Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation

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AI can now generate entire worlds from text prompts. What does this mean for how we think, create, and connect?
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Digital tools are pulling us away from fixed texts and back toward fluid, interactive communication.
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In the post-AI startup landscape, the role of the entrepreneur will evolve from operator to orchestrator. Are you ready?
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Spotify's Co-President, CPO and CTO chats with Big Think about the science of discovery, Swedish innovation, C-suite podcasting, and more.
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Effective leadership requires long-term strategy — not tactical reactions.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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"Mainstream computing will start to shift from a race to develop increasingly powerful tools to a race to develop increasingly powerful abilities."
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With undersea cables, AI education, and more, the tech giant is helping create Africa’s “digital decade.”
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The successful tactics of big-name leaders — including Bob Iger, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella — reveal key approaches to innovation.
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Vijay Tella — CEO of enterprise orchestration unicorn Workato — joins Big Think Business for an exploration of our “agentic” future.
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What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
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The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
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Can AI-powered “answer engines” replace the 10 blue links model?
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The mindless implementation of AI tools can come at a cost for our teams. Here are some red flags and solutions.
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Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
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These scrolls are the only remaining intact library of ancient Rome — and they will crumble at a touch.
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Business advisor Michael C. Fillios has developed a repeatable playbook for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to add value from technology.
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Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.
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As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.
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In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.
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Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
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Estonia has long been seen as a pioneer in digitizing the democratic process.
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Some Europeans really don't want to use the internet.
metaverse
The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA.
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Two-thirds of our days are spent alone. The Metaverse will bring us together, argues leading Metaverse thinker Matthew Ball.
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Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.
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Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
The phenomenon of “digital dementia” might not be real after all.