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Dr Chris Brauer is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the MSc Management of Innovation programme and the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies (CAST) in the Institute of Management Studies (IMS) at Goldsmiths, University of London. Our inner voice, or the internal dialog we have with ourselves, may one day have company. For our unspoken thoughts that prompt us to make everyday decisions may be joined by a new, artificially intelligent voice in our heads – the virtual assistant. The virtual assistant (VA), a digital servant/master designed to serve/define our every need, is barely starting out on its journey…
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James Clear writes about using behavioral science to master your habits and improve your health. His free guide, Transform Your Habits, has been downloaded more than 80,000 times. This post originally appeared on his blog. Change is hard. You’ve probably noticed that. We all want to become better people — stronger and healthier, more creative and more skilled, a better friend or family member. But even if we get really inspired and start doing things better, it’s tough to actually stick to new behaviors. It’s more likely that this time next year you’ll be doing the same thing than performing a new habit…
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Tomer Granit is Marketing Manager at AdClarity, a leading marketing intelligence & research platform. It’s certainly a bit taboo to be encouraging exploitation, but wait before you judge: we’re not encouraging using dirty practices to exploit your competition. We’re arguing that you’re not using your competition to your advantage. Within your competition lies valuable intelligence you can use to boost your company’s ROI. Your competition’s successes show you what works. In the same way, your competition’s failures show you what doesn’t. So how does exploiting your competitors increase your ROI? Your competition gives you intelligence No need to hack into private…
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