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GLOBAL
Looking For New Global Markets? Bigger Isn’t Always Better.
Via Harvard Business Review: Three metrics to guide your company’s international expansion. Read More
Meet George Jetson? Orlando Unveils Plans For First Flying-Car Hub In US
Via The New York Times: The “vertiport” is scheduled to be completed in 2025 in Orlando, which granted more than $800,000 in potential tax rebates to a German aviation company that plans to build and operate the hub. Read More
STRATEGY
Are You Giving Every Department Equal Access To Technology?
Via Harvard Business Review: Hidden disparities in your organization can hinder employee productivity and morale. Read More
Why You Should Apply Design Thinking To The Employee Experience
Via Strategy + Business: COVID-19 has forced changes in the way people work — and created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to increase engagement and productivity. Read More
4 Ways To Reconfigure Your Sales Strategy During The Pandemic
Via Harvard Business Review: Approaches that will give your team an edge. Read More
ANALYTICS
When Does Predictive Technology Become Unethical?
Via Harvard Business Review: With machine learning, companies and governments can predict an awful lot about you. Read More
Insight Everywhere: The State Of Analytics In 2020
Via CIO: Analytics has made itself indispensable for everything from business planning to infrastructure optimization. A set of five articles brings the broad benefits of data-derived insights to life. Read More
DATA
Who Owns The Web’s Data?
Via the Economist: The fightback against Big Tech’s feudal lords has begun. Read More
COVID Prompts Europe To Press For Data Sharing
Via PYMNTS: The escalating COVID-19 pandemic and second lockdown in Europe have prompted lawmakers to press for eCommerce platforms and other media to share data. Read More
Customer Data Platform Tools Push Personalization, Privacy
Via SearchCustomerExperience: Evolving customer data platform tools play an increasingly important role in helping companies unify the flood of consumer information collected from disparate sources, resulting in improved customer insights, more reliable predictive behavior and better compliance with privacy regulations. Read More
ASIA PACIFIC
China Tech Regulators Try To Avoid American Trap
Via Asia Times: Twenty-five years ago, America’s tech companies took risks and disrupted established business models. Today they are the new utilities, earning monopoly rents by controlling markets. Read More
Singapore To Introduce New Visa To Draw Top Global Tech Talent
Via Bangkok Post: Singapore is rolling out the red carpet for top talent, launching a program to initially attract 500 individuals with a proven track record of contributing to the global technology ecosystem. Read More
Japan’s Antitrust Watchdog Is Turning Up The Heat On Big Tech By Teaming Up With The US And Europe
Via Business Insider: The new chairman of Japan’s Fair Trade Commission told Reuters it will be “working closely” with US and European counterparts on Big Tech regulation. Read More
EUROPE + UK
UK Issues Guidelines On Personal Data Transfers With Organizations In EU
Via The Hindu: With less than three months before the end of UK’s transition period, the government launched ‘time is running out’ campaign for businesses and people. Read More
Europe And America Are Taking On The Tech Giants. Britain Needs To Join The Fight
Via The Guardian: The government is a bystander to attempts to break up the tech monopolies. Read More
Europe Is Going After The Internet’s Business Model. A New One Is Urgently Needed
Via Politico: Regulators, lawmakers and campaigners want to fundamentally reshape the digital economy. Read More
NORTH AMERICA
When Will The US Have 5G Technology?
Via Fox Business: ‘We don’t transition overnight.’ Read More
Canada Opens Doors To Asian Tech Talent Fleeing Trump’s US
Via Nikkei Asia: Visa headaches dim the American dream and kindle interest in openings elsewhere. Read More
A BIT OF CULTURE: MALAWI
Fighting For Free-Range Reindeer In Norway’s Far North
Via Yes! Magazine: Traditional reindeer herding is a cornerstone of Sámi culture in the European Arctic highlands. It’s also part of a finely balanced ecology that can help cool the planet. But Norway’s government wants mineral mines instead of roaming reindeer. Read More
It’s Going to Be a Long, Dark Covid Winter. Scandinavian Wisdom Can Help You Get Through It
Via Inc: Scandinavians know how to cope with long, dark, gloomy winters. This year we need their wisdom more than ever. Read More
[Video] Song Of The Week: Oslo Ess: Helt fram til nå
Via YouTube: This Norwegian band’s music is a rollicking introduction to Norwegian culture. Watch Here
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