At this year's Innotribe Sibos, we have a session about digital ethics. Part of a full day on man-machine convergence. Some of that conversation will be about the use and control of data....
Big data promises fairness. With enough information about individuals and populations, we can design algorithms that will identify the best possible answer to a given question, free of...
Among those who do enter the criminal justice system, a disproportionately high number are people of color. In 2010, the BJS found that for every 100,000 Americans, 380 inmates are white,...
If you've ever had to call a customer help line or other call center, you probably experience a shiver of dread at the mere thought. Some customer help lines are so reviled that people...
At an event held during Apple's fight with the FBI over whether it should help unlock a dead terrorist's iPhone, CEO Tim Cook promised "We will not shrink" from the responsibility of...
Google's making it easier for Google Analytics users to find the important trends in their data. The change is already live in the Google Analytics app for iOS and Android, where, in the...
Most of us think a meaningful event needs to be in person. But in-person meetings are just one way to realize the shared outcomes of gatherings. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations were moving away from in-person meetings. Reasons included ecological sustainability, a desire for increased total attendance, the challenges and costs of travel logistics, disruption to regular work, and life/work balance. And right now, with no end in sight, events aren’t getting ‘postponed’ due to COVID-19 — many are canceling altogether.
The following is a template for creating your own letter to colleagues and supervisors about your proposal for working remotely. It’s a tactical approach to handling the basics of your workspace, impacts on your workload and availability. It includes best practices for productivity, collaboration and connection that come from years of experience from remote workers around the world. You could also ‘flip’ this letter if you are a decision-maker on remote work to give people guidelines on what they should expect and do.
What happens when we move beyond the early days of the internet of things to a time when connected devices have the ability to make their own decisions?
Most of us think a meaningful event needs to be in person. But in-person meetings are just one way to realize the shared outcomes of gatherings. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations were moving away from in-person meetings. Reasons included ecological sustainability, a desire for increased total attendance, the challenges and costs of travel logistics, disruption to regular work, and life/work balance. And right now, with no end in sight, events aren’t getting ‘postponed’ due to COVID-19 — many are canceling altogether.