Harvard Business Review
JULY 14, 2017
If 19th-century urban planners had had access to big data, machine learning techniques, and modern management theory, these tools would not have helped them. Rising sea levels flood Manhattan in Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 , prompting hedge fund managers and real estate investors to create a new intertidal market index.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 4, 2012
But the same tendencies can be seen in pretty much any case where there are conflicting opinions — which ought to make them of interest to anybody in a management or other decision-making role. It was inspired by comments from author Neal Stephenson, who espoused the latter view in a Q&A at MIT.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 27, 2012
These are all pretty common assertions in modern business/tech journalism and management literature. Then there's another view, which I heard from author Neal Stephenson in an MIT lecture hall last week. Stephenson was clearly trying to be provocative. Or something like that.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 7, 2016
As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.” Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 18, 2018
Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said , “I told people you weren’t betting on a device. And for good reason — research has shown that when overconfidence permeates the upper levels of management, companies may fail to choose the best investment policies or engage in reckless and damaging acquisitions.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 14, 2012
As early as 1994 Neal Stephenson was envisioning the era of Big Data, and how it might change the work of a market researcher. But when the two of us began compiling HBR's Insight Center on Customer Intelligence , and thought about what managers find scary about customer intelligence, we came up with a much broader range of concerns.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2017
And in an emotional recounting of his black friend’s experience outside the office that went viral on YouTube, AT&T chairman Randall Stephenson encouraged employees to get to know each other better.
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