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Employee Empowerment—How It’s Done and Why You Should Care

Vitalyst

In a 1999 California Management Review article, Peter Drucker—who is widely regarded as the “father of modern management”—stated that the most important contribution management will need to make in the 21st century will be increasing the productivity of knowledge workers. 2018 ; [link]. They have to manage themselves.

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Harness human skills to build future-ready teams

CLO Magazine

For knowledge workers everywhere, the nature of work is shifting fast. Put another way, half of the skills knowledge workers have today will be useless in less than five years. One app in particular, the generative AI tool ChatGPT, was adopted practically overnight by professionals in a range of roles.

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A Brief History of AI

Learningtogo

This is not the first time—nor the last—that Russia and other actors have successfully influenced the outcome of an election (Kamarck 2018). digital assistants for enterprise knowledge workers. 2016: Russia deploys AI to successfully influence the U.S. The highest anticipated spending is for: automated customer service agents.

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Pro Tips for Working from Home Effectively

Litmos

Since mid-March, because of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have been sent home from our offices and asked to work remotely, suddenly becoming remote workers. Many of us were already working remotely — one analysis of 2018 U.S. Census data found that five million workers were already working from home full or part-time.

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Why You Should Embrace The Gig Economy For Strategic Advantage

EI Design

Most companies still adhere to a traditional labor structure of employing full-time workers, hoping to find the best talent within driving distance of an office. But, as knowledge workers, we now have email, Slack, Dropbox or Google Drive, and Skype that have collapsed virtual separation. 2018, January 31). Dubner, S.

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How to train productivity at work: Top experts reveal their employee productivity formula

TalentLMS

In 2018, a study from the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom found out that 55% of people never turn their phones off. The findings revealed that the average knowledge worker: Uses 10 different apps to complete tasks every day. Employees felt happier at work. As a result, workplace efficiency increased.