Intelligent machines are revolutionizing business.Machine learning and data analytics are powering a wave of groundbreaking technologies. Is your company ready?If you read nothing else on how intelligent machines are revolutionizing business, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how these technologies work together, how to adopt them, and why your strategy can't ignore them.In this book you'll learn how:Data science, driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning, is yielding unprecedented business insightsBlockchain has the potential to restructure the economyDrones and driverless vehicles are becoming essential tools3-D printing is making new business models possibleAugmented reality is transforming retail and manufacturingSmart speakers are redefining the rules of marketingHumans and machines are working together to reach new levels of productivityThis collection of articles includes "Artificial Intelligence for the Real World," by Thomas H. Davenport and Rajeev Ronanki; "Stitch Fix's CEO on Selling Personal Style to the Mass Market," by Katrina Lake; "Algorithms Need Managers, Too," by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg, and Sendhil Mullainathan; "Marketing in the Age of Alexa," by Niraj Dawar; "Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy," by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann; "Drones Go to Work," by Chris Anderson; "The Truth About Blockchain," by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani; "The 3-D Printing Playbook," by Richard A. D’Aveni; "Collaborative Intelligence: Humans and AI Are Joining Forces," by H. James Wilson and Paul R. Daugherty; "When Your Boss Wears Metal Pants," by Walter Frick; and "Managing Our Hub Economy," by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani.
This book explains the business potential and pitfalls of the newest technologies that leaders and managers need to understand--now--to prepare their companies for success next year and beyond.Leading experts, such as Michael Porter, Tom Davenport, Marco Iansiti, Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, and Martin Reeves, explain how:Data analytics and AI are yielding insight at an unprecedented rateMachine learning is reinventing management and reshaping the workforceUnmanned vehicles are evolving from toys into tools3-D printing is moving beyond rapid prototyping to industrial production at scaleAugmented reality is transforming both manufacturing and retail experiencesAI assistants and smart speakers are grabbing territory between customers and brandsA broadly coordinated rollout of blockchain could reshape economiesLooking at all of these revolutionary new technologies together allows leaders and managers to see new strategie