{n}.bora's Top Articles: 6th November
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This week’s articles include the benefits conducting business transformations during times of uncertainty, how over automation has damaged the internet, and robots responding to open-ended language requests.
{n}.bora is able to help your organisation with any of the topics raised (apart from robotics), so feel free to get in touch with us.
Business:
- Discussing business transformations during times of uncertainty, this interview from Boston Consulting Group provides some valuable insights into change management (namely, that these can prepare your teams for crises and that, during transformations, the ‘pyramid is flipped’ in that management needs to respond to the needs of teams rather than the other way around):
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/transformation-challenges-in-uncertain-times
Technology:
- Providing an example of why ‘technology for technology’s sake’ can be harmful, this article from Fast Company looks at how over automation has made the internet less usable:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90976171/over-automation-is-breaking-the-web?partner=rss&utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
Advice:
- As well as advertising their own product, this article from Wrike explains project portfolio management and looks at some of its benefits, as well as how to start thinking about it:
https://www.wrike.com/project-management-guide/faq/what-is-project-portfolio-management-ppm/
AI:
- Demonstrating of the risks of AI, this BBC News article reports that, in a theoretical scenario, an AI system has engaged in insider trading and deny its actions:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67302788?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Something Great:
- This article from MIT reports on a new experiment which has taught robots to respond to open-ended language prompts, providing them with a new level of flexibility:
https://news.mit.edu/2023/using-language-give-robots-better-grasp-open-ended-world-1102