Technology could kill 5 million jobs by 2020

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Five million jobs in the world’s leading economies could disappear over the next five years because of advances in technology. Developments in artificial intelligence, robotics, and biotechnology, would disrupt the business world in a similar way to previous industrial revolutions, the World Economic Forum said in a report published Monday. Source: CNN Tech Date: January 22nd, 2016… Read more »

Gamification time: What if everything were just a game?

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Discussion: In Finland, Microtask has designed a game called Digitalkoot (digital volunteers) that combines gamification (the use of game-play mechanics for practical applications) and crowdsourcing (applying a competitive game-like setting to any non-game business model to create loyalty, increase value of the client or generate new ideas) in order to convert old information into e-archives…. Read more »

HR key to making IT Revolution 2.0 work

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The IT Revolution changed the world as we know it, creating a highly competitive, interconnected and globalized environment.  But its true success lies in the second phase of the Revolution: the ability of human beings to embrace change, adapt the technology, and optimize productivity.  Now that the solutions are primarily in human beings, rather than… Read more »