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MIT professor, entrepreneur, and manufacturing visionary Dr. John Hart joins the show to continue the podcast's focus on what it will really take to bring back American manufacturing. Together, John and Barbara explore how revitalizing U.S. industry will require more than cutting-edge technologies—it will take collaborative ecosystems that span education, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. From insights into the latest trends in automation and 3D printing, to a bold rethinking of who today's “technologists” are, this conversation dives into what it takes to transform both greenfield and brownfield operations. With expertise drawn from the intersection of the lab and shop floor, Dr. Hart helps paint a picture of what's possible when ecosystems align—and how we can turn this manufacturing moment into lasting progress.   Show notes Subscribe to Barbara's LinkedIn Newsletter   Press Release: Siemens Founding Member of MIT Initiative designed to transform U.S. manufacturing through research, innovation and training   MIT Technology Review Insights, created in partnership with Siemens   Washington Post Live Podcast: Siemens CEO Barbara Humpton on the 'fourth industrial revolution' MARA Fireside Podcast: Barbara Humpton - Digital Energy & Prosperity  

Der Kanton Basel-Stadt soll dafür sorgen, dass sich Sanierungen und Erneuerungen im Wohnungsbau für Grundeigentümerinnen und Grundeigentümer wieder lohnen. Dies verlangt die von der Mitte Basel lancierte Initiative. Ausserdem: · Einblick in den neuen Teil des Hotels Trois Rois - nach zwei Jahren Umbau · Das Europäische Jugendchorfestival startet heute - mit dabei zum ersten mal ein Chor aus Kamerun

Am 7.Januar 2005 starb Laye Alama Condé in Bremen. Er wurde einige Tage zuvor wurde er von der Polizei verschleppt. Im Polizeigewahrsam wurden ihm über 80 Minuten literweise Wasser und zwangsweise Brechmittel verabreicht. An den Folgen dieser Folter ist er ertrunken. Seit dem gibt es jährlich in Bremen eine Gedenkkundgebung.

Sinan Aral discusses his book "The Hype Machine," and how social media disrupts our elections, our economy, and our health. Sinan is a Professor of Management at MIT and Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Alan Turing Institute, the British National Institute for Data Science in London, and the Centre for Responsible Media Technology and Innovation in Bergen, Norway.  Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest?

When we think of geeks, we tend to think of the people who built the tech we use – from our smartphones to search engines to AI.   But if we just focus on the tech, we're missing out on a lot. We're overlooking how these same geeks reinvented corporate culture using a repeatable set of norms that ensure sustainable innovation. Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and cofounder and codirector of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He's been studying innovative companies for decades, and he's taken what he's learned and written about it in his latest book, The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results. I'm convinced what Andrew's learned about the geek way – and its four key norms – is a roadmap for where today's – and tomorrow's - companies are headed. Episode Links The Geek Way New Book Explains the ‘Geek Way' to Manage a Company Forward Thinking on How Geeks are Changing the World Interview with Roger Martin The Team Learn more about host, Gayle Allen, and producer, Rob Mancabelli, here. Support the Podcast If you like the show, please rate and review it on iTunes or wherever you subscribe, and tell a friend or family member about the show. Subscribe Click here and then scroll down to see a sample of sites where you can subscribe.

While Me, Myself, and AI is on winter break, we hope you enjoy this episode. Tom Davenport, President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, joins Sam and Shervin to talk about their predictions for AI trends in 2024.  Find the additional studies and resources mentioned in the episode below: Tom Davenport's articles with MIT SMR 2024 CDO Insights: Data & Generative AI(form required for download via AWS) Why Companies That Wait to Adopt AI May Never Catch Up What the data says about Americans' Use of Artificial Intelligence (Pew Research) What do AI chatbots really mean for students and cheating? (Stanford Graduate School of Education) Randy Bean's 2024 Executive Survey  Guest Bio Thomas H. Davenport is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a visiting professor at Oxford's Saïd Business School, and a fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He is coauthor of Working With AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration (MIT Press, 2022). Me, Myself, and AI is a collaborative podcast from MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group and is hosted by Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh. Our engineer is David Lishansky, and the coordinating producers are Allison Ryder and Sophie Rüdinger. Stay in touch with us by joining our LinkedIn group, AI for Leaders at mitsmr.com/AIforLeaders or by following Me, Myself, and AI on LinkedIn.  We encourage you to rate and review our show. Your comments may be used in Me, Myself, and AI materials. 

There's no shortage of books on Silicon Valley, with a quick Amazon search yielding over 40,000 results. Our guest today believes that most, if not all, of these books have overlooked a crucial element of the story: how these high-tech, disruptive, and revolutionary companies are actually run. How they implement and cultivate an organizational culture that is “freewheeling, fast-moving, egalitarian, evidence-driven, argumentative, and autonomous.” Today, we're thrilled to have Andrew McAfee with us. Andrew is a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the co-founder and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. His latest book, 'The Geek Way,' is aptly described by Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, who wrote the foreword: 'By combining management theory, competitive strategy, the science of evolution, psychology, military history, and cultural anthropology, he has produced a remarkable work of synthesis. This work, which he dubs 'the geek way,' finally explains, with a single unified theory, the reasons why the tech startup approach has taken over so much of the world. This was a great conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. With that said, let's get started.

My guest today is Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT and co-founder and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies how digital technologies are changing the world. Throughout his career, McAfee has written and co-written several books on digital technology and related topics. He speaks frequently to both academic and industry audiences. The topic is The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Geek way mindset Evolution of technology Successful geek-driven companies Challenges faced by geeks in different industries Netflix and its success Quality vs quantity in content production Opportunity and challenges faced by streaming platforms Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

My guest today is Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT and co-founder and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies how digital technologies are changing the world. Throughout his career, McAfee has written and co-written several books on digital technology and related topics. He speaks frequently to both academic and industry audiences. The topic is The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Geek way mindset Evolution of technology Successful geek-driven companies Challenges faced by geeks in different industries Netflix and its success Quality vs quantity in content production Opportunity and challenges faced by streaming platforms Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Dive into the mind of Andrew McAfee, the visionary behind 'The Geek Way,' as he discusses with John R. Miles the profound impact geek culture has on innovation and societal progress, challenging the status quo with a unique set of cultural norms. Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://passionstruck.com/andrew-mcafee-the-geek-way-builds-smarter-world/  Passion Struck is Now Available for Pre-Order Want to learn the 12 philosophies that the most successful people use to create a limitless life? Pre-order John R. Miles's new book, Passion Struck, which will be released on February 6, 2024. Sponsors Brought to you by OneSkin. Get 15% off your order using code Passionstruck at https://www.oneskin.co/#oneskinpod. Brought to you by Indeed: Claim your SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT now at Indeed dot com slash PASSIONSTRUCK. Brought to you by Lifeforce: Join me and thousands of others who have transformed their lives through Lifeforce's proactive and personalized approach to healthcare. Visit MyLifeforce.com today to start your membership and receive an exclusive $200 off. Brought to you by Hello Fresh. Use code passion 50 to get 50% off plus free shipping!  --► For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to: https://passionstruck.com/deals/ The Power of Geek: Andrew McAfee on Cultivating Innovation Join host John R. Miles on Passion Struck as he welcomes Andrew McAfee, the influential Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Today's episode dives into Andrew's latest book, 'The Geek Way,' a visionary take on what it truly means to be geeky.   Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can thank you personally! How to Connect with John Connect with John on Twitter at @John_RMiles and on Instagram at @john_R_Miles. Subscribe to our main YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles Subscribe to our YouTube Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@passionstruckclips Want to uncover your profound sense of Mattering? I provide my master class on five simple steps to achieving it. Want to hear my best interviews? Check out my starter packs on intentional behavior change, women at the top of their game, longevity, and well-being, and overcoming adversity. Learn more about John: https://johnrmiles.com/ 

Eine Folge mit Initiative Milch, die die Bedeutung der Kommunikation in der Landwirtschaft hervorhebt und darauf aufmerksam macht, wie wichtig unsere Sprache in der Branche ist.

Ralph welcomes Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics to talk about our addictions to screens and how to break out of them. Plus, our resident constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, opens the program with everything you need to know about the latest Trump indictment.Bruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law.  Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.I think it's important for the audience to recognize that 100% of the incriminating evidence was supplied by Trump appointees or supporters. No Democrat made a cameo appearance. There was no incriminating evidence from any opponent of Donald Trump. It's all his own people. And therefore, when you think about the indictment, the idea that it's a witch hunt by Trump's political enemies is facially lunatic.Bruce FeinThese expressions by Trump were not good-faith belief that there may have been a few blunders someplace or other. And [they demonstrate] that the whole goal was to defraud the American people out of the right to have a peaceful transition of power based upon a free and fair count of the electoral votes.Bruce FeinSherry Turkle is Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle is a sociologist, a licensed clinical psychologist, and she is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. She is the author of several books, including Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, and The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir.That's really what you're fighting— this ethos that says, “When technology makes a problem, technology will solve that problem. In a friction-free manner. It will not involve changing capitalism, changing the structures of power, or saying that science and engineering need to be dethroned as the moral and cultural arbiters for the society we live in.” So, I think that the resistance movement has to come from politics and really has to come from political organization.Sherry Turkle[If I were king in this domain,] you absolutely have legislation that treats generative AI as though it were nuclear energy. In other words, do not say, “Well, there's kind of an analogy. Maybe there's an analogy because it's very powerful.” But to really say, “This is going to disrupt us, it's a national security threat, and it's certainly a threat to our elections…” So, it can wreak havoc— unless you're extremely vigilant and the thing is controlled— with every aspect of our democracy.Sherry TurkleThere's always a big-time gap between the damage of new technology and accountability catching up with it, or public awareness.Ralph NaderHi everybody, Steve Skrovan here. This is halfway between a shameless plug and some useful information. As some of you may know, I have my own Substack page called Bits & Pieces. It's mainly funny stories and essays. I wanted to alert you specifically to the last piece I wrote concerning the Writers' Guild Strike. It's funny but also packed with a lot of information for those of you who are interested. Some of you may think writers and actors striking is not a big deal, but our strike is emblematic of what is going on across many industries where the corporations are trying to turn us all into gig workers. On the RNRH, we have talked a lot about AI for instance, especially on the program you just heard. The writers and the actors have a chance to be the first entities to address regulating AI in a meaningful way. We are on the cutting edge of what people are calling the Hot Labor Summer. So, check it out at steveskrovan.substack.com. That's s-t-e-v-e-s-k-r-o-v-a-n dot substack dot com. We'll link to it on the RNRH page also. Feel free to subscribe. It's free! Thanks.In Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Bobby Scott announced that they have introduced a new bill to raise the minimum wage. To account for the rising cost of living, this new bill would raise the wage not to $15 per hour, but $17. Sanders and Scott note that “If the minimum wage had increased with productivity over the last 50 years, it would be $23 an hour today. If it had increased at the same rate that Wall Street…bonuses have increased, it would be more than $42 an hour.”2. USA Today reports that the Houston Independent School District in Texas has decided to “eliminate 28 school libraries,” and use at least some of those spaces as “discipline centers.”  This article further notes that “The Houston Independent School District is the largest district in Texas and serves more than 189,000 students at its 274 campuses…[and that] The once- independent district was recently taken over by the Texas Education Agency.”3. The Intercept reports that, amid the strikes roiling Hollywood, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has introduced the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023. This bill would “repeal a restriction on striking workers receiving SNAP benefits, protect food stamp eligibility for public-sector workers fired for striking, and clarify that any income-eligible household can receive SNAP benefits even if a member of that household is on strike.” This bill would provide a crucial lifeline to striking workers, particularly as the Hollywood bosses have made clear that they are willing to see workers lose their homes before coming back to the negotiating table.4. A new report in Reuters alleges that employees at Elon Musk's Tesla Motors “had been instructed to thwart any customers complaining about poor driving range from bringing their vehicles in for service.” The company even went so far as to create a “Diversion Team” with orders to “cancel as many range-related [service] appointments as possible,” in order to stifle consumer complaints that the automobiles range on a single charge was far below advertised. According to the report “some employees celebrated canceling service appointments by putting their phones on mute and striking a metal xylophone, triggering applause from coworkers who sometimes stood on desks.”5. Bloomberg reports that the Abraham Accords –  Trump's middle east peace plan which rested on inducing Arab states to recognize Israel by offering them money, weapons, or whatever else they desired – seem to be coming apart at the seams. The numbers are stark. While the agreements never enjoyed majority support in any Arab state, support has declined considerably – from 47% initially in the UAE, to just 27%, from 45% to 20% in Bahrain, and 40% to 20% in Saudi Arabia. This last drop is most significant, as the underlying purpose of the agreements were to align Israel and Saudi Arabia against Iran. The Saudis now plan to extract further concessions from the United States.6. Listeners may recall a story from North Carolina about Tricia Cotham, a Democratic state legislator from a safe blue seat who switched parties, giving Republicans a super-majority in the state House – and cast the deciding vote to override the Democratic Governor's veto and impose a 12-week abortion ban. Now, a New York Times report sheds light on why she made the switch: “Lacey Williams, a former advocacy director at the Charlotte-based Latin American Coalition who considered Ms. Cotham a friend for years, said Ms. Cotham “felt she did not get the gratitude or spotlight that she felt she deserved,” and added, “she was jealous that other Democrats were getting…adulation from the party.” This report also suggests that she was working hand-in-glove with Republican leadership prior to her election, suggesting that perhaps this was her plan all along.7. In Julian Assange's native Australia, political officials are calling on the U.S. to drop their efforts to extradite the publisher to the United States to stand trial under the espionage act. These officials include Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Democracy Now! reports that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has rejected this demand, claiming that the WikiLeaks disclosures “risked very serious harm to our national security, to the benefit of our adversaries, and put named human sources at grave risk.” Australian lawmaker Andrew Wilkie,  co-chair of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, called this “patent nonsense,” and told The Guardian, “Mr. Blinken would be well aware of the inquiries in both the U.S. and Australia which found that the relevant WikiLeaks disclosures did not result in harm to anyone.”8. Finally, former President Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time, this time on four counts related to trying to overturn the 2020 election. Yet, what is most striking about this indictment is that Trump is being charged under the Enforcement Act of 1870, originally intended to prevent Ku Klux Klan terror to deprive Black voters of their 13th, 14th and 15th amendment rights. Section 241 of this law deems criminal any attempt to “conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person” exercising a right protected by the Constitution or federal law,” per the Washington Post. Charging Trump under the Klan act may seem a bit on the nose, but hey, if the hood fits. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Tom Davenport is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College. He is also a Visiting Professor at Oxford's Said Business School, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte's AI practice. He is a widely published author and speaker on the topics of AI, analytics, information and knowledge management, reengineering, enterprise systems, and electronic business. Tom has written, co-authored, or edited 23 books, including the first books on business analytics, enterprise AI, business process reengineering, knowledge management, attention management, and enterprise systems. He recently published “Working with AI,” and “Advanced Introduction to AI in Healthcare.” And just published “All in on AI: How smart companies win big with artificial intelligence” He has written over 300 articles for such publications as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, the Financial Times, and many other publications, and has been a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Information Week, and CIO. He has been named one of the world's top 25 consultants by Consulting magazine, one of the 100 most influential people in the IT industry by Ziff-Davis magazines, and one of the top 50 business school professors by Fortune magazine. In this podcast, he shares:Operational transformation to maximize the use of AINew products and services made capable by AIUsing AI to change customer behavior 5 levels of analytics organization _________________________________________________________________________________________Episode Timeline:00:00—Highlight from today's episode1:17—Introducing Tom + The topic of today's episode3:25—If you really know me, you know that...4:59—What is your definition of strategy?6:00—How does competitive advantage change with the adoption and evolution of AI?7:13—What are the different ways in which companies are thinking about using AI?10:15—Could you elaborate on the idea that you don't have to be a digital-first company to be an AI-fueled one?11:17—What advice do you have for overcoming barriers to implementing AI?13:04—Do you have any lessons form companies that were able to make a successful cultural shift to AI?15:11—Could you talk about the different levels of tech or data maturity that companies fit into?18:10—Where do the teams that work on AI sit within a company?19:33—Is there a particular model or framework that you found particularly helpful that you'd like to share with us?21:26—How can people learn from you and connect with you?__________________________________________________________________________________________Additional Resources: Personal Page: https://www.tomdavenport.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davenporttomTwitter: https://twitter.com/tdav

Tom Davenport is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College. He is also a Visiting Professor at Oxford's Said Business School, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte's AI practice. He is a widely published author and speaker on the topics of AI, analytics, information and knowledge management, reengineering, enterprise systems, and electronic business. Tom has written, co-authored, or edited 23 books, including the first books on business analytics, enterprise AI, business process reengineering, knowledge management, attention management, and enterprise systems. He recently published “Working with AI,” and “Advanced Introduction to AI in Healthcare.” And just published “All in on AI: How smart companies win big with artificial intelligence” He has written over 300 articles for such publications as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, the Financial Times, and many other publications, and has been a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Information Week, and CIO. He has been named one of the world's top 25 consultants by Consulting magazine, one of the 100 most influential people in the IT industry by Ziff-Davis magazines, and one of the top 50 business school professors by Fortune magazine. In this podcast, he shares:Operational transformation to maximize the use of AINew products and services made capable by AIUsing AI to change customer behavior 5 levels of analytics organization _________________________________________________________________________________________Episode Timeline:00:00—Highlight from today's episode1:17—Introducing Tom + The topic of today's episode3:25—If you really know me, you know that...4:59—What is your definition of strategy?6:00—How does competitive advantage change with the adoption and evolution of AI?7:13—What are the different ways in which companies are thinking about using AI?10:15—Could you elaborate on the idea that you don't have to be a digital-first company to be an AI-fueled one?11:17—What advice do you have for overcoming barriers to implementing AI?13:04—Do you have any lessons form companies that were able to make a successful cultural shift to AI?15:11—Could you talk about the different levels of tech or data maturity that companies fit into?18:10—Where do the teams that work on AI sit within a company?19:33—Is there a particular model or framework that you found particularly helpful that you'd like to share with us?21:26—How can people learn from you and connect with you?__________________________________________________________________________________________Additional Resources: Personal Page: https://www.tomdavenport.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davenporttomTwitter: https://twitter.com/tdav

In this episode we talked to Tom Davenport and Laks Srinivasan from Return on AI Institute (ROAI) about how AI is empowering and challenging organizational models worldwide, and how the platform business model is often based on AI capabilities in the background.  Tom is a world-renowned thought leader and author on AI. He is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, as well as a fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, a visiting professor at Oxford's Saïd Business School, and is the Chairman of ROAI. Laks is a data and analytics executive with more than 15 years of experience in management, entrepreneurship, and innovation roles to help clients create measurable value from AI. He is a co-founder and Managing Director at ROAI and former CEO of Opera Solutions (ElectrifAI now), an applied AI solutions company with 500+ employees globally as well as the winner of the Netflix Prize and several Kaggle AI competitions. Tom and Laks explore with us how different forms of artificial intelligence might transform product teams at companies around the globe. In the second part of this episode, Tom and Laks offer concrete examples of companies that have created new business models powered by AI, as well as suggestions on what traditional organizations should look at when preparing to adopt artificial intelligence. At Boundaryless we're partnering with ROAI to explore the convergence between AI and Platforms, check out our research and services here: https://blss.io/ROAI Key highlights

"Einfach machen! Und es lohnt sich für alle!" Carolin Cramer arbeitet als Managerin "People Development & Projects" bei dem Familienunternehmen STIHL, das vor allem als Markt- und Technologieführer im Bereich Motor- und Gartengerätebekannt ist. In dieser traditionell eher männlich geprägten Branche hat sie die Initiative ergriffen, das Thema "Frauen und Führung" ins Unternehmen zu bringen und ein Female Leadership Training als festen Bestandteil der Weiterbildung für die MitarbeiterInnen auszurollen. In dieser Podcastfolge berichtet Carolin direkt aus der Praxis: Wir erfahren von ihr, auf welche Herausforderungen sie gestoßen ist, wie sie mit kritischen Stimmen umgegangen ist und welches für sie im Nachhinein unverzichtbare Erfolgsfaktoren darstellen. Soviel kann ich an dieser Stelle schon einmal verraten: Carolin und dem Unternehmen STIHL ist es gelungen, dass es auch von männlichen Kollegen viele positive Rückmeldungen gab. Auch die offene und transparente Haltung des Vorstands zu dem Thema hat vielen Mut gemacht. Und nicht nur das: Einige der Teilnehmerinnen des Trainings agieren sogar mittlerweile im Unternehmen als Multiplikatorinnen für das Thema. Lernt von Carolins wertvollen Erfahrungen und lasst euch von ihrer Haltung, die von Engagement und Mut geprägt ist, inspirieren: "Natürlich ist es total wichtig, eine gewisse Persönlichkeit mitzubringen, wenn ich in Führung gehen will, aber auf der anderen Seite gibt es für manche gar nicht eine richtige Chance den Einstieg in das Thema zu finden, weil wir eben diese unbewussten Vorurteile haben, die wirklich faktisch einfach zu Lasten von Frauen gehen. Deswegen komme ich mit einer noch so tollen Persönlichkeit halt vielleicht auch nur bis zu einem gewissen Grad und danach braucht es dann einfach die Awareness zu diesem Thema und ein bewusstes Entscheiden dafür."

There is a widespread view that artificial intelligence is a job destroyer technical endeavour. There is both enthusiasm and doom around automation and the use of artificial intelligence-enabled "smart" solutions at work. In their latest book “Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration”, management and technology experts professor Thomas Davenport and professor Steven Miller explain that AI is not primarily a job destroyer, despite popular predictions, prescriptions, and condemnation. Rather, AI alters the way we work by automating specific tasks but not entire careers, and thus freeing people to do more important and difficult work. In the book, they demonstrate that AI in the workplace is not the stuff of science fiction; it is currently happening to many businesses and workers. They provide extensive, real-world case studies of AI-augmented occupations in contexts ranging from finance to the manufacturing floor. In this episode of Bridging the Gaps I speak with professor Thomas Davenport and professor Steven Miller to discuss their fascinating research, and to talk through various case studies and real work use cases that they outline in the book. We discuss the impact of Artificial intelligence technologies on the job market and on the future of work. We also discuss future hybrid working environments where AI and Humans will work side by side. Professor Thomas Davenport is a Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a visiting professor at the Oxford University and a Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. Steven Miller is Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at Singapore Management University. We begin our discussion by looking at various aspects of the environments where AI and human workers work side by side, and then discuss the concept of Hybrid Intelligence. Then we talk about the challenges that organisations are faced with while developing and implementing Artificial Intelligence enabled technologies and solutions in enterprise environments. An important question that I raise during our discussion is, are the organisations ready for large scale deployment of AI solutions. The book is full of real world case studies and covers a wide variety of use cases. We delve into a number of these real world case studies and use cases. This has been a very informative discussion. Complement this discussion with ““The Technology Trap” and the Future of Work” with Dr Carl Frey” available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2019/10/the-technology-trap-and-the-future-of-work-with-dr-carl-frey/ And then listen to ““Machines like Us: TOWARD AI WITH COMMON SENSE” with Professor Ronald Brachman” available at: https://www.bridgingthegaps.ie/2022/06/machines-like-us-toward-ai-with-common-sense-with-professor-ronald-brachman/

How will AI change our jobs? Will it replace humans and eliminate jobs? Will it help humans get things done? Will it create new opportunities for new jobs? People often speculate on these topics, doing their best to predict the somewhat unpredictable.To help us get a better understanding of the current state of humans and AI working together, we talked with Tom Davenport and Steve Miller about their recently-released book, Working with AI. The book is centered around 29 detailed and deeply-researched case studies about human-AI collaboration in real-world work settings. What they show is that AI isn't a job destroyer but a technology that changes the way we work.Tom is Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, Visiting Professor at Oxford's Saïd Business School, Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and Senior Advisor to Deloitte's AI practice. He is the author of The AI Advantage and coauthor of Only Humans Need Apply and other books.Steve is Professor Emeritus of Information Systems at Singapore Management University, where he previously served as Founding Dean of the School of Computing and Information Systems and Vice Provost for Research. He is coauthor of Robotics Applications and Social Implications.If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe and leave a positive rating or comment. Sharing your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world's great minds.Learn about our book Make Better Decisions and buy it on AmazonSubscribe to get Artificiality delivered to your emailLearn more about Sonder StudioThanks to Jonathan Coulton for our music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

Two-sided markets are revolutionizing the way we do business, and in time, it may revolutionize the way we think about employees as well.Dartmouth Professor Geoffrey Parker has spent years researching and writing about platform business strategies that leverage two-sided markets like eBay, Airbnb, and Uber. Geoffery is the co-developer of the theory of two-sided markets, the co-author of Platform Revolution, and has made significant contributions to the field of network economics and strategy.  In this episode, Dart and Geoffrey talk about employees as outside producers at one end of a multi-sided market, how to optimize choice and non-monetary micro-economies in the workplace, the pros and cons of salary-based work, how to attract employees beyond money and benefits, and much more. Topics Include:- The history of multi-sided markets - How to attract the kind of work you want within a company  - Calculating lifetime value and churn - Improving employee retention- What people really want from work- Building the kind of work people want- Pros and cons of online work vs on-premises  - The unintended consequences of viewing employees as inputs to production- And other topics…Geoffrey Parker is a professor of engineering at the Thayer School of Dartmouth College, where he also serves as director of the Master of Engineering Management Program. Before joining Dartmouth, Geoffrey was a professor of management science at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University and served as Director of the Tulane Energy Institute. Geoffrey is also a visiting scholar and fellow at the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy where he co-chairs the annual MIT Platform Summit and the annual BU Platform Research Symposium, and he is a fellow at the Luohan Academy and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. As well as co-authoring the book Platform Revolution, Geoff is the co-developer of the theory of two-sided markets and has made significant contributions to the field of network economics and strategy. Resources Mentioned: Geoffrey's Website: ​​https://ggparker.net/ Barry Schwartz on Work For Humans: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1949517/11170487

GUESTS | Sherry Turkle, the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A licensed clinical psychologist and TED Speaker, Sherry is the acclaimed author of six books, including Alone, Together, The New York Times bestseller Reclaiming Conversation, and her latest book, The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir.   DETAILS | Sherry passionately takes us on a powerful tour of empathy, a superpower in this digital age. This heart-centered conversation includes the Four Empathy Rules most individuals and organizations are only getting half right, why messy empathy is good and efficient empathy is a hoax, why we can't outsource empathy to robots, and why the Metaverse is off course. Finally, we discuss the importance of engaging in work that is “lit from within.”   OVERVIEW | Are you ready to ADAPT and REINVENT YOURSELF for the most disrupted and digital workforce in history? What would it feel like to belong and not get stuck? It is estimated over 1 billion people will need reskilling by 2030, and more than 300 million jobs will be impacted by AI  — work, identity, and what it means to be human are rapidly changing. Join hosts Nate Thompson and Alex Schwartz and the TOP VOICES in the Future of Work to uncover how to meet this dynamic new reality driven by AI, hybrid work, societal shifts, and our increasingly digital world. Discover why a Future of Work Mindset is your key to prepare, navigate and thrive! We are grateful you are here, and welcome to the TDW Tribe! www.thedisruptedworkforce.com

Moore's law, which states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, has fueled rapid computing gains since the mid-20th century. But will this law last forever? Today's guest, Neil Thompson, thinks its end is near. I've invited Neil on the podcast to explain why Moore's Law may be coming to an end and what that means for productivity growth and continued innovation. Neil is an innovation scholar in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a research scientist at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and an associate member of the Broad Institute.

Get ready for the Digital Insider with Sinan Aral - Professor and Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and author of "The Hype Machine". Sinan is joined by the worlds leading thinkers to explore the latest trends in digital business and society. But with the goal of taking deep dives under the hood of how the digital economy actually works -- from AI bias, to NFTs, fake news to two-sided markets, cryptocurrencies, to quantum computing, we want to try to make sense that the lightning fast changes taking place in the tech driven world --- but from a scientific perspective.

Over the past couple of decades, our devices have become our constant companions. More and more, we live in a digital, virtual world. Dr. Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, discusses how digital communication has affected our ability to talk to each other, how conversation itself changed in the digital age, why she thinks social media is an “anti-empathy machine” and her advice on how to reclaim space for conversation in our lives. Links Sherry Turkle, PhD Speaking of Psychology Homepage Sponsor Newport Healthcare

We check in on the information landscape surrounding Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the role of social media platforms in the spread (or not) of misinformation. On Today's Show:Sinan Aral, MIT professor of management, marketing, IT and data science, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the author of The Hype Machine (Currency, 2020), offers his perspective on why it appears that Ukraine is winning the information war through traditional and social media, despite Russia's historical success in controlling the narrative.

Sinan Aral, MIT professor of management, marketing, IT and data science, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the author of The Hype Machine (Currency, 2020), offers his perspective on why it appears that Ukraine is winning the information war through traditional and social media, despite Russia's historical success in controlling the narrative. →"Ukraine is winning the information war" (Washington Post, 3/1/22, paywall)

Advances in technology have gradually been extending the human self beyond its biological extent, as we augment who we are with a variety of interconnected devices. There are obvious benefits to this — it lets us text our friends, listen to podcasts, and not get lost in strange cities. But as it changes how we interact with other people, it's important to consider the possible downsides. Sherry Turkle is a psychologist and writer who specializes in the relationship between humans and their technology. She makes the case for not forgetting about empathy, conversation, and even the occasional imperfection in how we present ourselves to the world.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Sherry Turkle received her Ph.D. in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University. She is currently Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, and a licensed clinical psychologist. Among her awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, the Harvard Centennial Medal, and she was named “Woman of the Year” by Ms. Magazine. Her new book is The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir.Web siteMIT web pageWikipediaAmazon author pageTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sinan Aral, Professor of Management, Marketing, IT and Data Science at MIT, talks with World of DaaS host Auren Hoffman. Sinan is also the director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, founding partner of Manifest Capital, and the author of the book “Hype Machine”. Auren and Sinan discuss why social media networks are optimized to connect users with like-minded people, what creates viral content, and how to solve market failures in social media. They also discuss the future of Wall Street Bets and why it will likely remain part of our investment landscape.World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph. For more episodes, visit safegraph.com/podcastsYou can find Auren Hoffman (CEO of SafeGraph) on Twitter at @auren

Host of this season's The World as You'll Know It, Kurt Andersen, speaks with Sinan Aral, professor at MIT and author of “The Hype Machine,” about the promise and peril of social media, and the ways it tricks our brains into wanting more.  SINAN ARAL is the David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT, and Data Science at MIT; director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; and head of MIT's Social Analytics Lab. He is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the author of “The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and How We Must Adapt.” A transcript of this episode is available at Aventine.org.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this special episode of the FUTURE CANDY PODCAST!Einige von euch können sich sicher schon denken was das heißt: Der Hauptteil dieser Episode ist in englischer Sprache. Das liegt daran, dass es sich bei unserem Gast um keinen anderen als Andy McAfee handelt! Der Bestsellerautor und Co-Director der „MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy“ ist während einem unserer digitalen Events als Speaker aufgetreten und wir haben seinen Vortrag natürlich für euch mitgeschnitten

Damian Collins MP picks the brain of Sinan Aral, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and author of the much cited book on the spread of misinformation “Hype Machine.” He talks about what it was like to work directly with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to track down fake news. Dr Charles Kriel joins to discuss the Mayoral election in New York City.

Nina Collins interviews Sherry Turkle About her latest book! Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Professor Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers. She is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. Her newest book, The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir (Penguin Press, March 2021), ties together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Her previous book, the New York Times bestseller, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (Penguin Press, October 2015), investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity. For media inquiries, go to http://sternspeakers.com/sherry-turkle. Previous works include four other books about evolving relationships in digital culture (Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other; The Second Self: Computers

Founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Sherry Turkle shares her personal discoveries with empathy and how tech changes our relationships. She also reveals the implications of constant connection and artificial intimacy.

I first met Sherry Turkle about ten years ago at a conference where we spent hours chatting about how rapidly advancing technology is changing our relationships to each other and ourselves, and how that affects all sectors of society. It’s something Sherry has spent her life studying as a psychologist and sociologist at MIT. In this episode of Lead With We, I got the chance to reconnect with Sherry, who recently published a memoir called “The Empathy Diaries.” We spoke about how vulnerability is key to everything from great leadership to moving forward a society post-COVID, practicing empathy as an action, and so much more. This episode of Lead With We was produced and edited by Goal 17 Media and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. You can also watch episodes on YouTube at WeFirstTV. Sherry Turkle Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is the author of six books, including Alone Together and the New York Times bestseller Reclaiming Conversation, as well as the editor of three collections. A Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, a TED speaker, and featured media commentator, Turkle is a recipient of Guggenheim and Rockefeller Humanities fellowships and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Resources: Connect with Sherry on LinkedIn Learn more about Sherry’s work at MIT  For case studies and other free resources about purposeful business, go to WeFirstBranding.com Check out Simon’s new book, Lead With We, now available for pre-order

“For years I’ve talked about how online life degrades our attention to each other in ways that are not good for empathy because people never know if you’re paying full attention to them.” The beloved Sherry Turkle joins the podcast, for a conversation that attempts to take stock of where we are, and who we are, as we gradually move from pandemic life into the still-unknown “new normal.” Daniel and Sherry discuss why video calls are so ineffective and poor at creating opportunities for empathy. Speaking of which, what is empathy? It makes up part of the title of Sherry Turkle’s new book, but for many it’s a very difficult concept to grasp. Daniel also compares "radical listening” in conversation to the art of playing music together and what in-person, real time reactions mean for creating the magical moments. Support Talking Beats with Daniel Lelchuk on Patreon. You will contribute to continued presentation of substantive interviews with the world's most compelling people. We believe that providing a platform for individual expression, free thought, and a diverse array of views is more important now than ever. Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Professor Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers. She is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. Her newest book, The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir ties together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Her previous book, the New York Times bestseller, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity.Professor Turkle is a featured media commentator on the social and psychological effects of technology for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the BBC, and NPR, including appearances on such programs as Nightline, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Frontline, Dateline, 20/20, and The Colbert Report.

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.Sherry studies psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction. In books such as, “The Second Self,” “Life on the Screen,” and “Alone Together,” Sherry focuses on the psychology of human relationships with technology.Sherry’s 2012 TED Talk is entitled, “Connected, but alone?”Her latest book is an autobiography called, "The Empathy Diaries." In it, Sherry reflects on growing up in Brooklyn and Rockaway, New York, navigating academia as a woman in the 1960’s and 70’s, and reconnecting with her estranged father as an adult.We talked about being difficult women, how Marvin Minsky hates Bambi, defiance in thought, vulnerability in tech, how brilliant ideas launder bad behavior, and radical humility.Buy "The Empathy Diaries"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585731/the-empathy-diaries-by-sherry-turkle/Watch her TED Talk, “Connected, but alone?”https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_connected_but_aloneFollow Sherry on Twitter and IG @STurkleFor more visit sherryturkle.mit.eduNo ads.No sponsors.No censorship.We are the media.Exclusive content is available to Patrons only.Go to Patreon.Become a member.Get extra stuff.Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcastAmanda Palmer and Dresden Dolls merch sale on now! https://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls

Andrew McAfee is the Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management.  In this episode of MIT TALKS, he shares his experience of what it was like for him to speak at TED, what his new revealing book is about, and what he does to challenge himself in his downtime!

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Sherry Turkle, the author of "The Empathy Diaries", to discuss perception vs. reality and the blurred lines that exist in between the two "perspectives". Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Professor Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers. She is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, social networking, and sociable robotics. Her newest book, The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir (Penguin Press, March 2021), ties together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Her previous book, the New York Times bestseller, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age (Penguin Press, October 2015), investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity. For media inquiries, go to http://sternspeakers.com/sherry-turkle​. Previous works include four other books about evolving relationships in digital culture (Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other; The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit; Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet; and Simulation and Its Discontents, and one book about the history of psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Politics: Jacques Lacan and Freud's French Revolution. Turkle has also edited several collections on how we use objects to think with, particularly in the development of ideas about science. These include Evocative Objects: Things We Think With; Falling for Science: Objects in Mind; and The Inner History of Devices. Profiles of Professor Turkle have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired Magazine. She has been named “Woman of the Year” by Ms. Magazine and among the “40 under 40” who are changing the nation by Esquire Magazine. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, the Harvard Centennial Medal, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Turkle is a featured media commentator on the social and psychological effects of technology for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, the BBC, and NPR, including appearances on such programs as Nightline, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Frontline, Dateline, 20/20, and The Colbert Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barry Ritholtz, Founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, Bloomberg Opinion columnist, and Host of Masters of Business, on why Robinhood is being unfairly targeted. Sinan Aral, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, along with Barry Ritholtz, on the GameStop hearing and whether social media like r/WallStreetBets manipulated financial markets. Rich Greenfield, Partner and media analyst at Lightshed Partners LLC, on their new venture fund. Joe Carroll, US Energy reporter for Bloomberg, on the Texas power crisis. Hosted by Paul Sweeney and Matt Miller.

Sinan Aral has spent two decades studying how social media impacts our lives, from how we think about politics to how we find a romantic partner. He argues that we're now at the crossroads of a decade of techno-utopianism followed by a decade of techno-dystopianism. How to reconcile the promise and peril of social media is one of the biggest questions facing democracy today.Aral is the David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT, and Data Science at MIT; director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; and head of MIT's Social Analytics Lab. He is the author of The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health — And How We Must Adapt .In his book and in this conversation, Aral goes under the hood of the biggest, most powerful social networks to tackle the critical question of just how much social media actually shapes our choices, for better or worse.Additional InformationThe Hype MachineSinan Aral on TwitterRelated EpisodesFacebook is not a democracyFree speech from the Founding Fathers to Twitter

Llewellyn King discusses the flash mobbing of Wall Street and Washington with Sinan Aral, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and economist Jarrod Hazelton.

Show on 2/5/21Curious about the digital economy and how social media is driving the markets? Hosts Jeremy Schwartz and Jeremy Siegel get into the latest news about GameStop and the influence of Reddit on stocks with a professor of management, IT, marketing, and data science. They get into the influence of social media and misinformation on the future of markets.Guests:Sinan Aral - David Austin Professor of Management, IT, Marketing and Data Science at MIT, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) and a founding partner at Manifest Capital. Follow Sinan on Twitter: @sinanaralCheck out his book "The Hype Machine": https://www.sinanaral.io/books Follow Jeremy Schwartz on Twitter: @JeremyDSchwartzAsk Siegel: If you have a pressing finance question we invite you to email us: asksiegel@wisdomtree.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Special Episode - Best of 2020 Interviews with experts on digital transformation and what it takes to really move the needle in terms of innovation, impact and improvements to organizational performance. Bill Schaninger Senior Partner at McKinsey, futurist Olivier Blanchard, Mike Steep from Stanford University’s Disruptive Technology & Digital Cities Program, Raj Verma CEO at MemSQL, Andres Angelani, CEO of Cognizant Softvision, David Cote, former CEO of the industrial tech giant Honeywell, and Sinan Aral the David Austin Professor of Management at MIT, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

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Sinan Aral discusses his book "The Hype Machine," and how social media disrupts our elections, our economy, and our health—and how we must adapt. Sinan is a Professor of Management at MIT and Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Alan Turing Institute, the British National Institute for Data Science in London, and the Centre for Responsible Media Technology and Innovation in Bergen, Norway. Listen for three action items you can use today.  Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

My guest today is Sinan Aral, the David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT, and Data Science at MIT; director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; and head of MIT's Social Analytics Lab. He is an active entrepreneur and venture capitalist who served as chief scientist at several startups; co-founded Manifest Capital, a VC fund. The topic is his book The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health–and How We Must Adapt. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Gatekeepers Republicans and Democrats Polarization Social Media Facebook and Free Speech Social Brain Hypothesis The Impact of Social Media on Children Russian Interference China and Russia Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

MIT professor Sinan Aral isn’t only one of the world’s leading experts on social media—he’s also an entrepreneur and investor, giving him an unparalleled 360-degree view of the technology’s great promise as well as its outsize capacity to damage our politics, our economy, and even our personal health. Drawing on two decades of his own research and business experience, Aral goes under the hood of the biggest, most powerful social networks to tackle the critical question of just how much social media actually shapes our choices, for better or worse. Aral shows how the tech behind social media offers the same set of behavior-influencing levers to both Russian hackers and brand marketers—to everyone who hopes to change the way we think and act—which is why its consequences affect everything from elections to business, dating to health. Along the way, he covers a wide array of topics, including how network effects fuel Twitter’s and Facebook’s massive growth to the neuroscience of how social media affects our brains, the real consequences of fake news, the power of social ratings, and the impact of social media on our kids. In mapping out strategies for being more thoughtful consumers of social media, The Hype Machine offers the definitive guide to understanding and harnessing for good the technology that has redefined our world overnight. Bio: Sinan Aral is the David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT, and Data Science at MIT; director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; and head of MIT’s Social Analytics Lab. He is an active entrepreneur and venture capitalist who served as chief scientist at several startups; co-founded Manifest Capital, a VC fund. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Gatekeepers Republicans and Democrats Polarization Social Media Facebook and Free Speech Social Brain Hypothesis The Impact of Social Media on Children Russian Interference China and Russia

Sinan Aral discusses his book "The Hype Machine," and how social media disrupts our elections, our economy, and our health—and how we must adapt. Sinan is a Professor of Management at MIT and Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the Alan Turing Institute, the British National Institute for Data Science in London, and the Centre for Responsible Media Technology and Innovation in Bergen, Norway. Listen for three action items you can use today.  Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

On today's episode, Sinan Aral, head of MIT's Social Analytics Lab and author of The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--And How We Must Adapt, discusses Sinan Aral is the David Austin Professor of Management, Marketing, IT, and Data Science at MIT; director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; and head of MIT's Social Analytics Lab. He is an active entrepreneur and venture capitalist who served as chief scientist at several startups; co-founded Manifest Capital, a VC fund that grows startups into the Hype Machine; and worked closely with Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, WeChat, and The New York Times, among other companies. He currently serves on the advisory boards of the Alan Turing Institute, the British National Institute for Data Science in London, the Centre for Responsible Media Technology and Innovation in Norway, and C6 Bank, Brazil's first all-digital bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast, I will be joined by Thomas H. Davenport, who is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He is also the author of 20 books and many articles in Harvard Business Review and Sloan Management Review.We will be taking a look at the future of AI, the impact of the global pandemic, as well as the key tips to deliver successful AI projects in the future.

In our most recent episode, Things Have Changed had the opportunity to speak and learn from Dr. Seth Benzell, Digital Economist, Assistant Professor at Chapman, Fellow at MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and a huge Sci Fi Fantasy aficionado. Automation has been a reoccurring theme in corporations quest to improve their bottom line and stay competitive. Seth is at the forefront of understanding Digital Automation and its implications on employment, growth, and inequality.In ongoing research, he studies the effect of application programming interfaces and ‘firm inversion’ at the firm and macroeconomic level. He has worked on multiple studies of tax reform in computable general equilibrium models and has briefed legislative assistants at the U.S. Capitol.Paradox of Robotic ProductivitySeth’s research has found that an increase in robotic productivity will temporarily raise output, but, by lowering the demand for labor, can lower wages and consumption in the long run. It’s difficult to look at how robots will help future workers because while outputs are increased with similar inputs, workers aren’t compensated equally while those that own the robots are getting the biggest piece of the pie. If the market response to robotic innovations does not lead to a positive result, then there may be a need for government intervention with redistributive policies of the state.Labor share of GDP DecreasingOne way to look at how automation has increased productivity relative to wages is to look at labor share of national income. In the early 1980’s the labor market made up 65% of the national GDP. Today it’s a mere 50% with an enormous boom of wealth from Superstar tech companies and investor capital. It’s projected that 20 Million manufacturing jobs will be obsolete by 2030. This disruption in the labor market is not new and has been going through different iterations from the Industrial Revolution to the development of computer processors. The Rise of Superstar Companies Superstar companies are 10% of businesses that create 80% of economic value. You can already guess who these are… Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and many more. Nearly all of these Superstar companies benefit from some form of automation that allows them to create maximum production with minimal labor forces. Due to heavy reliance on automation, Superstar Companies have been able to maximize profit for investors, and pay less to the labor market for it. This has created issues with local economies that lose tax income and economic activity of consumers.Should Digital Businesses be Taxed?While automation is designed to solve problems and create greater efficiencies for companies, it comes at the cost of inequality in wages, a decrease in tax income for governments, and higher barriers to entry for new entrants. A proposed solution that’s being explored is France’s plan to tax Digital companies revenue at 3%. The argument is that the tax proposals have the potential to shift billions of dollars from tech companies to local economies. This standard tax rate for digital companies attempts to capture the profits of tech companies benefiting from the savings that automation gives them while cutting the needed labor force down.Seth's TwitterRobots coming for your paycheckSeth's Working PaperFrance's 3% TaxSupport the show (https://thingshavechanged.substack.com/)

In this episode we have two leading platform thinkers on the show: Marshall Van Alstyne, Questrom Chair Professor at Boston University and Geoffrey Parker, professor of engineering at the Thayer School of Dartmouth College. They are both visiting scholars at the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy and co-chair the annual MIT Platform Summit (see references below)Marshall Van Alstyne and Geoffrey Parker - together with Sangeet Choudary - are the authors of Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy - and How to Make Them Work for You, from 2016. As originators of the concept of the inverted firm, they were further joint winners of the Thinkers50 2019 Digital Thinking Award. In this conversation, we talk about what democratising access to data means for the ability of players in a platform-ecosystem context to innovate and how regulation should be conceived participatory and ex ante. With creating human value as the North star, Marshall and Geoffrey ponder that we might want to see the creation of a Magna Carta of citizens rights for how we should be able to operate and influence on powerful platforms.Remember that you can find the show notes and transcripts from all our episodes on our own Medium publication.  Here are some important links from the conversation: Find out more about Marshall and Geoffrey’s work> Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary, Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You, 2016. https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Revolution-Networked-Markets-Transforming/dp/0393249131> MIT Platform Strategy Summit, 2020 edition taking place virtually on 8 July: http://ide.mit.edu/events/2020-mit-platform-strategy-summit> Platform Revolution - Offers an operator's manual for building platforms (easy read)  https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Revolution-Networked-Markets-Transforming/dp/0393354350/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1591806248&sr=1-1> Digital Platforms & Antitrust - Categorizes the harms from platforms, critiques existing solutions, and offers one path forward (easy read).  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3608397> Pipelines, Platforms & New The Rules of Strategy - Tells how strategy differs from products to platforms (Harvard Business Review "Must Read" - easy read).  https://hbr.org/2016/04/pipelines-platforms-and-the-new-rules-of-strategy> Platform Ecosystems: How Developers Invert the Firm - Provides a proof that platforms become "inverted firms," moving production from inside to outside, once network effects become large enough (MISQ Best Paper - hard read). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2861574 > The Social Efficiency of Fairness - Provides proof that treating people fairly increases rates of innovation (mimeo - hard read)  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1514137 Other mentions and references>  Simon Wardley on the Innovate-Leverage-Componentize (ILC) cycle. Part I: https://blog.gardeviance.org/2014/03/understanding-ecosystems-part-i-of-ii.html; Part II: https://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/08/on-platforms-and-ecosystems.html> Simone Cicero, “Long Tails, Aggregators & Infrastructures”: https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/long-tails-aggregators-infrastructures-bdf84e32531d> Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, “5 Economists Redefining… Everything. Oh Yes, And They’re Women”. Mariana Mazzucato on the role of government investment in early innovations: https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2020/05/31/5-economists-redefining-everything--oh-yes-and-theyre-women/amp/ Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/music Recorded on June 10th 2020

“The world is one big data problem.” – by Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, we investigate Intel's Optane™ DC persistent memory and how this new innovative memory can help make actionable insights more approachable and make your next data-centric design a whole lot easier. We also take a closer look at some new technology developed at North Carolina University that will shape the future of DNA storage technology.

Tom Davenport is the President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management of Babson College, a Digital Fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte's Analytics and Cognitive practice. His recent book is ‘The AI Advantage: How to Put the Artificial Intelligence Revolution to Work.’ He has also been an author and co-author of over 20 books and more than 200 articles. His research and writing focus on the impact of information technology on people and organizations. He advises senior executives in many of the largest multi-national organizations on topics such as artificial intelligence, analytics, smart machines, enterprise systems, process management, and knowledge management.

Heidi and Tom head into a freewheeling conversation with MIT Futurist and optimist Andy McAfee. As co-founder and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Andy studies how digital technologies are changing the world. Even Andy, sees the gravity of this moment. Heidi pushes hard on the big tech companies responsibility to step up, give back, and help lead in this crisis. Tom thinks it’s going to have to be government – reborn, revitalized, and very differently led than right now if we want a successful recovery. We dive in on how this moment is reshaping us as a society and economy. It’s all for the voters to decide, next.

In this episode we are joined by Andrew McAfee, the co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and author of More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources. In an interview with journalist Hugo Lindgren, McAfee explores his counterintuitive theory of how we’re past the point of 'peak stuff'– because of the collaboration between technology and capitalism, it’ll take fewer resources to make things in the future, and cost less to lead a comfortable life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the last two hundred years, nothing has divided us more than our free-market economic system. Is it the source of every social injustice, from exploitation to alienation to inequality, or is it essential to our freedom and democracy? This debate is as relevant today in 2020 as it was in 1920 or 1820.  From the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee's compelling argument—masterfully researched and brilliantly articulated—that we have at last learned how to increase human prosperity while treading more lightly on our planet. Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management and the cofounder and codirector of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, where he studies how digital technologies are changing business, the economy, and society. He has discussed his work at such venues as TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and the World Economic Forum. His prior books include the New York Times bestseller The Second Machine Age and Machine, Platform, Crowd. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to Betterhelp.com/KeenOn to get 10% off your first month with discount code KEENON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew McAfee is the Co-Founder & Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, & a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies how digital technologies are changing the world & how people & businesses will work, interact, & prosper in an era of profound digital transformation. Andrew's published book "More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next" tells the story of an important, unexpected, & heartening change in our relationship with the planet we all live on. Andrew believes there is a new reason for optimism & discusses how humans will live more prosperous lives while treading more lightly on the Earth. Moderated by Kate Brandt. Get the audio book here: https://goo.gle/2JClr81  Get the hardcopy version here: https://goo.gle/34aAfCG  Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/MoreFromLess to watch the video.

Tom Davenport has literally written the book on analytics. Actually, several of them, to be precise. Over the course of his career, Tom has established himself as the authority on analytics and how their role in the modern organization has evolved in recent years. Tom is a distinguished professor at Babson College, a research fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and a senior advisor at Deloitte Analytics. The discussion was timely as Tom had just written an article about a financial services company that had trained its employees on human-centered design so that they could ensure any use of AI would be customer-driven and valuable. We discussed their journey and: Why on a scale of 1-10, the field of analytics has only gone from a one to about a two in ten years time Why so few analytics projects actually make it into production Examples of companies who are using design to turn data into useful applications of AI, decision support and product improvements for customers Why shadow IT shouldn’t be a bad word AI moonshot projects vs. MVPs and how they relate Why journey mapping is incredibly useful and important in analytics and data science work How human-centered design and ethnography is the tough work that’s required to turn data into decision support Tom’s new book and his thoughts on the future of data science and analytics Resources and Links: Website: Tomdavenport.com LinkedIn: Tom Davenport Twitter: @tdav Designingforanalytics.com/seminar Designingforanalytics.com Quotes from Today’s Episode “If you survey organizations and ask them, ‘Does your company have a data-driven culture?’ they almost always say no. Surveys even show a kind of negative movement over recent years in that regard. And it's because nobody really addresses that issue. They only address the technology side.” — Tom Eventually, I think some fraction of [AI and analytics solutions] get used and are moderately effective, but there is not nearly enough focus on this. A lot of analytics people think their job is to create models, and whether anybody uses it or not is not their responsibility...We don't have enough people who make it their jobs to do that sort of thing. —Tom I think we need this new specialist, like a data ethnographer, who could sort of understand much more how people interact with data and applications, and how many ways they get screwed up.—Tom I don't know how you inculcate it or teach it in schools, but I think we all need curiosity about how technology can make us work more effectively. It clearly takes some investment, and time, and effort to do it.— Tom TD Wealth’s goal was to get [its employees] to experientially understand what data, analytics, technology, and AI are all about, and then to think a lot about how it related to their customers. So they had a lot of time spent with customers, understanding what their needs were to make that match with AI. [...] Most organizations only address the technology and the data sides, so I thought this was very refreshing.—Tom “So we all want to do stuff with data. But as you know, there are a lot of poor solutions that get provided from technical people back to business stakeholders. Sometimes they fall on dea

Andrew McAfee draws on a wide range of evidence to show that the world is already on the right track toward long-term health when it combines 1) technological progress, 2) capitalism, 3) responsive government, and 4) public awareness. That blend demonstrably gets humanity “more from less.” It dematerializes the economy and decouples it from exploiting nature while increasing prosperity for ever more people. McAfee argues that dematerialization is occurring because of the combination of capitalism and tech progress (especially progress with digital technologies). Contested markets provide the motive, and tech progress the opportunity, to save money by swapping bits for atoms throughout the economy. But competition and computers don't automatically deal with pollution or protect threatened ecosystems. Two other forces are necessary--public awareness and responsive government. When all four are present, societies can tread more lightly on the Earth and grow in confidence that both humanity and nature can thrive together into the future. The reality of what works departs from every ideology out there. It also makes clear what needs to be further improved in the places where it’s working, such as the US, and what needs to be introduced in the places where it’s not working yet. Andrew McAfee is a research scientist at MIT‘s Sloan School of Management and cofounder of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. He is the author of More From Less (2019) and co-author (with Erik Brynjolfsson) of Machine, Platform, Crowd (2017) and The Second Machine Age (2014).

If one question has driven mankind’s quest for innovation, it very well might be this: How can we get more from less?For most of our time on this planet, the answer was simple: We couldn’t. As my guest Andrew McAfee points out, for just about all of human history – particularly the Industrial Era – our prosperity has been tightly coupled to our ability to take resources from the earth. We got more from more.That tradeoff yielded incredible positive contributions in nearly every field: Technology, industry, medicine. But there’s one glaring area – one of those “aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play” areas – where the trade wasn’t so incredibly positive. Of course, that’s the environment.As global industry rode the combination of human’s infinite ingenuity and Mother Nature’s finite resources – we all reaped the benefits. But we also saw the costs: Exponential global warming. Perhaps it’s not an exact straight line, but the connection is clear to all but a few climate deniers.Luckily, we know the solutions: Consume less; Recycle; Impose limits; Live more closely to the land.Or do we? What if, instead, these central truths of environmentalism haven’t been the force behind whatever improvements we’ve made and, more importantly, aren’t the drivers that will solve the existential task at hand: Saving the planet?Instead, as McAfee argues in his new book, the answer is dematerialization – we’re getting more output while using fewer resources. We’re getting, as his title suggests: “More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources – and What Happens Next.”McAfee argues that the two most important forces responsible for the change are capitalism and technological progress, the exact two forces “that came together to cause the massive increases in resource use of the Industrial Era.” Combined with two other key attributes – public awareness and responsive government – we can and do “tread ever more lightly on our planet.”Some background: Put simply, Andrew McAfee studies how digital technologies are changing the world. He is Co-Founder and Co-Director of “The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy” and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. One of his previous books, with MIT colleague and sometime co-author Erik Brynjolfsson was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal top ten bestseller; his books in total have been translated into more than 15 languages; and he and Brynjolfsson are the only people named to both the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top management thinkers and the Politico 50 group of people transforming American politics.McAfee knows his prescription to save the planet is controversial. He knows it will frustrate – if not outrage – most of his friends… assuming they’re still willing to call him friend. But as us non-academics say about people like McAfee: He’s done the math. He’s researched the data. And like it or not, he’s ready for the conversation.

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less stuff to do so. Thanks to new technologies, many advanced economies are reducing their use of timber, metals, fertilizer, and other resources. McAfee says this dematerialization trend is spreading to other parts of the globe. While it’s not happening fast enough to stop climate change, he believes it offers some hope for environmental protection when combined with effective public policy. McAfee is the author of the book “More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next.”

Tom Davenport is a professor of information technology and management at Babson College, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He has written or edited twenty books including The AI Advantage and over 250 print or digital articles for Harvard Business Review (HBR), Sloan Management Review, the Financial Times, and many other publications. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and has taught at the Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago.

Over the last four episodes, we’ve detailed the history of corporate innovation, wins and fails in customer strategies, the winding path of technology adoption, and the role of big corporates in catalyzing change.We’ve been talking about the recent and distant past, trying to understand how it applies to the competitive challenges that energy companies face today.In this episode, we are revisiting those themes — and looking to the future — with Tendril, now Uplight, CEO Adrian Tuck.Adrian has two decades of experience building companies and bringing technologies to market. He spends a lot of time thinking about what other industries can teach utilities about embracing disruptive change.We’ll talk start the episode by looking at the impact of artificial intelligence with Erik Brynjolffson, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. AI is mostly good at narrow tasks — and that leaves a lot of room for the things that humans are good at: creativity, relationships, persuasion, leadership.Then, Adrian joins us to talk about how AI will impact the energy industry. He’ll also share thoughts on other emerging tech trends, how utilities can set up a culture of innovation, and why leaders fail to embrace change.ILLUMINATORS is brought to you by Uplight, the leading provider of end-to-end customer-centric technology solutions dedicated solely to serving the energy ecosystem. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else you get your podcasts. 

What can we learn from Walmart, Xcel Energy and the humble electric motor?In retrospect, big economic or technological shifts are often obvious — but they’re not always obvious as they’re unfolding. This episode will focus on how big businesses respond to external challenges in real time.We’ll start with a glimpse at how the distributed electric motor catalyzed the second industrial revolution. Are we in the middle of an “electric-motor moment” for the modern economy?Then, we’ll reflect on Walmart’s groundbreaking push into sustainability back in 2005. What does it tell us about how to craft a purpose-driven business case?We’ll finish with a conversation about Xcel Energy’s goal to get 100% of its energy from zero-carbon resources by 2050. How do you push a “moonshot” goal through an executive team and a company with thousands of employees? And how will it influence other electric utilities to make bold moves?Guests featured in this episode:Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital EconomyRebecca Henderson, economist and professor at Harvard Business SchoolBrett Carter, executive vice president and chief customer and innovation officer at Xcel EnergyResources:Rebecca Henderson’s HBS case study on WalmartXcel’s report on its zero-emissions goalErik Brynjolfsson’s book: “Machine, Platform, Crowd”ILLUMINATORS is brought to you by Uplight, the leading provider of end-to-end customer-centric technology solutions dedicated solely to serving the energy ecosystem. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else you get your podcasts. .

Sue Bethanis hosts Thomas Davenport, one of the top three business/technology analysts in the world, one of the 100 most influential people in IT, and one of Fortune’s top 50 business school professors. Tom is a world-renowned thought leader and author, is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He teaches analytics and big data in executive programs at Babson, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School, and Boston University. He pioneered the concept of “competing on analytics” with his best-selling 2006 Harvard Business Review article. An author and co-author of 20 books and more than 200 articles, he helps organizations to transform their management practices in digital business domains such as artificial intelligence, analytics, information and knowledge management, process management, and enterprise systems. In his new book, The AI Advantage: How to Put the Artificial Intelligence Revolution to Work, Tom recommends enterprises avoid AI moonshots and instead look to advance AI more incrementally. Tom and Sue discuss: -How AI technologies are being used - How to become a cognitive corporation - How AI will impact jobs - How to manage the organizational, social, and ethical implications of AI - Leading case studies and top strategies to make the most out of AI implementation

Join Tom as he talks to Tom Davenport, Professor at Babson College, co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. Tom pioneered the concept of “competing on analytics” with his best-selling 2006 Harvard Business Review article (and his 2007 book by the same name). The conversation covers the more practical aspects of enterprise AI. Drawing on Davenport's latest book, The AI Advantage, they delve into the how and why of the successes and failures of AI. Tom's book: http://www.tomdavenport.com/ Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tkspeaks https://foresightradio.com/

Weihnachten ist die be-Sinn-liche Zeit, daher erzähle ich heute eine Geschichte, die es Sinn macht, wirken zu lassen und die eigene Einstellung zu überdenken. Mit Initiative, Kreativität und Engagement ist es möglich, jede Arbeit zu etwas Besserem zu machen, damit auch die eigene Wertigkeit zu erhöhen und sich besser zu fühlen. Die Geschichte ist aus dem Buch "Zündstoff für Andersdenker" von Peter Kreuz, ein sehr empfehlenswertes Buch. Wenn Ihnen dieser Podcast gefallen hat, machen Sie mir eine Freude indem Sie ihn bei i-tunes bewerten und mit Ihren Freund*inn*en und Kolleg*inn*en teilen. Haben Sie Wünsche oder Anregungen zu diesem Podcast ? Schreiben Sie mir diese an Martin@lauble.net - Sie erhalten garantiert Antwort!

In a conversation with Sidecar, research fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Michael Schrage argues that investing in one's customers, and in turn creating better customers, is the key to groundbreaking retail innovation. The most successful companies today have embraced this paradigm shift by making their customers more valuable to their business, says Schrage. Netflix, for example, has transformed consumers into movie and TV bingers through careful technology investments in recommendation engines and streaming. Subscribers who avidly watch Netflix’s programming and enthuse about their favorite shows with friends are far more valuable to Netflix than the average consumer. In this podcast, Schrage explains how retailers can emulate top companies like Netflix and actually create better customers.

“We aren’t transforming technology into productivity the way we should be." Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, discusses the impact of machine learning on our jobs and lives. What are policy makers doing – or not – to smooth the transition? For more information go to: http://www.oecd.org/innovation/

Devin Cook is the Executive Producer of the Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC). Launched under Devin’s leadership at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, the IIC awards over $1.5 million to technology-driven organizations globally that are reinventing the future of work and creating a more equitable economy in the digital age.   Devin’s expertise lies in accelerating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems for economic growth.  As a Fulbright Scholar, she researched how entrepreneurship drives economic opportunity among textile artisans in India.  She has conducted research and theory development alongside leading innovation and entrepreneurship faculty at MIT. Devin was an early employee at multiple start-ups, has mentored over 100 start-up founders, and currently teaches entrepreneurial strategy at accelerators nationwide. She holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she was awarded the Ronald I. Heller Award for her contribution to entrepreneurship education on campus, and a BA from Middlebury College.  

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Nouriel Roubini, Roubini Macro Associates Chairman and NYU Stern School of Business Professor, says bitcoin is the mother of all bubbles. Alan Krueger, Princeton University Economics Professor, says labor unions could do a better job of marketing themselves. Bill Gross, Janus Henderson Fund Manager, predicts retail is going to be sensitive from this point forward following this month's jobs report. Julia Coronado, President and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says the most significant part of the jobs report is that there's finally wage growth. Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative, thinks we're on the verge of wave of innovation. Scott Soshnick, Bloomberg Sports Columnist, looks ahead to the Super Bowl.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Nouriel Roubini, Roubini Macro Associates Chairman and NYU Stern School of Business Professor, says bitcoin is the mother of all bubbles. Alan Krueger, Princeton University Economics Professor, says labor unions could do a better job of marketing themselves. Bill Gross, Janus Henderson Fund Manager, predicts retail is going to be sensitive from this point forward following this month's jobs report. Julia Coronado, President and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says the most significant part of the jobs report is that there's finally wage growth. Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the MIT Initiative, thinks we're on the verge of wave of innovation. Scott Soshnick, Bloomberg Sports Columnist, looks ahead to the Super Bowl. 

12/07/2017 A machine plays the strategy game ‘Go’ better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia; ideas from the crowd are repeatedly more innovative than corporate research labs. In this talk, MIT’s Andrew McAfee discusses what it takes to master this digital-powered shift and delves into topics surrounding how individuals must rethink the integration of minds and machines, of products and platforms, and of the core and the crowd. In all three cases, the balance now favors the second element of the pair, with massive implications for how people run their companies and live their lives. Andrew McAfee, Author, Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future (W. W. Norton Company, 2017); Co-founder of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

Technology has embedded itself within almost every facet of society. It is transforming the way people live their lives and run their businesses. So as the digital revolution continues to disrupt in waves, how should companies adapt to stay ahead? To explain, technology correspondent Hal Hodson is joined by renowned academics Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson from the MIT Initiative on the digital economy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Technology has embedded itself within almost every facet of society. It is transforming the way people live their lives and run their businesses. So as the digital revolution continues to disrupt in waves, how should companies adapt to stay ahead? To explain, technology correspondent Hal Hodson is joined by renowned academics Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson from the MIT Initiative on the digital economy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Tuesday 11th July 2017 How do we build a future that doesn’t leave humans behind? How do we need to respond – as individuals, communities, companies, institutions – to harness technological progress the benefit of the many, not just the few? Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee's bestselling 2014 book The Second Machine Age had widespread influence on the global debate around how technological progress is transforming the way we live and work. Their new book Machine, Platform, Crowd focuses on the ‘second phase’ of the Second Machine Age. This phase, they argue, has a greater sense of urgency, as ‘deep learning’ technologies are now demonstrating that they can do much more than just the type of work we have thought of as routine. So can we now replace fears that automation will erase jobs with hopes that advanced AI will actually improve rather than displace human work? Elsewhere, how do we ensure increasingly powerful platforms, such as Google, Facebook and Amazon, have a positive impact on the way we live our lives? And how can we harness the rise of crowd-based innovation to shape a better future for all? Speakers: Erik Brynjolfsson Co-founder and Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Anthony Painter, Director of the Action and Research Centre, RSA Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/07/machine-platform-crowd

Show notes: ide.mit.edu/news-events-media?type_1=podcast What is a platform and do platforms represent a new form of industrial organization? Marshall Van Alstyne, professor at Boston University and research associate at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, joins us for a conversation on these topics. We start by discussing the fundamental economics of platforms. Next, we attempt to tackle the following questions: What generates market power on platforms? Do platforms improve efficiency by internalizing externalities or do they create distortions? What are the sources of demand side network effects? Does Google create a competitive bottleneck? When is regulation of platforms appropriate? When should a firm adopt a platform strategy?

This episode's featured guest is clinical psychologist and author Sherry Turkle who founded the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Sherry has spent the last 30 years studying the psychology behind people's relationship with technology. She's written two well-known books that explore these topics: Alone Together and Reclaiming Conversation.   Learn more about author and host, Sarah Raymond Cunningham, at sarahcunningham.org.  

Thomas Davenport is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College in Massachusetts. He is an author, the co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics, a Fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He has spent the last 30 years focused on the Sociology of Information, studying and teaching about how people and organizations use information. He currently teaches MBAs at Babson College about Analytics, Cognitive Technologies, Big Data, and Knowledge Management. Thomas is the co-author of the new book, Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines. In the book Thomas and co-author Julia Kirby discuss the rise of job automation and how humans can secure their place in the workplace in the midst of this shift by using the 5 alternative strategies they lay out. The move towards automation in the workplace, while not new, is a controversial subject that is becoming a large part of our current work economy. There are two camps of people today, those who are opposed to the move towards automation and those who are embracing it. The people who are opposed are scared about the implications of automating jobs. They feel that this shift in our economy will create chaos and wipe out jobs for humans. The camp of people who are embracing it feel that automating certain jobs could be a good thing and that we will always find a way to create new jobs for humans. Thomas talks about how reality is somewhere in the middle of the two camps. While automation could cause some jobs to be at risk, it may not be as perilous as some people may think. He talks about how most jobs have several tasks to them, some of them are automatable and some aren’t. In the podcast he gives an example explaining how automation could help lawyers cut down on the time they take to search through documents and contracts for items pertaining to a case. This process probably only takes up about 20% of what lawyers actually do, so as Thomas mentions, this automation wouldn’t completely replace lawyers, but perhaps in a law firm of 10 lawyers, the automation would relieve the workload to the point where they can do with 8 lawyers instead of 10. In an Oxford study done in 2013 they estimated that 47% of U.S. jobs are automatable. People such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have been very vocal about their concerns with the future of human jobs and our very existence in light of this rapid shift to automation. However, when you look at jobs that have already moved towards automation, such as bank tellers, it shows that the move may not be as rapid as they think. In the 1980s there were a half a million bank tellers, and today, there are still half a million bank tellers despite the invention and implementation of ATMs. While automation may not take over human jobs at an alarmingly quick rate, it is still something we need to be aware of. Automation, bots, and software are getting to the point now where they are becoming more capable of taking over knowledge jobs, whereas before they were only taking over labor intensive jobs such as manufacturing. Because of this, Thomas and Julia felt it was important to write their book that, first of all, encourages augmenting human labor with smart machines as opposed to completely replacing humans with machines and, secondly, shows people five ways to make themselves irreplaceable in the workplace. What you will learn in this episode: Is automation a new thing? Whether or not jobs are in jeopardy because of the growing use of automation and bots 5 steps you can take to be sure your job is secure The kinds of jobs that will be affected by automation and which ones will be safe Some encouraging examples of automation being used today In the move towards automation, what does this mean for organizations? What does it mean for individuals? How we can prepare for automation The timeline for automation and when automation will become mainstream Where the future of automation is going Links From The Episode: tomdavenport.com/ Only Humans Need Apply On Amazon.com   (Music by Ronald Jenkees)

Smart machines are coming, so what are we doing about it? Instead of cowering in fear, what if we took a proactive approach? What if there were a playbook we could use to anticipate and thrive in an increasingly automated world? In his book, Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines, Thomas Davenport, offers ways to accomplish that goal. His book is a guide for employees and students who want to know what they can do to work successfully with smart machines. Tom is a Professor in Management and Information Technology at Babson College and co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics. He is also a Fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. He teaches analytics and big data at Babson, Harvard, MIT, and Boston University and has written over 17 books In this interview, we talk about: What the number of bank tellers working today can tell us about smart machines 10 reasons to look over your shoulder for smart machines in your own work What separates humans from machines The 4 markers of machine smartness and which one we are living now Why employers should aim for augmentation vs automation wherever possible How smart machines can liberate us to do more creative and valuable work Augmentation at its best in freestyle chess How we can step in with machines in the workplace Why we would want to step up with machines in the workplace What it looks like to step forward with machines in the workplace How we might step aside with machines in the workplace How some are stepping narrowly with machines in the workplace Why every organization needs an Automation Leader Why we need to get past STEM as the only solution The important role organizations play in providing professional learning Why Tom argues against universal basic income How companies can be more resilient in a digital age with increased competition The fact that so few of our political leaders are talking about this big shift Selected Links to Topics Mentioned @tdav http://www.tomdavenport.com/ Oxford Study on The Future of Employment Bricklaying Robots Ex Machina Freestyle chess Former WaMu Risk Officer Stretch by Karie Willyerd 2020 Workplace Report If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. As always, thanks for listening! Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for designing the Curious Minds logo, and thank you to Rob Mancabelli for all of his production expertise! www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn @GAllenTC

As part of APQC’s Big Thinkers, Big Ideas interview series, APQC CEO Carla O’Dell recently talked with Sherry Turkle, a clinical psychologist, author, and founder/director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. In her new book, ”Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age,” Sherry examines how smartphones and social media have crowded out real conversation. Her insightful conversation with Carla raises awareness of this issue and Sherry shares some of the tools needed to change our behavior so we can rediscover the value of conversation Remember to follow us on Twitter @apqc!

originally aired 02-13-2011 How much technology do you use? Email, texting, facebook, twitter, second life, etc. Has it freed you up, given you more time, or has it added new demands to your life that actually make you feel you have less time? If you're using social media regularly, do you feel more connected with your friends and family or less? Clinical psychologist SHERRY TURKLE has been studying our relationship with technology for most of her career, and has written several books about what she's experienced and learned. Of her newest, ALONE TOGETHER, she has said, "This is a book of repentance. I have been studying computers and people for thirty years. I didn't see several important things. I got some important things wrong." I was already interested in talking to her, but that really grabbed my attention. I'm interested in people, maybe especially experts, who are willing to change their minds. Turkle writes: "Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. We begin to feel overwhelmed and depleted by the lives technology makes possible. We may be free to work from anywhere, but we are also prone to being lonely everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude. We turn to technology to fill the void, but as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down."

Each of us, in our everyday interactions, chooses between letting technology shape us and shaping it towards human purposes, even towards honoring what we hold dear. Sherry Turkle, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, is full of usable ideas — from how to declare email bankruptcy to teaching our children the rewards of solitude.

Each of us, in our everyday interactions, chooses between letting technology shape us and shaping it towards human purposes, even towards honoring what we hold dear. Sherry Turkle, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, is full of usable ideas — from how to declare email bankruptcy to teaching our children the rewards of solitude. See more at http://onbeing.org/program/alive-enough-reflecting-our-technology/63

The eminent MIT professor, author most recently of Alone, Together, discusses her darkening view of our digitizing world, her sense of the culture of MIT and its students, and her own career with Communications Forum Director David Thorburn, a longtime colleague. Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and the founder (2001) and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Co-sponsor: Technology and Culture Forum at MIT