Posts tagged Future of Work
The Impact of AI on Research and Innovation
The Impact of AI on Research and Innovation

On December 29, the WSJ  published “Will AI Help or Hurt Workers?,” an article based on a research paper by Aidan Toner-Rodgers, a second year PhD student in MIT’s Economics Department. One of the reasons the WSJ article caught my attention is that it featured a photo of the MIT graduate student in between two of the world’s top economists whose research I’ve closely followed for years: Daron Acemoglu, — who in October was named a co-receipient of the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, and David Autor (along with his dog Shelby) — who was a co-chair of a multi-year, MIT-wide Taskforce on the impact of AI on “The Work of the Future.”

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Blockchain for Organizational Culture: Part II
Blockchain for Organizational Culture: Part II

Decentralization and its impact on organizations as well as business transactions came through loud and clear throughout the conference. Examples of pragmatic applications with disintermediated interactions spanned healthcare, financial services, sports, education, government, non-profit, beauty, industrial applications and many more. A number of presenters emphasized the new era of decentralization with an ideology that empowers communities vs. centralized greedy brokers.

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Blockchain for Organizational Culture: Part I
Blockchain for Organizational Culture: Part I

The impact on Organizational Culture is one of the most fascinating realities of the digital era. Digital technologies, including Blockchain, are just enablers of cultural trends that are transforming all demographics at an accelerated rate. Culture is always more important and impactful than pure digital technologies, as impressive as the latter are. The potential cultural impacts on individuals as well as organizations are tremendous. In order to succeed and innovate with digitization, transformation best practices should challenge long established cultural norms.

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