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The looming AI risk: Automating middle management destroys critical ethical layer

2 hours ago • by Faisal Hoque, Pranay Sanklecha, Paul Scade in Artificial Intelligence • 10 min read

Companies seeking to automate middle management risk eliminating capabilities that algorithms cannot replace. Leaders must identify tasks requiring practical and ethical judgment....

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Feeling stuck? Unsure of your next career move? Take a tip from the experts

January 13, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Robert Hooijberg, Alyson Meister, Michael D. Watkins, John R. Weeks, Stefan Michel, Howard H. Yu in 2025 Trends • 7 min read

Thinking about a career change? Keen to move industry or transition into a new role? IMD professors share the best advice they have received or gleaned over their careers....

Meta’s fact-checking exit: Is social media heading back to the ‘Wild West’?

January 9, 2025 • by Öykü Işık, José Parra Moyano, Michael D. Watkins in Technology • 7 min read

With fact-checking out and community-driven moderation in, Meta is betting big on free speech – but critics warn the move could open the floodgates for disinformation and online harm....

The business value of gamification: Three pathways to new customer acquisition

January 8, 2025 • by Michael G. Jacobides, M. Dalbert Ma, Konstantinos Trantopoulos , Vasilis Vassalos in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Well-designed games can bring in new users, who may eventually become customers. This can lead directly to new revenue streams or boost interest and brand equity by association. In the second of...

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