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Wednesday, March 10th 2021

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Why Is It So Hard to Become a Data-Driven Company?
A survey of Fortune 1000 executives sheds light on the cultural barriers to change.

Today many companies are struggling with legacy tech & embedded cultures resistant to emerging technologies and practices. And culture remains their biggest barrier. What are the main directions that data-driven companies should follow to become competitive?

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Randy Bean, NewVantage Partners for HBR, about becoming a Data-Driven company.

  Randy Bean@NewVantage Partners

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Thought Leadership

Predicting Analytics: Data & analytics Trends to Expect in 2021
It’s that time of year when we are all looking into our crystal balls to determine what the future will hold. And after this type of year, which was unprecedented to say the least in so many ways, it is hard to predict what 2021 will be like.

 

It is hard to predict what 2021 will be like, but data and analytics trends will become even more entrenched in company operations, allowing them to navigate their way through the COVID-19 crisis and other market changes.

 @Signals Analytics

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AI In Business Intelligence – How It Is Transforming the World
The technology-driven process for analyzing data along with delivering actionable information to help executives make informed decisions is known as BI (business intelligence).

 

With big companies, including the GAFAs, heavily investing in greater AI development, its emergence seems unstoppable. The technology now has an incredible amount of use cases that involve improving business processes, gathering insights, engaging customers, and building interactions with employees.

@Big Data Analytics News

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Slow the Spread of COVID-19
Wharton’s Hamsa Bastani spoke with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM last July about a new machine learning approach to COVID-19 testing at the Greek border.

 

A new machine learning approach to COVID-19 testing, named Eva, has helped contain the number of cases and deaths in Greece. This work paves the way for leveraging AI and real-time data for public health goals.

Hamsa Bastani@Wharton Scool

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Why Artificial Intelligence May Not Offer the Business Value You Think
Last September, Gartner published its Hype Cycle for AI in which it identified two emerging trends (and five new AI solutions) that would have an impact on the workplace.

 

AI is reaching an ever-growing audience, including employees, customers, and partners. But the technology is not always delivering on its promises. What are the limitations of AI? How to embed the technology successfully in your business?

David Roe@CMSWire

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This week’s Consulting News

Vertical tabs arrive in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft is adding a vertical tabs feature to the Edge browser. The browser history is also being revamped, as are some Bing search results.

| Mark Hachman@PCWorld

New generation of tiny, agile drones introduced: The technology could boost aerial robots’ repertoire, allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions
Researchers developed an insect-size drone with soft actuators -- akin to muscles -- that are agile and resilient to collisions. The advance could boost aerial robots’ repertoire, allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.

| @ScienceDaily

Amwins Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Worldwide Facilities
The acquisition strengthens Amwins' U.S. presence, as well as brokerage, underwriting and binding authority and group benefits divisions

| @PR newswire

Accenture acquires digital supply chain consultancy REPL
Global advisory giant Accenture has acquired UK-based tech consultancy, REPL. The move comes as Accenture looks to strengthen its capabilities across retail and its linked industries, as clients there look to overhaul their supply chains in the wake of the last year of disruption.

| @Consultancy.uk

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