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Skills That Will Remain in Demand In a Computer-Rich World
“How do we win the “man-vs.-machine” battle?
The key is not to compete, but to partner — to develop new ways of combining human skills with ever-more-powerful technology to create value.
Another key, on a more personal level, is to work on skills that help you couple the best of human creativity with computer power. These kinds of jobs are where many of the best future opportunities will lie.”
Skills needed according to Brynjolfsson and McAfee: Applied math & stats, negotiation and group dynamics, good writing, framing problems and solving open-ended problems, persuasion, human interaction and nurturing.
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Life’s Work: Sally Ride – Harvard Business Review
“Sally Ride thought she’d grow up to be a physics professor, and she did. But before that, she became the first American woman in space. She went on to found Sally Ride Science, a company focused on improving science education for kids, which she called a “business imperative for the country.” She died in July, at age 61, just weeks after talking with HBR. Interviewed by Alison Beard”
Archives for July 2012
Visibility, Context, Correctness & Responsiveness — active information meets change-friendly
This week on active information, I offer some observations on the Pew Big Data report in the context of one of my top projects: evolving business-technology architecture and practices to accommodate continuous change. (a.k.a. change-friendly)
My change-friendly tenets:
- You can’t change what you can’t see (Visibility)
- Context is king (Context)
- Not every change is the right change (Correctness)
- Delay is the enemy of change (Responsiveness)
The post teaser: “Big data ushers in a new era of visibility, for good and evil. But, visibility without timely, intended action, isnt all that big.”
The post: Visibility, Context, Correctness & Responsiveness … – Input Output.
Lessons from Bechtel on making information valuable via APIs — active information
My latest active information post highlights Bechtel’s case study on implementing an API strategy to satisfy the needs of data consumers without all the heaviness of the current, data creation focused, applications.
It’s a great case, covering the use of APIs at Bechtel, the business and technology drivers, the benefits, the underlying technology, challenges and future plans.
The post: Lessons from Bechtel on making information valuabl… – Input Output.
