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James Schreier
May 1, 2018 10:34 AM
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Now imagine if all of the transactional information your company holds wasn’t located inside of your business – imagine it existed in an external, decentralized way, on the blockchain. Suddenly, there’s a whole lot of extra possibilities for customers, and enormous implications for businesses.
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James Schreier
April 30, 2018 1:48 PM
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Co-Branded Retail - Hybrid retail is taken to the next level with co-branded locations - TREND HUNTER PRO
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James Schreier
April 30, 2018 10:43 AM
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The long read: There are 13,000 business schools on Earth. That’s 13,000 too many. And I should know – I’ve taught in them for 20 years
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James Schreier
April 30, 2018 9:00 AM
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Scientists expect people to live routinely to 100 in the coming decades, and as long as 150. Which also suggests a much longer working life lasting well into the 70s, 80s, and even 100, according to researchers with Pearson and Oxford University.
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James Schreier
April 27, 2018 7:58 AM
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Now, finally, robots are sophisticated enough to assemble our furniture for us . . . or at least one chair, for starters.
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James Schreier
April 23, 2018 9:09 AM
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Investing in your number one resource — your people — is always a good investment.
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James Schreier
April 16, 2018 10:57 AM
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AI Initiative is an initiative of the Future Society dedicated to the rise of artificial intelligence.
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James Schreier
April 9, 2018 6:17 PM
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One thing people often observe about technology is that the initial hype seems overblown, then one day the wave breaks upon us and things are moving faster than expected. Last year, when I first mentioned Ideal, a Toronto-based company offering
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James Schreier
April 9, 2018 9:01 AM
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Employers recognize that advances like AI and automation will require employees with new skills. Why are so few investing in the necessary learning?
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James Schreier
April 9, 2018 9:00 AM
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Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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James Schreier
April 2, 2018 9:00 AM
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Futurist Faith Popcorn, CEO of Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, sits down with Scott Gianotti, Founder of the Cannabis and Hemp Association to forecast the burgeoning trend to legalize marijuana in the US.
Flippy the robot has been asked to temporarily step aside while his management team can re-train his co-workers to help him become more efficient.
Via John Evans
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James Schreier
March 22, 2018 9:39 AM
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Retail businesses that expect to remain relevant and strengthen their brand presence in the coming years must look for creative ways to enhance the service experience for their customers. In order to prevent a repeat of 2017 retailers will have to enhance the customer experience, or risk losing more ground to ecommerce.
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James Schreier
May 1, 2018 9:46 AM
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The world is experiencing an unprecedented rate of technologically-driven disruption - adding weight to the proposition that humanity will see more change in the next 20 to 25 years than the last 200.
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James Schreier
April 30, 2018 11:55 AM
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ElliQ will tell an older adult to take their medicine, or go for a walk, or call their loved ones.
Delivering authentic experiences in the classroom and learning how to juggle district data are two wide themes that will monopolize education discussion in the next 12 months.
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James Schreier
April 30, 2018 8:17 AM
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Just a mere 25 years ago, cell phones were about the size of a small animal. Now, our entire lives exist in a palm-sized gadget. This is what to look forward to 25 years from now.
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Jim Schreier
April 27, 2018 7:43 AM
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Mainstream media has been consistently covering the negative discourse about AI and the future of work. There seems to be something missing within the argument that there will be no jobs in the future due to AI. These eliminated jobs will be replaced by industries and concepts that are yet to exist.
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James Schreier
April 16, 2018 11:43 AM
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A new report from technology firm Catalant found that 63% of companies have a "future of work" plan, but need to rethink how talent is acquired and the functions to make it succeed.
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James Schreier
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April 16, 2018 8:25 AM
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A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in approach or underlining assumptions. Here are 8 signs the world is undergoing a paradigm shift…
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James Schreier
April 9, 2018 10:38 AM
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Today, these outcomes are becoming more difficult to achieve, and more important because of six trends, six big changes that are disrupting the expectations of customers and the delivery of great customer experiences.
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James Schreier
April 9, 2018 9:00 AM
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Do the rewards of genetic testing of employees outweigh the possible risks it presents to their financial stability?
Jackie Gerstein’s passionate thinking about learning is some of my favorite to read. She is rarely pulled down by trend or fad, but is unquestionably progressive and forward-thinking in her approaches to learning and thinking about learning. She and I also share a passion: self-directed learning. (As does the original summarizer/author of the thinking embedded in table above, Lindy McKeown Orwin.)
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James Schreier
April 2, 2018 9:00 AM
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Our team of Trendspotters looked back over 2017 and talked with their colleagues about the most intriguing products, services and messaging they had seen. At Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve, “brailling the culture” – meaning scouring the consumer landscape for emerging cultural currents – means we are always searching for instances of “where the future is leaking into the present,”
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James Schreier
March 26, 2018 9:00 AM
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In the rapidly evolving digital age, innovation is commonplace. Blockchain Technology, however, may be the breakthrough that outdoes everything that came before.
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