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Latest Read: Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets

Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets by Dzejla Medjedovic and Emin Tahirovic.

Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets by Dzejla Medjedovic, and Emin Tahirovic

Dzejla holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stony Brook University and currently serves as a Vice President of Data at Social Explorer. Emin holds a MS in Theoretical Computer Science from Goethe University and a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a faculty member at the International University of Sarajevo. Together, Dzejla and Emin are leveraging their expertise in algorithms, data structures, and statistics to provide insights into managing massive datasets.

We now live is a world beyond big data. Today data lakes at petabyte and exabyte scale are common. Zettabyte cannot be very far away. Unlike traditional data warehouses, data lakes in fact accommodate structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from various sources.

Dzejla and Emin are certainly providing a complex topic in a friendly manner to make complex concepts easy to understand. Readers will learn about deploying the correct type of database solution for your organization’s applications. This was a very enjoyable book to read.

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Latest Read: Judgement Calls

Judgement Calls: Twelve stories of big decisions and the teams that got them right by Thomas H. Davenport.

Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport

Tom Davenport holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and a PhD in Sociology from Harvard. He is Chair in Information Technology and Management at Babson College.

He is a Research Fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte’s Analytics and AI Practice. As a former visiting Professor at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and the Harvard Business School, Tom was well positioned as Co-founder of the International Institute for Analytics.

In exploring critical decision-making processes within organizations, Tom is presenting twelve case studies. Judgement Calls reveal how teams address complex decisions and how to improve those outcomes. Key components include collaboration, data-driven insights, and effective leadership. Readers will discover those frameworks and methodologies which can improve your organization’s decision-making by embracing a structured processes.

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Latest Read: Human + Machine

Human + Machine, Updated and Expanded: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI by Paul R. Daugherty and H. James Wilson

Human + Machine, Updated and Expanded: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI by Paul R. Daugherty and H. James Wilson

Paul holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Accenture. H. James Wilson holds a BA from College of the Holy Cross and a MA from Boston College. He is Global Managing Director of Thought Leadership and Technology Research at Accenture Research.

Paul and James are in fact providing a framework for understanding how organizations can integrate AI into business operations and the transformation of work processes. This edition is an updated and expanded edition for their initial publication with Generative AI as their focus. Based upon Paul and James research with more than 1,000 organizations, they reveals how organization are using AI to strategically jump their competition on innovation which drives profitability.

Their insights are providing how Generative AI allows businesses to create entirely new content and unlocking opportunities for innovation. At the same time they see how AI is generally unknown as to the impact of how work will be redefined. They see how businesses do not understand the basics of AI and how it will transform their business. They also address the misconceptions about AI. It is very interesting to see how they also found research that they see the key is to unlock value by having AI support the human in their workflows.

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Latest Read: The Human Cloud

The Human Cloud: How Today’s Changemakers Use Artificial Intelligence and the Freelance Economy to Transform Work by Matthew Mottola and Matthew Douglas Coatney.

The Human Cloud: How Today’s Changemakers Use Artificial Intelligence and the Freelance Economy to Transform Work by Matthew Mottola and Matthew Douglas Coatney

Matthew Mottola holds an MBA from Babson College. He is Co-Founder and CEO of The Human Cloud. He is a visiting Lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Business. Matthew Douglas Coatney holds a Master of Science from Ohio State University. He is CIO and Thomson Hine.

Together, Mottola and Coatney are providing a good overview of how AI and the freelance economy are reshaping work dynamics. In fact, readers across the country and the world will understand one case studies as a global brand from Milwaukee Wisconsin. This organization has indeed adjusted to the new freelance economy. When this occurs in your own backyard, you’ll understand why.

You must understand that the true power of AI to alter work has yet to hit its full stride. If you’re not aware how this will certainly impact you, then you may indeed get run over. I’m not kidding and Mottola and Coatney are beginning to lay the foundation for what is coming.

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Latest Read: Essentialism

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Greg holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is pursuing a Doctorate at the University of Cambridge UK. Greg is the Founder and CEO of Essentialism, Inc., and a Former partner at Heidrick & Struggles. He also remains an Instructor at Stanford’s design school and is a speaker at numerous prestigious events including TEDx, SXSW, and the World Economic Forum.

This book was recommended to me by a colleague as we are participating in our organization’s Dr. Vicki Martin Leadership Academy. and it was also a recommended book by our academy facilitators. I feel the book is a very enjoyable read and does in fact reinforce the need to get the right things done and skip the ‘do more with less’ we seem to face daily.

The reader will understand this is not a time management strategy book but rather lessons in a systematic discipline for focusing on what is absolutely essential in your workday and basically eliminating everything else so you can make the greatest impact and best contributions toward the tasks that really matter.

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