A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape the way they impact usThrough the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms and the artificial intelligence that underlies them make a staggering number of everyday decisions for us, from what products we buy, to where we decide to eat, to how we consume our news, to whom we date, and how we find a job. We've even delegated life-and-death decisions to algorithms--decisions once made by doctors, pilots, and judges. In his new book, Kartik Hosanagar surveys the brave new world of algorithmic decision-making and reveals the potentially dangerous biases they can give rise to as they increasingly run our lives. He makes the compelling case that we need to arm ourselves with a better, deeper, more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of algorithmic thinking. And he gives us a
Reveals the author's strategies for taking complete control of one's time and using it to get more done, increasing productivity and income exponentially, including how to make better, faster decision
When it comes to battling with bow and arrow, no one's better than you. You are Robin Hood, fighting for the freedom of others. Make the right choices; help your people. But a wrong decision could lea
NEW from the bestselling HBR’s 10 Must Reads series.Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones.If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’
Managers and analysts routinely collect and examine key performance measures to better understand their operations and make good decisions. Being able to render the complexity of operations data into
The Business of Ecommerce provides a guide to the types of business that companies can conduct over the Web, and it explains how they can go about building systems to support these initiatives. Business and technology decision-makers will learn all they need to know about the entire field of Ecommerce. Paul May combines his experience as a consultant to blue chip companies with his experience with startups and presents the best of what the two cultures have to offer. He provides a generic model for understanding Ecommerce opportunities, and he explores key application areas that readers can exploit in the real world. The book gathers together all of the relevant technologies and makes them accessible to the reader by explaining each of the key technical topics and issues. This book empowers the decision-maker to make better use of the opportunities of Ecommerce.
The IZA World of Labor distils and condenses the best thinking and research on labor economic issues to enable decision-makers make better informed policy decisions. Written by well-known labor econom
Organizations pour vast resources into building new products and services. Yet, too many new offerings are poorly conceived, don't delight (or even satisfy) customers, and fail in the marketplace. More effective product ownership and product management can keep that from happening to you. Now, there's an expert guide to world-class agile product development, reflecting deep in-the-trenches experience from two renowned product innovation experts and Scrum consultants. Chris Lukassen and Robbin Schuurman introduce powerful behaviors, tools, concepts, and skills for delivering superior products and services, and avoiding pitfalls that keep you from understanding what customers really need and want. You'll learn how to make crucial decisions based on better insights, not anecdotal or subjective second-hand information; and optimize roles including product owner, customer representative, visionary, experimenter, decision-maker, collaborator, and influencer. The authors teach through a start
Our attitudes to our environment are widely and often acrimoniously discussed, commonly misunderstood, and will shape our future. We cannot assume that we behave as newly minted beings in a pristine garden nor as pre-programmed automata incapable of rational responsibility. Professor Berry has studied nature-nurture interactions for many years, and also been involved with many national and international decision making bodies which have influenced our environmental attitudes. He is therefore well-placed to describe what has moulded our present attitudes towards the environment. This book presents data and concepts from a range of disciplines - genetic, anthropological, social, historical and theological - to help us understand how we have responded in the past and how this influences our future. Beginning with a historical review and moving forwards to current conditions, readers will reach the end of this volume more capable and better prepared to make decisions which affect our commu
Our attitudes to our environment are widely and often acrimoniously discussed, commonly misunderstood, and will shape our future. We cannot assume that we behave as newly minted beings in a pristine garden nor as pre-programmed automata incapable of rational responsibility. Professor Berry has studied nature-nurture interactions for many years, and also been involved with many national and international decision making bodies which have influenced our environmental attitudes. He is therefore well-placed to describe what has moulded our present attitudes towards the environment. This book presents data and concepts from a range of disciplines - genetic, anthropological, social, historical and theological - to help us understand how we have responded in the past and how this influences our future. Beginning with a historical review and moving forwards to current conditions, readers will reach the end of this volume more capable and better prepared to make decisions which affect our commu
Fun and engaging activities for Minecrafters that will help kids make good choices in school, at home, in social settings, and moreTogether with Steve, Alex, and their favorite mobs, young Minecrafters will discover smart ways to navigate the tough decisions and big feelings they face each day. Every page of this empowering activity book features well-loved video game characters and concepts alongside important tools to help kids develop understanding of their own emotions and empathy for others―foundations for positive decision making and behavior. Gamers can build beyond the game―a stronger emotional vocabulary, self-regulation skills, cooperation, and much moreIndependent activities―including fun challenges, mini games, and fill-in-the-blank adventures―guide kids to take better control of their reactions and decisionsEvery activity introduces concepts kids need now and into the future in a fun, kid-friendly way Packed with more than 50 creative activities, this book will help kids h
An expert offers a guide to where we should use artificial intelligence―and where we should not.Before we know it, artificial intelligence (AI) will work its way into every corner of our lives, making decisions about, with, and for us. Is this a good thing? There’s a tendency to think that machines can be more “objective” than humans―can make better decisions about job applicants, for example, or risk assessments. In Awkward Intelligence, AI expert Katharina Zweig offers readers the inside story, explaining how many levers computer and data scientists must pull for AI’s supposedly objective decision making. She presents the good and the bad: AI is good at processing vast quantities of data that humans cannot―but it’s bad at making judgments about people. AI is accurate at sifting through billions of websites to offer up the best results for our search queries and it has beaten reigning champions in games of chess and Go. But, drawing on her own research, Zweig shows how inac
