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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin With the help of smart technology tools, C-suite executives can gain a better understanding of behavior patterns in the industry before they make their next business decision—whether it's finding the right new hire to support their team's needs, improving their DEI practices or finding a better employee survey tool to increase company-wide engagement. As experts, the members of Forbes Human Resources Council are heavily engaged in leveraging any information that can serve their efforts more strategically and help them boost the bottom line. Here, eight of them discuss some additional advantages that other HR leaders and decision makers can attain from using workforce big data analytics on a regular basis. 1. It Makes Metrics More User-Friendly It is so much easier to review metrics now compared to previous methods. We are able to view turnover, cost per hire, promotion rates, DEI information and many other statistics … [Read more...] about Eight Reasons To Engage In Big Data: HR Leaders Weigh In

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin For as long as I can remember, art has been an essential part of my life. Even at my kindergarten graduation, I announced on stage that “when I grow up, I am going to be an artist.” Sketching, painting, crafting, and music have always been my favorite ways to self-soothe as a teenager filled with angst to an adult weathering a pandemic world. While growing up, I found that along with art I had a passion for helping others. I remember at 19 years old struggling to decide on a new career path after my plan of becoming a fashion designer didn’t quite fit. My mom and I were riding in the car, and she said, “You have always been a helper, have you thought about being a counselor?” Well, like they say… Mothers know best. My brain was buzzing with ideas on how I could combine my two passions: art and helping. I understood art’s healing powers and wanted to use it to help others. After graduating with my bachelor’s degree in … [Read more...] about Creativity Takes Courage: Counseling Outside The Box

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Chief Marketing Officer / Partner at Marketing 360®, overseeing all inbound lead generation strategies and partnerships. We all want to get more done, and many businesses are automating parts of their processes to achieve maximum efficiency. From ordering your guilty pleasure at McDonald’s to using the self-checkout at the grocery store, automation is everywhere. But does it belong in the world of content creation, too? Marketers think so. According to a 2022 study by Capterra , 33% of surveyed marketers who use artificial intelligence and machine learning software are leveraging it to generate content. Creating content with AI content generators is faster and cheaper than hiring a writer to do the same job, but are the world’s best copywriters, writers and content creators about to end up on the unemployment line? Not yet. AI content creation tools are powerful, but they’re not yet able to take the place … [Read more...] about AI Content Generation Won’t Replace Humans; It Will Make Them More Powerful

Google CEO Sundar Pichai [REUTERS/YONHAP] Amid the accelerated rivalry for artificial intelligence (AI) leadership between Microsoft and Google, Korea's tech companies are eyeing the non-English speaking countries with their capabilities in search engine and messenger services. Whereas the ChatGPT — a free chatbot system capable of generating conversational dialogue — displays a surprising level of sophistication in response to English language prompts, the Korean version of its service is lacking. And that might leave an opening for a niche market for local competitors. On Tuesday, Microsoft said that it will incorporate Open AI’s GPT technology into its Bing search engine. “This technology is going to reshape pretty much every software category that we know,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The updated version of Bing will have a conversational interface similar to ChatGPT. The goal is to have the unpopular search engine compete against Google. Microsoft CEO … [Read more...] about As AI war rages, Korea seeks a place among giants

The Microsoft cofounder talked to Forbes about his work with AI unicorn OpenAI and back on Microsoft’s campus, AI’s potential impact on jobs and in medicine, and much more. I n 2020, Bill Gates left the board of directors of Microsoft, the tech giant he cofounded in 1975. But he still spends about 10% of his time at its Redmond, Washington headquarters, meeting with product teams, he says. A big topic of discussion for those sessions: artificial intelligence, and the ways AI can change how we work — and how we use Microsoft software products to do it. In the summer of 2022, Gates met with OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman to review some of the generative AI products coming out of the startup unicorn, which recently announced a “multiyear, multibillion” dollar deepened partnership with Microsoft. You can read more about OpenAI and the race to bring AI to work — including comments from Brockman, CEO Sam Altman and many other players — in our print feature here … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Bill Gates On Advising OpenAI, Microsoft And Why AI Is ‘The Hottest Topic Of 2023’

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin While the chief executive officer is in charge of big-picture business decisions, in today’s tech-driven economy, a CEO depends a lot on their chief information officer. With their in-depth knowledge of technology and how it can help achieve business goals, CIOs have been seeing their role and influence grow across industries. From tapping into their tech knowledge to leveraging their understanding of digital risk, a CEO can learn a lot from a CIO. Below, 14 members of Forbes Technology Council share important qualities, skills and expertise today’s CEOs need from their CIOs, and why. 1. Knowledge Of ‘How Everything Connects’ CIOs need to understand the business, the market, the competition and the customers to the same degree as the CEO. Technology is now driving many elements in the market, and it is important to make the right decision at the right time for any technology initiative. Understanding “how everything … [Read more...] about 14 Things Today’s CEOs Require From Their CIOs

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin New York-based Humanscale aims to lead the next wave in design, sourcing, manufacturing, and product lifecycle, even as its furniture supports a healthy, more intuitive, more active way for people to work. Humanscale, a global leader in workplace ergonomics, guides all its operations by four pillars: Function, Simplicity, Longevity, and something it calls “Beyond Sustainability.” Those ethics have been behind all its innovations in high-performance, robust, and adaptable office furniture. Since its founding in 1983 when it daringly proclaimed that desks and chairs and lighting ought to adapt to us , rather than the other way around. The four pillars were behind the company’s status as a true market leader with the introduction of its flagship Freedom chair in 1999, created by renowned ergonomics designer Niels Diffrient . Behind its first global recognition as workplace ergonomics innovator in the ’90s with … [Read more...] about At Humanscale, “Less Bad Isn’t Good Enough” For A Sustainable Future

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Floyd Mayweather’s Nascar team is preparing to make waves in its second season of competition. The Money Team Racing — coined after Maywather’s lifestyle brand — just announced it will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with Conor Daly later this month. Mayweather co-owns the No. 50 Chevrolet team with longtime Nascar executive Willy Auchmoody and ONE Entertainment CEO Brent Johnson, who’s Mayweather’s marketing manager. The part-time organization spent several years and the majority of the Covid-19 pandemic to overcome hurdles before qualifying into the 2022 Daytona 500 with Kaz Grala to make its debut. “The Money Team Racing shocked the world by making the Daytona 500 last year and I believe in this team and know we will prepare a great car for this year's race,” Mayweather said in a statement. “Like a fighter who’s always ready to face the best, Conor has the courage to buckle into this beast without any practice … [Read more...] about Floyd Mayweather’s The Money Team Racing Prepares For Second Nascar Cup Series Season

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin “As we grew rapidly and turned people over, we proactively tried to protect against a disintegrating culture. Our solution was to create an exceptional workplace culture in a democratic way, using employees to shape what their experience looked like.” —Susan Page, Head of Employee Engagement and Organizational Effectiveness at a small biotech company How do you scale and maintain great culture while your employee count more than doubles? Susan Page served as the Head of Employee Experience and Organizational Effectiveness for two years at a small, rapid-growth biotechnology company that was acquired earlier this year. Page arrived at an inflection point: There were a ton of loyal, engaged employees and at the same time, tons of new hires and new locations were being added. And all of this transpired at the height of the pandemic. Over her two years, the company grew from 210 employees to 450. Proactively, the … [Read more...] about How To Scale And Maintain An ‘Enviable Culture’ As Your Employee Count Doubles

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin From the southwest corner of Nigeria, a pioneering social enterprise called Durian is lifting rural women out of poverty to become economically self-sufficient and confident of their value in building a more sustainable world. Training women to turn local waste into sustainable livelihoods is breaking through cultural norms that have historically relegated Nigerian women to powerless second-class citizens. In doing so, Durian is building a vibrant circular economy with measurable results for thousands of women, as well as their families and entire communities. Economic independence sustains communities Located in Imafon, a rural community in Ondo state, Nigeria, Durian operates training sites and crop and livestock farms where women produce food, learn how to make crafts and furniture from bamboo and wood, turn fabric waste into fashions, create skin care items from cocoa pod husks, and process food from cassava … [Read more...] about Sustainable Business Innovation From Rural Women In Nigeria