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Of course it’s up to us to educate ourselves about bias and how it affects our decision-making. But until we do, why not let technology lead the way?
You probably know that author Tom Wolfe died last week at the age of 88. Wolfe was illustrious for his acerbic, lyrical, ever-insightful commentary, and for pioneering the so-called “New Journalism.” He penned numerous best-selling books, from the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Right Stuff to Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full.
Best case: Winning 97 games again would be a great scenario. In a perfect world, something goes wrong in Houston and those 97 wins are enough to capture the AL West title. And once you get into the postseason, anything can happen. It seems like everything goes wrong in the playoffs for the A’s in the Billy Beane era — 0-for-9 in reaching the World Series — but maybe this is the year everything goes right in the playoffs.
CIA Director Gina Haspel says that Iran has been "technically" in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal since the U.S.â¦
The DBS Bank example is a good illustration of how to pull off organizational change, especially a big one. The key is to use many different levers to get employees to behave differently. In this case, performance management is one of those.
“This spring has been great,” Ragland said. “Coach tells us everyday that he doesn’t set the depth chart – obviously Coach Clark has the final say – but that we set the depth chart. My job is to go out here, and go so hard and practice so hard that it’s not even close. Just let them know they can count on me play after play.”
In 2017, in another move that greatly altered the company’s conception of performance, DBS developed a method for measuring the financial impact of digitization. Called the digital value capture (DVC), the data quickly and quantitatively demonstrated the importance of migrating customers to digital banking. “Through DVC, we noted that, compared to a traditional customer, a digital customer brings in twice the income, with 1.5, 2, and 3.6 times higher deposit, loan, and investment balances, respectively. A digital customer, on average, also costs 57% less to acquire and is more engaged, with 16 times more self-initiated transactions,” Gledhill notes. DVC data served multiple purposes: It created a new mandate for DBS employees, it was shared with investors, and it helped develop the enterprise’s business plan.
Open the Lemonade app and a chatbot called AI Maya will kit you out with a personalised policy in just 90 seconds. The company promises no paperwork, and takes a flat fee of a customer’s premium while setting aside the rest to pay claims and purchase reinsurance. AI Jim, another chatbot, reviews claims and runs them through 18 anti-fraud algorithms. Simple ones are approved and paid out in seconds; more complicated claims are handed over to the company’s human team for review.
For 2019, QSR Magazine predicted unique fries would be a big trend. The site also predicted a further blurring of the line between fast food, fast casual and fine dining. With the introduction of the Bacon Truffle Angus Burger, Carl’s Jr. brings fine dining ingredients to a fast casual setting.
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