Paul's Update 7/28

These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016

These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016 Breakthrough technologies, including “socially aware” artificial intelligence and new generation solar panels, c...

The enterprise technologies to watch in 2016 | ZDNet

The enterprise technologies to watch in 2016 | ZDNet While enterprise technology has always been somewhat a breed apart from consumer tech, this year we see that con...

New Artificial Muscles Will Help Scientists Design Better Robots

New Artificial Muscles Will Help Scientists Design Better Robots Soft robots are able to do a number of different things but they move slowly. Actuators, the artificial muscles ...

HBR Don’t Let Outdated Management Structures Kill Your Company

Don’t Let Outdated Management Structures Kill Your Company It’s time to ditch hub-and-spoke.

10 CEOs Make Predictions For The Future Of Business In 2016

10 CEOs Make Predictions For The Future Of Business In 2016 By Stephanie Vozza From more transparency to more streaming video and honesty in marketing, 10 leaders tell us what they think the ...

HBR On a Terrible Team? Maybe You’re Making It Worse

On a Terrible Team? Maybe You’re Making It Worse Even if you’re the victim, not the perpetrator, everyone contributes to a toxic team.

Machine Learning is Fun! Part 4: Modern Face Recognition with Deep Learning

Machine Learning is Fun! Part 4: Modern Face Recognition with Deep Learning By Adam Geitgey Have you noticed that Facebook has developed an uncanny ability to recognize your friends in your photographs? I...

Can you imagine a world where our organs are grown?

Can you imagine a world where our organs are grown? A digital representation of how we work in the lab is required for reproducible and scalable work. If we can fin...

Paul's Update 7/27

8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional (Which Never Appear on Performance Evaluations)

8 Signs an Employee Is Exceptional (Which Never Appear on Performance Evalu... Many are good. Some are superior. And a few--just a few--are exceptional. Here's how to tell the difference.

HBR The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance A high-trust culture pays off.

Five Ways To Make Your Office Happier

Five Ways To Make Your Office Happier By Lydia Dishman Employees who are thanked for a job well done are more engaged, plus expressing gratitude to others makes us hap...

HBR To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments Don’t just build your leadership muscle — find new muscles.

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology By Ed Yong Biology textbooks tell us that lichens are alliances between two organisms—a fungus and an alga. They are wrong.

Flexible work arrangements are the future | The Context Of Things

Flexible work arrangements are the future | The Context Of Things Flexible work arrangements can admittedly sound like a buzzword. But it should be an underlying tenet of how you...

What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge?

What Happened to the Ice Bucket Challenge? By James Surowiecki Derided at the time as “slacktivism,” the social-media campaign has had surprisingly long-lasting benefits.

Starting the next chapter in Detroit’s suburban story

Starting the next chapter in Detroit’s suburban story While the landscape of Westland remains predominantly suburban, projects like this are steps toward upcycling ...