In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on artificial intelligence, Katie Britt, a U.S. Senator from Alabama, and Jacob Helberg, an adviser to Palantir Technologies, implied we all could soon be rubbing shoulders with R2-D2 and C-3PO from Star Wars. While big, exaggerated statements about AI are great for drawing eyeballs, the hype they generate has real consequences. It distracts business and political leaders from more pressing issues, and it leads .....more

Why building an innovative corporate culture requires focusing on people rather than technology.

Employee conflict is a problem that costs the global economy billions annually. As part of a six-year study on organizational effectiveness, the authors surveyed more than 750 people at 500 companies worldwide. According to their findings, the majority of today’s employees must regularly deal with what they consider unreasonable counterparts when trying to do their jobs. When faced with conflicting opinions, one in four study participants reported .....more