Category: Education

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Innovators of the Future

I don’t believe that any particular group of people or type of person has a stranglehold on innovation. Innovators can come from all races, genders, religions, countries, economic circumstances, and cultures. Even

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Language and Business

“Would it surprise you to learn,” writes Mel Eatherington, “that a third of all workers fall short of employers’ expectations in written communication skills? That’s exactly what the College Board discovered when

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Teaching Innovation

“Academics don’t necessarily agree on what innovation is,” writes Melissa Korn, “but that hasn’t stopped them from trying to teach it.” [“B-Schools’ Innovation Rush,” Wall Street Journal, 22 May 2012] Some pundits

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Manufacturing and the Skills Gap

For several years now analysts have been predicting that some manufacturing now done abroad is going to return to U.S. soil. The reasons for these predictions have been fairly straight forward: international

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Raising Entrepreneurs

A generation ago, parents used to discuss openly their ambitions for their children. Many wanted their children to grow up to be doctors or lawyers (because that was where the money was).

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