Being an extrovert is only beneficial when times are good October 21, 2016 Extroverts bring the fun and may even earn more, but they could stop your group project from achieving its goals. New research has found that, despite their reputation for making a positive contribution to teams, extroverts may actually be hindering things when the going gets tough. When members of a group project are working well [...]
Scientists have explained why it’s so important for bosses to act as good role models October 21, 2016 Cracking down on bosses who break the rules could be the key to reducing bad behaviour across a company, researchers have found. A study by the University of California found that people were less likely to blame or punish those who had behaved unethically if they were imitating a high-ranking employee who’d also misbehaved. Bosses [...]
Safer and more efficient: technology on trial so that cars can talk to one another October 21, 2016 Cars chatting away to one another? Didn't someone make a film about that once? Well now some elements could be coming to life after Jaguar Land Rover and Ford announced plans to trial technology where cars will communicate to one another, in what will be the first such trials in the UK. Through sharing information, it is hoped [...]
More BuzzFeed news that will make you say WTF October 21, 2016 US company NBCUniversal is reportedly set to increase its investment in news and entertainment website BuzzFeed. Comcast’s TV and movie arm is finalising a deal to put around $200m (£164m) into the company, giving it a total value of $1.7bn, Recode reports. Read more: 560,000 reasons why BuzzFeed won in 2015 In the UK, BuzzFeed [...]
The internet is down in large parts of the US October 21, 2016 The internet is down across large parts of the US today, with the East Coast in particular being badly affected, and many are unable to access major websites like Twitter or Reddit – no word yet on whether they can access City A.M. The problems are said to be connected to DNS (Domain Name Servers) hosts. [...]
Wearables at work: How businesses can avoid Big Brother syndrome October 21, 2016 News that 22,000 Metropolitan Police officers will be equipped with body worn video cameras to cut down on complaints, must count as one of the biggest roll-outs of workplace wearables in the UK to date. The move brings to mind Gartner's prediction that over the next two years two million US employees in high risk [...]
Financial services leads list of sectors most worried about robo-redundancies October 21, 2016 Are you concerned a robot might be after your job? Well, you may find some comfort in the fact you're not alone: this week alone, City A.M. has reported on how hedge fund bosses are bracing themselves for the rise of the machine and, eek, journalists also appear dispensable in some areas. Those working in financial [...]
We’ve only seen the start of how fintech can transform the world October 21, 2016 Fintech in some ways created the blueprint for the way in which innovative startups can disrupt a seemingly unmoveable industry. But as the players in the Digital Innovators list demonstrate, the fintech innovation story is far from done. The latest breed of fintech startups focus on improving our experience of financial products in all sorts [...]
The digital media innovators of tomorrow are taking disruption to the next level October 21, 2016 When Jill Lepore, critiquing Clayton Christensen's The Innovator’s Dilemma in the New Yorker, queried his theory of disruptive innovation ("disrupt, and you will be saved"), some commentators felt she had a point. But a theory of change proposed by Christensen back in 1997, the idea that companies will fail if they do not disrupt themselves, [...]
How edtech innovators are making personalised learning accessible – and fun October 21, 2016 As anyone who has seen a toddler get their hands on a smartphone can testify, the digital revolution isn't just for adults. While concerns about the next generation growing up with square eyes and fried brains bubble to the surface now and again, the more positive trend of using digital to enhance education seems to [...]