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Forget digital transformation, companies need emotional transformation to survive this pandemic

Young man and his coworker talking to each other through a video call on a tablet.

For the past decade and change, corporations invested billions into digital transformation strategies and now the global COVID-19 pandemic is the ultimate test of the quality of this investment. Over the next few weeks (or, likely, months) of the fight to “flatten the curve” of the spread, businesses will be... Read More

The productivity paradox

The Research

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Where technology drives workplace productivity (and where it doesn’t) Read More

Let cobots handle the heavy lifting

The Human Factor

diverse team of scientists program robot in laboratory

In a Collaborative AI model, AI captures and analyzes facts and data, while humans bring context, insight and creativity to that data. Read More

Podcast episode 14: OK millennial (with Rocky Scopelliti)

The Podcast

Millennials and boomers have a lot more in common than they might think. In their 20s, baby boomers were frustrated with the state of politics, the environment, and society and were demanding change. Thanks to today’s technology, millennials will succeed where the boomers did not. Rocky Scopelliti, the author of... Read More

Here’s the most popular content of 2019

The Human Factor

A list of our most-loved articles, podcast, and videos covering 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, and the future of work. Read More

The skills gap problem with automation

The Human Factor

A senior factory worker studying the machinery and taking notes in a notebook

4.6 million manufacturing jobs will be created in the U.S. in the next decade, yet more than half of won’t be filled because of a lack of qualified talent. Read More

In the age of automation, our humanity will be the differentiator

The Human Factor

illustration of three people collaborating at an office desk

Soft skills are the ones that allow leaders to motivate people, build trust, collaborate, make decisions, communicate ideas and build support for them. Read More

Worry less about the tech and more about people

The Human Factor

A businessman using a mobile phone during a business seminar in an office building

There’s a lot of advice on successful change management but I think there are few novel lessons we can draw from the immigrant experience. Read More

How tech impacts corporate culture and personal health

The Human Factor

What most employers don’t do is educate staff about the potential impact of technology on their job performance, workplace culture and personal health. Read More

From killer robots to automated colleagues

The Human Factor

Human-machine co-existence requires consideration of direct, indirect implications on a societal and singular level. An interview with Dr. Tiare Feuchtner. Read More

How to be the best leader for your team

The Human Factor

A Servant Leader “leads from behind," preferring to stay out of the limelight and let their team accept recognition for their hard work. Read More

Rethinking higher education in the age of automation

The Human Factor

Adapting the current labor force to the era of AI will mean marrying human intelligence and machine intelligence in new and creative ways. Read More

How service providers in North America are supporting their customers during a pandemic

Forget digital transformation, companies need emotional transformation to survive this pandemic

How AI might help us diagnose and track COVID-19

How AI might help us diagnose and track COVID-19

Privacy challenges and security solutions for 5G networks

How service providers in North America are supporting their customers during a pandemic

U.S. operators get temporary spectrum to boost capacity for COVID-19

COVID-19: The network must go on

U.S. operators get temporary spectrum to boost capacity for COVID-19

Low-band, mid-band or high-band — Why spectrum bands matter in a 5G world

When will air taxis be ready for takeoff?

COVID-19: The network must go on

Privacy challenges and security solutions for 5G networks

The productivity paradox

future of work

Forget digital transformation, companies need emotional transformation to survive this pandemic

The productivity paradox

Let cobots handle the heavy lifting

Podcast episode 14: OK millennial (with Rocky Scopelliti)

Here’s the most popular content of 2019

The skills gap problem with automation

In the age of automation, our humanity will be the differentiator

Worry less about the tech and more about people

How tech impacts corporate culture and personal health

From killer robots to automated colleagues

How to be the best leader for your team

Rethinking higher education in the age of automation

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