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Ozzie Paez
Oct 18, 20183 min read
Should AI worry or excite CEOs? Yes!
According to a recent survey, a majority of Fortune 500 CEOs see Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a big challenge[i]. Their feelings are...
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Ozzie Paez
Oct 4, 20183 min read
Strategy & sustainability at HBS
Harvard Business School’s (HBS) course on Sustainable Business Strategy is an important departure from its traditional focus on...
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Ozzie Paez
Sep 28, 20182 min read
Making sense of artificial intelligence
When new technologies emerge, visionaries and early adopters often present expectations, assumptions and unproven hypotheses as facts. ...
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Ozzie Paez
Aug 7, 20182 min read
Getting smart about Artificial Intelligence
One of my primary functions is helping our clients cope and thrive amid disruptive change. In this context, Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
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Ozzie Paez
Aug 6, 20182 min read
The Unstoppable 3D-Printer Guns
Cody Wilson, the 28-year-old head of Defense Distributed, is at the center of a conflict between free speech, the Constitution and the...
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Ozzie Paez
Jul 19, 20183 min read
Surviving disruptions with Strategic Intent
Disruptive innovative technologies like Artificial Intelligence and advanced automation are complicating the development and implementation
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Ozzie Paez, Dean Macris
Jul 12, 20183 min read
The fatal Uber self-driving car crash - update
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report on the fatal March 28, 2018 ‘self-driving’ vehicle...
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Ozzie Paez
Jun 23, 20183 min read
The Court, technology and privacy
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) reentered the technology arena just one day after ruling that States can collect taxes...
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Ozzie Paez
Jun 22, 20183 min read
Tech, strategy and the Constitution
Technology is complicating laws and undermining legal precedent. The Internet has redefined the meaning of interstate commerce, which is...
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Ozzie Paez
Jun 19, 20183 min read
Smart tech, people and competition
Automation is becoming more capable, reliable and less expensive to deploy. Autonomous and semi-autonomous systems are doing things that...
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Ozzie Paez, Dean Macris
Jun 15, 20186 min read
Who’s responsible for Uber’s self-driving vehicle accident?
The harrowing video of a pedestrian getting struck by a self-driving Uber vehicle shocked the nation. Tragically, the victim later died...
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Ozzie Paez
Jun 6, 20183 min read
Hindsight: tripping over the past on our way to the future
Hindsight bias is one of the most seductive, influential and damaging cognitive traps. Research suggests that we’re susceptible to...
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Ozzie Paez
Jun 5, 20182 min read
Biases and the dangers of feeling certain
Strong beliefs can undermine our ability to analyze facts and make informed decisions. They promote biases that compromise our ability...
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Ozzie Paez, Dean Macris
May 31, 20184 min read
Human risks of the robotic revolution
According to the Guardian, 39-year-old Bhavesh Patel was captured on camera sitting in the driver’s seat of his Tesla s60 as it travelled...
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Ozzie Paez
May 24, 20184 min read
Normalizing deviance in school massacres
The nation is facing the aftermath of another deadly school attack. I’m avoiding the term shooting because the accused also brought...
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Ozzie Paez
May 17, 20184 min read
The increasingly confusing language of automation
One of the barriers to understanding emerging technologies is language. Innovative technologies introduce new words that initially are...
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Ozzie Paez
May 11, 20182 min read
Alan Dershowitz - Data analyst?
Politico reported shock in the legal community over Alan Dershowitz's frequent defense of President Trump[1]. They shouldn't and wouldn't...
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Ozzie Paez
May 3, 20184 min read
Competitive strategy, digital strategy and transformation
Technological innovations and disruptions are recurring. Evidence suggest that the pace of change continues to increase . Sustaining compe
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Ozzie Paez, Dean Macris
May 1, 20186 min read
Automation and the unaware caretakers
We are increasingly relying on technology to automate tasks and make decisions. Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics and machine learning
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Ozzie Paez
Apr 18, 20182 min read
Corporate Strategy vs. Business Strategy
Professor Robert Grant succinctly differentiates corporate from business strategy: “Corporate strategy is concerned with where a firm...
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