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Oct 25, 2018 · A digital transformation initiative starts with a strategic intent based on a vision of the desired performance – a sense of where the company is heading in creating new value for customers and ecosystem partners and creating new competitive positioning. Part of the problem that leads to leaders’ lip service is that digital transformation ...
Britain’s biggest businesses risk being disrupted by the pace of technological change because their senior leaders are paying lip service to the need for digital transformation, according to a study from tech startup AVADO. The study of senior managers responsible for the learning and development (L&D) of staff at Britain’s biggest firms ...
Oct 28, 2018 · You can recognize leaders that are paying lip service instead of real commitment to change as the journey progresses. Basically, they slow down progress or are merely compliant instead of engaged ...
- Inequality on The Rise: The Growing Divide Between Haves and Have-Nots
- Life Will Not Be Better For Most Individuals If Current Trends Expand, Extend
- What’s Going to Happen If Humans Become Cyborgs Or Ai Gets Smarter Than Us?
- What If Having Less Work Leads to The Opposite of The Ideal ‘Life of Leisure’?
- Who’s Really in Charge Here – Humans Or Automated Digital Systems?
- Corporate Self-Regulation Is Seen as Unlikely Remedy Due to Market Capitalism
- Digital Experiences Threaten Authentic Human Interaction
- Constant Data Monitoring and Surveillance Is A Condition of Hyperconnectivity
- Misinformation and Mistrust Must Be Addressed For Positive Internet Growth
- Security Issues Will Be An Ongoing Obstacle
The majority of respondents to this study are in agreement that digital life is likely to improve the lives of people at the top of the socioeconomic ladder over the next few decades. A large share of those who predicted that internet use will produce change for the worse for most individuals over the next 50 years expressed concerns that an extens...
A number of respondents expressed concerns over the power of large technology companies, the rise of platforms that offer services in exchange for data and marketing dollars, the potential for growing lack of human agency in the algorithm age, the potential loss of jobs as humans are replaced in workplaces, and other worries over emerging potential...
A share of respondents reflected on the potential dark side of recent innovations – a world in which neural implants help connect people’s brains to the internet – and shared concerns about the prospects of technology moving toward and beyond human-level artificial intelligence. [O] Frank Tipler, a mathematical physicist at Tulane University, comme...
A share of respondents shared thoughts about a world with fewer jobs for humans. Mark Maben, a general manager at Seton Hall University, wrote, “Right now, we are ill-prepared to manage how artificial intelligence will disrupt the nature of work across the globe, both emotionally and institutionally. Humanity has to plan immediately for the loss of...
Concerns over slipping into a world with no real human agency were expressed by some respondents. Marc Brenman, managing partner at IDARE LLC, said, “The internet will become transparent to us. We will think our way through it, using implanted devices. There will be no privacy. Everything will be remembered, and there will be no forgiveness. Virtua...
The 50th year of computer networking has been one of commonly expressed disillusionment with the current state of affairs online. A large share of respondents to this canvassing say that profit-based enterprises’ domination over the network of networks and thus the world – now and in future – is what concerns them most. Cliff Zukin, professor of pu...
A share of respondents envisioned a future for many humans of self-imposed isolation in virtual worlds or personalized online algorithm-avatar-based relationships that seem more attractive than real-world, in-person social interactions. Some are concerned that the many hours people spend in controlled digital environments will influence them in a n...
Many survey respondents pointed out that people are already trading privacy for convenience and perceived security and said they expect this trend to be magnified. Ken Birman, a professor in the department of computer science at Cornell University, responded, “In the coming 50 years we will surely mature and invest in the needed technology to make ...
A number of respondents worried over misinformation, security and other concerns. They said that current issues in internet evolution and what seems to be quite an uncertain future will call for new methods of building trust and security. Benjamin Kuipers, a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, wrote, “We will take for grant...
Assuring security in a constantly evolving human-technological system was mentioned by respondents as a moving-target challenge that will be a constant in years to come. Llewellyn Kriel, CEO of TopEditor International, a media services company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, wrote, “Despite all the assurances securityhas become the biggest obs...
Mar 22, 2022 · Purpose helps inform strategy and innovation, and can serve as a kind of North Star during times of financial and moral uncertainty. The second is relational. By behaving with consistency and ...
Sep 27, 2021 · What’s perhaps most frustrating about the workplace self-care lip service is that often the employers espousing it aren’t doing the things they actually could do to improve employees’ lives ...
Oct 11, 2022 · Tech for democracy gains traction but may pay lip service. The Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy highlights how tech can crumble or shore up democracy and human rights. But it lacks action and accountability, industry experts say. The Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy is building awareness for more responsible technology with a call ...
