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Industry 4.0

It is no surprise that the inception of the Industrial Revolution remains an epicenter for innovation and growth in the digital economy. Smart factories, advancements in supply chain management, and transformations of traditional manufacturing relationships – all are markers of the new face of industry in the digital age.

Leading AI-nization: Fueling Growth with Data and AI

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured a one-on-one conversation between Tsedal Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Hiroshi (Mickey) Mikitani, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Rakuten Group, Inc. Mikitani and Neeley […]

Reimagining A Human Centered Future: The Role of GenAI in the Design Innovation Process

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured breakout sessions where HBS staff and industry experts discussed specific and specialized topics. The breakout group on The Role of GenAI in the Design Innovation Process featured Firdosh Tangri, CEO of Fantasy; Roger […]

Leading with AI: Creativity in AI with Music

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured a session on creativity in music hosted by Karim Lakhani, Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Chair and Co-founder of the Digital Data Design Institute; […]

Unlocking Innovation in the Age of AI

Key Insights from the 21st OUI Conference The Importance of Innovation In today’s rapidly evolving world, innovation is the cornerstone of progress across industries. The 21st International Open and User Innovation (OUI) Conference, hosted by Harvard Business School and organized by the Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute, brought together a diverse array of academics, industry […]

Leading with AI: The Power of AI

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. The conference featured a presentation on the power of AI from Ewa Dürr, Head of Product Management for Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence. Based on Google’s extensive research and development in the AI space, Dürr outlined trends […]

Leading with AI: Co-Intelligence

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. A key speaker at the conference was Ethan Mollick, an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mollick spoke about AI’s disruptive impact on work and business, its rapid advancements, and how […]

Cast Your Vote for D^3’s 2025 SXSW Panel

The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard is excited to share that its proposal for a South by Southwest (SXSW) panel on AI has made it to the voting round. Every March, Austin, Texas transforms into a hub of creativity and innovation as it hosts SXSW, the premier festival that brings people together from all […]

Leading with AI: AI Regulation

On May 7, the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard hosted Leading with AI: Exploring Business and Technology Frontiers. During the conference, a panel moderated by Mitchell B. Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, panelists Anita Lynch, Board Member at Nasdaq U.S. Exchanges, Jonathan Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of […]

D^3 Extends Network Effect with Associates, Affiliates, Industry Fellows, and Visitors Programs

The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) recently introduced a number of external association programs to further the network effect of the Institute. These new groups, labeled as Associates, Affiliates, Industry Fellows, and Visitors, aim to both extend the research capacity of the work of the Institute and recognize the work of partners on and off […]

D^3 Launches Advisory and Industry Councils to Advance AI Research and Innovation 

Top global executives join forces to support the Institute’s mission of making AI research for advancing business and society accessible to all  The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) recently announced the launch of its Advisory Council and Industry Council to further its focus on using AI and digital technologies to advance business and society. The […]

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