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Encourage Your Team to Escalate Issues on Technical Projects

Harvard Business Review

Ultimately, the success of a technical project requires that issues are escalated as they arise. Creating an environment that fosters the ability to recognize that escalation is a “need to have” not a “nice to have” and setting expectations accordingly with project teams will help to ensure your technical project’s success.

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How To Screen Tech Talent?

The Human Factor

image source Introduction Companies rely heavily on hiring talented tech professionals to gain a competitive edge in today’s rapidly evolving technology-driven world. However, finding and hiring the right tech talent can be daunting. A company’s success often hinges on the quality of its tech talent.

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Why the Tech Industry Won’t Disrupt Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Digital technology advances have the power to help address the shortcomings of care delivery: It costs too much, its quality isn’t what it could and should be, and millions of people live hundreds of miles from the nearest hospital and/or don’t have a primary care doctor.

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How Leaders Can Be Stewards of “Good Tech”

Harvard Business Review

It’s always been important for companies to take responsibility for the creation, application, and disruption of the technologies they create and use, but now that the rapid application of AI is affecting people’s privacy, security, and daily lives as never before, accepting that responsibility is essential.

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How Companies Can Help Universities Train Tech Workers

Harvard Business Review

Companies across the economy require new tech workers who have the training in state-of-the art technologies so they can hit the ground running. A model that has been applied at universities such as Arizona State, the University of California San Diego, and Oregon State, and Purdue can help address this need.

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Strategy, Not Technology, Is the Key to Winning with GenAI

Harvard Business Review

The explosion of AI startups in dozens of sectors masks something many of them share: They are increasingly built on top of standardized technology from a few AI giants like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. This puts a premium on strategy over proprietary technology.

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How Deep Tech Can Drive Sustainability and Profitability in Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Companies are facing more pressure to become more sustainable while remaining profitable — and deep tech can help. Deep tech, which combines physical technologies and digital technologies, is moving out of the lab and into real-world supply chains.