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Sales enablement itself is no longer the differentiator it once was. Most businesses are using these technologies and tools in some fashion, especially at the enterprise level. Today, the biggest differentiator is becoming formal and charter-based in sales enablement processes. …see more

Spending this evening reading the #Charlotte #Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force report, "Our Children. Their Future. Our Commitment." This comprehensive overview of the key challenges for Charlotte's working class and vulnerable communities is impressive in its scope and depth. I learned all about the launch of the Task Force and the development of the report when I interviewed Michael Marsicano, President and CEO of the Foundation For The Carolinas last fall for Charlotte Magazine . We met about a month after the City's Uptown District erupted in protests following the police related shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, an incident that permanently ripped the mask off of the Queen City's placid demeanor. I'd recommend the Opportunity Task Force report to anyone who wants to take a deeper dive into the hurdles and opportunities Charlotte must confront to achieve cohesive, sustainable development. #FoundationForTheCarolinas Mecklenburg County City of Charlotte #TheKnightFoundation #JohnMBelkEndowment Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation #CharlotteWILL University of North Carolina at Charlotte Urban Institute …see more

The 1,600-megawatt package of wind and solar agreements includes 18 new energy deals and will increase Google's renewable energy portfolio by more than 40 percent.

We haven't had a killer AR app yet, or glasses stylish enough to make people want to take the plunge. Could a new team-up between Facebook and Ray-Ban buck that trend?

I don't often have the chance to give public talks in Budapest and especially about artificial intelligence's role in healthcare, far my favorite topic. If you have time and like discussions about A.I., see you on Friday at the Central European University! Registration: https://lnkd.in/gVWBAZU #artificalintelligence #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #budapest #ceu #public #keynote …see more

Splunk is on a Shopping Spree #cloud #stocks Sendur Sellakumar Ammar Maraqa John McQueen Tim Tully Carrie Palin Jason Child Seema Haji Lerry Wilson Chris Penner Bonni-Jo Bouchard Salazar Brooke Cunningham Christian Gonzalez R Doug Merritt …see more

installment loans schemes or credit cards. chose your poison. or what your creditworthiness can afford.

the rise of big tech in financial intermediation may not increase competition & financial inclusion. it may favor big tech & increase market power concentration. having said that this analysis shows a low market share. u clear if the study includes Chinese firms. #fintech #lending #banking #banks #payments …see more

🐙 Do you need to befriend an octopus to recover from burnout? You may want to try the three recommendations in this article first...

for someone fascinated by the interplay between language, data transmission and money (includes crypto), this article is an enthralling read.

I just used Caremonger to arrange for Easter dinner delivery to my octogenarian aunt and uncle who live in a relatively remote area of Southwestern Ontario. What a terrific initiative! …see more

There are words that some people recoil from and “moist” is one of them. Apparently turning this despised adjective into an adverb makes it even worse, as our PM discovered yesterday.

as FB’s Libra strives to imitate Tencent’s WeChat or Ant’s AliPay, Western governments will strive to imitate the Chinese government with regards to how WeChat or AliPay is controlled. what you see unfolding is Western governments starting to co-opt Libra and eventually control it. another mimetic desire dynamic at play. #libra #blockchain #crypto #tokenization #cryptocurrency #fintech #payments #banking #regulation …see more

"Impact is not only waste removed from waterways; it is waste never put there in the first place." Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan …see more

#Zimbabwe 's #COVID19 challenges follow a decades-long economic crisis. The result: drastic health equipment shortages, the loss of talented doctors + nurses, + an overburdened system. Global Press Journal reporters in Zim provide context: #Africa #globalhealth #globaldevelopment #healthcare #healthcareaccess #pandemics #pandemicpreparedness …see more

I understand both the desire and the need for our government to get a handle on the issues surrounding data privacy, but think about this… let’s say that the outcome is a broken-up Google and Facebook. And let’s say that this makes way for 50 more companies that use data the way Google and Facebook use it today. Then what? The problem is not how data is being collected. The problem is not collecting data. The problem is how it is used. Specifically, the problem is badly-written laws that prohibit certain kinds of information collection (sex, race, PHI, and other sensitive personal data). Why? Because it forces data scientists to create proxies for these attributes. Algorithms that use proxies (which are assumptions) with substandard or nonexistent feedback loops (to help the AI truly learn from its mistakes) doom the data-driven decision making process to one of the nine circles of hell (though I’m not sure which one). Breaking up data-rich organizations will simply make more versions of the same data-rich organizations. Allowing more small companies to do what the big companies are doing will not change the impact bad data science is already having on our society (a problem not trending in a good direction). …see more

More coverage of the new Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases "Reaching A Billion" report updating the 5th Progress Report of the #LondonDeclaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases, from IFLScience #UTCNTD #beatNTDs #NTDs #UHCForum2017 #HealthForAll #UHC …see more

#HealthForAll: 5 Reasons We’re Betting Big on #NTD Programs By Lisa Rotondo Director, USAID   ENVISION project. #beatNTDs #globalhealth #universalhealthcoverage …see more

‪“the value is in using it, not hoarding it.”‬ ‪is now what i will declare every time someone talks about cryptocurrencies to me. ‬