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60 percent of the content we share on our Monday morning meetings is about AI.

Mickey Mikitani, D^3 Advisory Council Member and Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Rakuten Group, Inc.

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Leveraging Machine Learning for Safer Workplaces

Regulatory agencies like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the state agencies it oversees have significant responsibilities in ensuring safe working conditions in millions of workplaces nationwide. However, these agencies face significant challenges due to limited resources, and inspect less than 1% of workplaces annually. In their article, “Making Workplaces Safer Through Machine […]

A Framework for Effective Social Protests

In an era defined by increasing social activism, understanding the mechanics of effective protest is essential for researchers and “social actors,” or organizers of social protests, as well as for politicians, policymakers, and journalists navigating social change. A review of literature, “When Are Social Protests Effective?”1, by Eric Shuman, a postdoctoral fellow at New York […]

Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Announces New Cohort of Executive Fellows and Visiting Researchers and Scholars

Industry leaders and global academics join forces to advance innovation in digital technology, data, and design through collaboration and cutting-edge research. The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) is excited to announce its latest cohort of Executive Fellows and Visiting Researchers and Scholars, furthering its mission to drive innovation at the intersection of digital […]

Rethinking Digital Ownership: Rights, Governance, and the Path Forward

As the digital era continues to redefine the boundaries of business, the question of ownership in a rapidly evolving technological landscape has, in many ways, taken center stage. In their blog post, “Redefining Ownership: Navigating Rights and Governance in the Digital Era“, the blackbox Lab at Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute, distill insights from a […]

Dec 13

AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth

  • 8:30 am – 6:00 pm +04
  • In Person Event
  • Museum of the Future, Dubai, UAE

Join Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and the Harvard Business School Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council for AI Elevate: From Readiness to Exponential Growth, on December 13, 2024 in Dubai, UAE.  This one-day conference is tailored for business leaders, researchers, and government officials involved in driving AI initiatives and digital technology. The conference […]

Understanding and Harnessing Group Emotions

In an interconnected world, emotions don’t just exist within individuals; they flow through groups and entire networks. In “What Makes Groups Emotional?,”1 Amit Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at HBS and Principal Investigator at D^3’s Digital Emotions Lab, summarizes literature to explore the components and dynamics of group emotions, the factors that amplify their […]

Because AI

transforms productivity

Organizations have four questions to answer: What useful thing you do is no longer valuable? What impossible thing can you do now? What can you move downmarket or democratize? What can you move upmarket and personalize?

Ethan Mollick, Leading with AI Conference Featured Speaker and Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The AI Revolution in Software Development: How Generative AI is Reshaping Coding Practices

The integration of artificial intelligence, such as generative AI, into daily workflows is helping workers streamline their approach to all sorts of tasks. “Generative AI and the Nature of Work” by Manuel Hoffman, postdoctoral fellow at Laboratory of Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH), Sam Boysel postdoctoral fellow at LISH, Frank Nagle, an Assistant Professor in […]

Thriving in the AI Era: Strategies for Businesses Amid Abundant Expertise

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the availability and affordability of expertise, impacting the competitive landscape for both industry leaders and emerging companies. In their Harvard Business Review article, “Strategy in an Era of Abundant Expertise”, Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft, John Corwin, General Manager for Corporate Strategy and Development at Microsoft, Yang Li, […]

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