Monthly Archives: September 2018

NASA’s interplanetary internet, coming soon to a planet near you (Discover Magazine)

by Troy Farah NASA is about to make it a little easier to check your Instagram in zero gravity. Two teams, Science Mission Directorate and Human Exploration and Operations, are working together to finally make interplanetary internet a thing. Previous efforts to bring WiFi throughout the solar system haven’t always been successful, but this time, […]
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3 Ways senior leaders create a toxic culture (HBR)

by Ron Carucci Whether presiding over the entire company, a function, a region, or a business unit, the people at the top of an organization have a disproportionate level of influence over those they lead. Those further down in the organization look to their leaders for cues on what’s acceptable (and what isn’t), and the […]
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From warehouse to patient: mPharma’s approach to increasing the accessibility of medicines in Africa (Rising Africa)

Good news from the continent Since 2013, the startup mPharma has been trying to build an infrastructure and a drug-monitoring system to connect patients, hospitals and pharmacies. The objective is to enable doctors to know the exact location and availability of medicines in real time, and patients to have better access to medicines. mPharma is […]
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How digital leaders inspire engagement (MIT Sloan Review)

by Jane McConnell An engaged workforce positions a company’s digital initiatives for success. Digital leaders should, Clarify the role of digital transformation within the company’s strategic vision, then walk the talk. The three best practices to start with are: Make it compelling and relevant. The “why” of a digital program has to be integrated into […]
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Words to live by

“You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.”   Tim Cook (CEO, Apple)

The science people see on social media (Pew Research)

by Paul Hitlin and Kenneth Olmstead Science-related Facebook pages draw millions of followers but feature more posts with ‘news you can use’ or ads than scientific discoveries. Click here to read the full article.  

Which 7 countries hold half the world’s population? (Pew Research)

by Conrad Hackett According to the UN, the world’s population would have reached 7.63 billion the end of July. And, more than half of the world’s population live in seven countries only. The UN further projects the number of people living to at least a 100 will increase 140 fold – 150,000 in the year […]
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Which professions are most vulnerable to automation? (MIT Sloan Review)

Scott Latham and Beth Humberd in their article “Four ways jobs will respond to automation”, outline the professions most vulnerable to automation. Popular narratives are that low-paying jobs are at risk, while college-educated professions will remain largely untouched. According to the authors it is not so cut and dry. To survive, employees need to understand the […]
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