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Students need internships, but internships need disrupting

Christensen Institute

Strada and Burning Glass Institute’s new Talent Disrupted report made headlines this week conveying the indisputable crisis of underemployment that an astounding half of college graduates face. But internships—like so many pricey and scarce experiential learning opportunities—are primed for disruption.

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Controlled Disruption in the Wild

Flying Fish Lab

Let’s walk down memory lane: The music industry faced significant disruption with the emergence of Napster, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application enabling illegal downloads, causing a decline in CD sales. Some conventions remained relatively unchanged or adapted to coexist with the disruptive forces. The Grammy’s remain unchanged.

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10 Disruptive Trends for 2020

Leapfrogging

Disruption is everywhere. Emerging technologies catalyze disruption. Emerging technologies catalyze disruption. Last year, I described the disruptions facing a variety of industries, including healthcare , packaging , travel and hospitality , software , real estate and construction , retail shopping , and manufacturing.

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What’s Lost When Data Systems Don’t Communicate

Harvard Business Review

Without them, there is no way companies can upgrade their technology without causing disruption to their operations. In every industry, many large corporations have teams that help bridge outdated, disconnected systems, and databases.

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The New Tech Toolbelt: Digital Twins, IoT, Cobots, & More

Speaker: Cory Skinner, Founder and CEO of FactR

From limited visibility and a lack of real-time data to a lack of agility and responsiveness to changing market conditions, there's no shortage of difficulties that today's supply chain professionals can encounter. What can be done to not only address these challenges, but overcome them?

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10 Disruptive Trends for 2020

Leapfrogging

Disruption is everywhere. Emerging technologies catalyze disruption. Emerging technologies catalyze disruption. Last year, I described the disruptions facing a variety of industries, including healthcare , packaging , travel and hospitality , software , real estate and construction , retail shopping , and manufacturing.

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Will big data solve the innovation gap?

Jeffrey Phillips

Lately, with the advent of "big data", machine learning and other factors associated with data and more intelligent processes, the argument has been made that these capabilities will solve the innovation gap. However, I'm not so sure about disruptive needs and opportunities. Humans are omnivorous connectors.

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