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The Changing Landscape of Leadership, by J. Deckman The Shift in Leadership Styles Away from MALE to FEMALE “Energies” There is a shift occurring in the area of modern-day leadership models. This shift is being driven by the fact that the modern worker no longer operates best while working under the constraints of the typical Org Chart business model. Since virtually all of our companies are designed to use the Org Chart as the primary driver of how the company operates this situation naturally causes a problem. The 21st-century workforce, and that includes people of all ages, is comprised of workers who function best when they can network and collaborate with colleagues to accomplish their tasks and responsibilities. But our organizations are not designed to accommodate people working outside of the parameters of the Org Chart. Org Charts are comprised of very linear and “organized” silos, departments and policies and procedures designed to insure predictability and repetition. They u
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  How AI Changed Chess Forever, by D. Conterno (2020)   Garry Kasparov is perceived by many chess players to be the greatest chess player in history. After becoming world champion in 1985, he dominated the game, for almost 20 years, with a dynamic style of play and a very strong personality. People who do not know much about chess are, however, aware that Kasparov is best known for losing to a machine in a chess match. In 1997, Kasparov was beaten by an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue. To be fair to him, this was the second match as he convincingly won the first one a year before, in 1996. However, his defeat introduced the beginning of a new era of machine mastery over man. Since then, personal computers have grown more powerful to the point that even mobile phones are now capable of running chess engines as powerful as Deep Blue alongside other apps. More significantly, thanks to progress in artificial intelligence, machines are learning and exploring the game for themselves a
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  AI and Pharma Industry: A New Love Story, By D. Conterno (2019)   The medical industry has become a Research and Development (R & R&D) sector where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its entry compelling. They are many signs that we are moving more and more toward speciality AI applications. The quality of any AI application is directly related to the quality and consistency of the input data. One of the most important areas of progress in AI will be the quality and consistency of available data. Therefore, the Internet of Things (IoT), and its ability to capture orderly and standardised data, will be the next revolution. To this day, the primary medical areas affected by AI have generally been: Robotic Surgery: For example, laser eye surgery and hair transplants are typical simple yet straightforward procedures for effective treatments. Image Analysis: AI automated systems assist experts in examining X-rays, retina scans and other images. Genetic Analysis: As geno
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  The Consecration of AI and Human Stupidity, by D. Conterno (2019)       In the history of humankind, each century was marked by positive and negative events that affected humans and the planet in ways that were not easily foreseeable beforehand. In the 20th century, the two world wars and the fast emergence of IT technologies are examples of significant changes that affected our lives. Now that we have started the 21st century, apart from the apparent rise of worldwide ultra-nationalism and global warming concerns, we have the consecration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the more obscure one of human stupidity. What marks this century, more than any others, is that any erroneous or just inadequate changes we implement could ruin our civilisation.   The following analysis of the evolution of both AI and human stupidity is based on established scientific studies and should be seriously considered. As business workers and leaders, we have an ethical and moral duty to f