How To Make Organizational Values Come Alive
A sales manager read an article about his company’s refusal to deal with any country where “under the table” money was part of the negotiation process. He circled the article and wrote the words Right On! in the column, and mailed it to his CEO. The attached note said: “I’m proud to work in a company whose values reflect my own.”
- 25/01/2019
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How Bots are Invading Healthcare
Most of you have used Google maps, Siri on your phone or a smart speaker some time today. As such, you have experienced the magic of artificial intelligence, algorithms and all that goes with, or without, it.
- 24/01/2019
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Empowering Women's Public Safety with the Internet of Things
The use of IoT in public safety applications can ensure an increased sense of security among the more vulnerable part of the general population, like women and children.
- 24/01/2019
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Some Economics of Foot-Binding
When I have thought of foot-binding in the past, which wasn't all that often, I've tended to view it as just one of those grim social practices, built on a mixture of social positioning and sexism, which disfigured the bodies of women. That's not wrong, but it's an oversimplification. Why did such a practice arise at one time, but not another time? Why did it end? Why did it differ across regions of China? Why feet? Xinyu Fan and Lingwei Wu give a fuller sense of context in "The Economic Motives for Foot-binding," a version of which was given at the meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations in Atlanta in early January.
- 24/01/2019
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Selling Your Ideas Up: How to Overcome Objections and Get Your Ideas Approved
In an era of fiscal and time constraints, is it possible to sell your ideas to company leaders? Yes, but the success depends on how you frame the opportunity.
- 24/01/2019
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