OKRs, or Objectives and Key Results, are a popular planning method in Silicon Valley. Like most of those methods that make you fill in some form once every quarter, I’m pretty sure employees find them rather annoying and a waste of their time. Ally wants to change that and make …
Read More »How Facebook does IT
If you have ever worked at any sizable company, the word “IT” probably doesn’t conjure up many warm feelings. If you’re working for an old, traditional enterprise company, you probably don’t expect anything else, though. If you’re working for a modern tech company, though, chances are your expectations are …
Read More »The Meaning of All Caps—in Texting and in Life
WHEN YOU WRITE IN ALL CAPS IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE SHOUTING. All caps to indicate strong feeling may be the most famous example of typographical tone of voice. But there are several kinds of strong feelings. Linguist Maria Heath asked a cross-section of internet users to rate the difference in …
Read More »EU to invest millions in Israel start-ups
The European Union (EU) will invest millions of euros in Israeli start-ups, Globes has reported, as part of a €100 million ($112.3 million) pilot scheme within the European Innovation Council’s Horizon 2020 framework. According to the article, the European Commission will invest up to €15 million ($16.8 million) in Israeli …
Read More »Microsoft is investing $1 billion in OpenAI to create brain-like machines – MIT Technology Review
The AI lab gets to throw Microsoft’s supercomputing and cloud computing muscle at its bid to build artificial general intelligence (AGI). The news: Microsoft says OpenAI will help it jointly develop and train new AI technologies for its Azure cloud computing service. It will also work with it to develop new …
Read More »5 Science-Backed Ways to Boost Your Creativity
July 18, 2019 6 min read How’s this for mad science: Within the next 15 years, people could elect to have their brains “zapped” to boost creativity in the workplace or classroom. The process — based on functional MRI studies — is headed up by Adam Green, director of the …
Read More »How New Versions of Products Spread Differently Than Entirely New Products
MirageC/Getty Images Predictions about how products spread are usually based on the assumption that a few early adopters encourage an increasing number of people to start using the product. This assumption has largely been true of new technologies. But our research on phones, cars, and apps shows that when a …
Read More »Business Lessons from How Marvel Makes Movies
Spencer Harrison, an associate professor at INSEAD, says that managers in any industry can learn from the success of the Marvel movie franchise. While some sequels lack creativity, Marvel manages to make each of its new releases just different enough, so consumers are not just satisfied but also surprised. Research …
Read More »How Businesses Should Prepare for Global Internet Access
Arthur Debat/Getty Images In May of this year, a rocket launched by SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, carried aloft a payload that heralds great opportunities for global business. Atop the rocket were 60 internet satellites, stacked like pancakes, representing the start of an ambitious network called Starlink. SpaceX …
Read More »What Baseball Can Teach You About Using Data to Improve Yourself
HBR Staff/Yagi Studio/Getty Images An athletic mediocrity by most Major League measures, Trevor Bauer became a $13 million-a-year All-Star pitcher thanks to his singular talent: a relentless, data-driven focus on self-improvement. “I wasn’t a natural born athlete,” Bauer told a Sports Illustrated reporter in August 2011. “I’m not that strong. …
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