4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (225+ words) AI agents can provide enormous benefits, but they can also behave a lot like malware, acting autonomously and causing harm if left unchecked. As companies rush to deploy them, they should make sure they are containing the risks. Three practices…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (108+ words) U.S. retail chains have had a rough decade, with store closures, supply shocks, online growth, and a wave of bankruptcies. Looking at the varying performances of 32 large chains from 2016 to 2024, three clear lessons emerge. First, expand your store base while it's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (195+ words) Generative AI agents can reason, plan, and take actions across enterprise systems, which means deploying them is not just a software installation but a change to how work gets done. When agents gain the ability to execute tasks'updating records, issuing…...

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3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (225+ words) Chinese short-drama platforms have built a content machine that inverts Hollywood's logic entirely'testing story concepts through thousands of micro-ads before greenlighting production, engineering emotional peaks as deliberately as product features, and compressing development cycles from years to weeks. The result…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (106+ words) Taming the Complexity of AI Data Readiness'Harvard Business Review Taming the Complexity of AI Data Readiness On the face of it, the data required for artificial intelligence (AI) can be analogized to oil. Both raw materials are plentiful and potentially…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (267+ words) Companies need to rethink what it takes to weather a cybersecurity incident. Most focus on operational resilience: their organization's ability to keep its important services running during a disruption by meeting minimum viable service levels while full recovery proceeds in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (196+ words) High-performance computing (HPC) systems, with enormous computational capabilities, have been the go-to solution for decades for organizations tackling immense scientific, academic, and business ... Accelerating Innovation with High-Performance Computing in the Intelligent Cloud High-performance computing (HPC) systems, with enormous computational capabilities,…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1204+ words) A conversation with a media industry veteran on adapting your skills and embracing opportunity. HANNAH BATES: Welcome to'HBR On Leadership, case studies and conversations with the world's top business and management experts'hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (10+ words) Life's Work: An Interview with Jimmy Wales'Harvard Business Review...