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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017

by Harvard Business Review, Clayton M. Christensen, Adam Grant, Vijay Govindarajan, Thomas H. Davenport
October 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 7m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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Beyond Automation

by Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby

AFTER HEARING OF a recent Oxford University study on advancing automation and its potential to displace workers, Yuh-Mei Hutt, of Tallahassee, Florida, wrote, “The idea that half of today’s jobs may vanish has changed my view of my children’s future.” Hutt was reacting not only as a mother; she heads a business and occasionally blogs about emerging technologies. Familiar as she is with the upside of computerization, the downside looms large. “How will they compete against AI?” she asked. “How will they compete against a much older and experienced workforce vying for even fewer positions?”

Suddenly, it seems, people in all walks of life are becoming very concerned about advancing automation. ...

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ISBN: 9781633692107