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The Problem With Innovation Scouting

If you work at a big company, check out the latest HBR article by Scott Kirsner on How Big Companies Should Scout New Technologies. It really hits the nail on the head when it comes to the gaps most companies fall into between finding emerging technologies and...

Why I’m Joining Traction Technology Partners—To Help CIOs Innovate

Hi, I'm Brian Watson. Throughout my career—first as a journalist and editor, then as a nonprofit executive, and most recently as an advisor to top technology leaders—I’ve had the great fortune of working closely with CIOs in a number of capacities. CIOs and their CxO...

Intelligent Robots Are Coming To A Factory Near You

New self-learning robotics, powered by AI and machine learning, are adaptable and can tackle a wider variety of factory floor tasks.

DHL and The State of Autonomous Logistics

What we can learn from a logistics giant and a robot startup(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).The world of logistics — the commercial activity of transporting goods to...

The Traction Tech Council—A New Way To Discover Innovation For The Enterprise

Whether it’s AI, blockchain, or big data and analytics, new technologies are hitting every industry at an accelerating pace. It’s hard to keep up with all the changes, startups, and potential new competitors. But those who understand the changes afoot, will be best...

Rethinking Human Resources

by Stowe Boyd | Sep 6, 2017 | emerging technology, employee engagement, employee experience, hr, human resources

Employee Experience changes everything: Realtime Reviews and Lifetime Learning(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).We are at the beginning of a major transition in the relationship...

For A Hint At AI’s Impact, Look at Infosys

by Stowe Boyd | Aug 18, 2017 | artificial intelligence, emerging technology, infosys, jobs, pravin rao

Infosys has hired 10,000 fewer employees in the past 12 months, just as it was bringing AI on line.The single largest point of contention about AI is whether it will lead to a decline in employment. The discourse on this topic falls pretty steeply into two groups: the...

Google Glass 2.0 and the Future of Augmented Reality

by Stowe Boyd | Aug 11, 2017 | augmented reality, emerging technology, enterprise technology, google glass, hololens

VR is for play, but AR is for work(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).Back in early 2015, Google shut down its Google Glass Explorer program, and the media reaction was amazingly...

Redefining Work? Mobile Workforce Communications

by Stowe Boyd | Aug 10, 2017 | enterprise technology, mobile, mobile communications, mobile workforce, work

Communications for mobile-only workers is becoming critical(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).Our Redefining Work? series is tracking ways that business leaders are trying to...

Redefining Work? Employee Experience

by Stowe Boyd | Jul 31, 2017 | employee engagement, employee experience, hr, management, work

Redefining work is easy to say, but harder to do(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).We’re living in a time of sweeping change and unprecedented competitive challenges. It would...

Technologies shaping our future

by Stowe Boyd | Jun 30, 2017 | ai, cloud computing, cybersecurity, internet of things, technology

AI is eating the world(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).I recently gave a talk in Paris to a group called Women in the Digital Economy, or WIDE. They asked me to talk about the...

The driving force behind the autonomous vehicle market

by Chris Nerney | May 26, 2017 | ai, autonomous vehicles, emerging technology, self driving cars

(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here).Self-driving cars no longer are the future; they’re here now, even if the vast majority of drivers still have never seen one on the road.Someday...

How Chatbots and IT Will Transform Banking

by Chris Nerney | May 25, 2017 | ai, banking, chatbots, fintech, mobile banking

(Want to get insights into emerging tech on a more regular basis? Sign up for the official Traction Report newsletter here, or learn about the Digital Banking Leadership Council here).Over the past year or so, chatbots have started to become turbo-charged with...

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