long, tedious - it is to aggregate data to provide true picture of what's hap... | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

The coronavirus pandemic and the protests sparked by the May 25 murder of George Floyd have been the defining events of 2020 so far, and in both cases one 17-year-old has played a major role online: Avi Schiffmann, the creator of the web’s preeminent covid-19 case tracker and, more recently, a protest tracking site.


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Farid Mheir's curator insight, June 13, 2020 10:10 AM

WHY IT MATTERS: 17 years old and he manages to build 2 very popular and useful websites. Not rocket science just a lot of elbow grease and time. Little or no money though. Little or no experience though. There is something to learn for all of us "digital transformation experts" out there...

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Big Data: Insights Or Illusions?

Big Data: Insights Or Illusions? | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it
"What is Big Data? When infused with human understanding it can lead to powerful new insights. On the other hand it can be a "truth machine that you can't challenge because it's big data," cementing and intensifying the toxic assumptions in a company."

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Infographic: The Who, Why And How Of Big Data

Infographic: The Who, Why And How Of Big Data | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

Early adopters of Big Data are outperforming competitors. To catch up, other companies need the right people and tools—but they also need to embed Big Data in their organizations. That means spelling out their ambitions, developing analytics skills and mindsets throughout the company, and creating an organizational home for the new Big Data capability.

Here’s how Big Data is taking shape at major companies today.


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6 Illuminating Big Data Infographics

6 Illuminating Big Data Infographics | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

Is Big Data still a big mystery to you? 

In recent years, the volume of information coming into companies has exploded, so that many IT organizations are dealing with extremely large sets of data. 

IT leaders are rethinking many aspects of how they manage and deliver information, from investments in infrastructure and analytics tools to new policies for organizing and accessing data so they can deliver more of it, faster. They are concerned that if they don't have the right tools and architectures to deal with all that information, then big data can be a big problem. Check out these infographics on Big Data to see the impact...


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Aurélia-Claire Jaeger's curator insight, January 21, 2013 2:28 AM

Et en plus, c'est beau !

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Big Data And AI: 30 Amazing (And Free) Public Data Sources For 2018

Big Data And AI: 30 Amazing (And Free) Public Data Sources For 2018 | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it
In order to work well, big data, AI and analytics projects require source data. Here we look at thirty amazing public data sets any company can start using today, for free!
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Borges’ Map: Navigating a World of Digital Disruption

Borges’ Map: Navigating a World of Digital Disruption | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it
Three distinct waves of digital disruption are transforming strategy. Changing information economics enable new strategies—as well as radically new structures for businesses and industries.

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Farid Mheir's curator insight, June 11, 2015 5:30 PM

In one diagram, BCG captures the impact of digital transformation: everything is being digitized and what is not already will soon be. Question is: what will your company do with all that data?


WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Companies that embrace change early become market leaders: there is no prize for 2nd place anymore. BCG suggest implications for executives.

Farid Mheir's comment, June 28, 2015 10:29 AM
Thank you @Andy Thompson @Susan Myburgh @Terence King @Sean Ryan Rowland @Vandana Verma @Romain Doutriaux @Anat Lechner @Sarah Louise Webster @Murray Campbell
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Scientific Management Redux: The Difference Is in the Data

Scientific Management Redux: The Difference Is in the Data | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it
Companies are increasingly using data-driven testing and measurement in the hiring and evaluation of employees — a field called work force science.
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