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Data as an Industrial Resource

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly, John Deighton discusses how data is becoming a raw material akin to oil and explores which industries will be winners and losers in this digital transformation.

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Scalable data science

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly conference, Amy Yu from Viacom shares her learnings from working in the audience science team at Viacom to provide insights on how data science can transform traditional business models and help drive business decisions.

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Shane Greenstein on Wikipedia and the internet

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly conference, Shane Greenstein the MBA Class of 1957, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, explores how communities work together on platforms, and “why Wikipedia is the best place on the internet.”

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Imagining how future cities and communities will be organized will shape how we get there

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly conference, David Park from the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, images how cities may be organized in the future and what will be needed to get there.

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Using ambidexterity for new digital business

Presented at the Digital Initiative 2017 Future Assembly, in this flash talk, Andy Binns of Change Logic explores how firms (like media organizations) can use ambidexterity to ideate, incubate and scale new digital business.

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Ann Majchrzak on co-creation within online crowds

On October 7th, 2015 the Digital Seminar series hosted Ann Majchrzak from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

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Pablo Boczkowski on social network news

On April 19th, 2017 the Digital Seminar series hosted Pablo Boczkowski from School of Communication at Northwestern University. Pablo gave a talk called “Social Network News.”

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Susan Athey on news consumption

On April 8th, 2015 the Digital Seminar series hosted Susan Athey from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Susan gave a talk called “Aggregators, Social Media & News Consumption.”

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Lorin Hitt on data analysis capability and the value of social media

On May 6th, 2015 the Digital Seminar series hosted Lorin Hitt from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Lorin gave a talk called “Data Analysis Capability & the Value of Social Media.”

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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on big data and new data

How much sex do people really have? Does advertising work? How many Americans are racist? Is America experiencing a hidden back-alley abortion crisis? Can you game the stock market?

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