What can AI do for you?

Simply put, most organizations do not know how to approach the incorporation of AI into their businesses, and few are knowledgeable enough to understand which concepts are applicable to their business models. Doing nothing and waiting is not an option: Mahidar and Davenport (2018) argue that companies that try to play catch-up will ultimately lose to those who invested and began learning early. But how do we bridge the gap between skepticism and adoption? We propose a toolkit, inclusive of people, processes, and technologies, to help companies with discovery and readiness to start their AI journey. Our toolkit will deliver specific and actionable answers to the operative question: What can AI do for you

An Inclusive Leadership Model to Integrate Organizational Dynamics, Change Management, Change Leadership, and Diversity and Inclusion Needs for the Successful Implementation of Business Transformations

This paper explores Change Management and Change Leadership theories in-depth, along with an analysis of how Diversity and Inclusion drivers play a significant role in how businesses can sustain successful transformations. In the past, experts focused on how change initiatives can help transform businesses on a macro level, regardless of employee factors. In most recent times, the world has evolved to include diversity and inclusion initiatives that will consider broader perspectives from communities who were once silent. Historically, change management theories of yesteryear focused on how to execute change in a myriad of ways. Some theories were more tactical in approach, while others were more implicit and deliberate. As organizations (and the world overall) continue to evolve, there is a need to consider how change impacts the people\u27s workforce and how we ensure that business transformation change is inclusive of diverse mindsets. Unfortunately, with the most recent tragedies of black and brown people worldwide, we have learned that a lot of talented voices are unceremoniously left out of the thought leadership conversation. In today\u27s climate, inclusive change is mandatory. Companies are investing heavily in I&D initiatives, intending to ensure that their talent model includes voices and thought leadership from varied demographics. With the tragic events of systemic racism being thrust onto the world\u27s stage, organizations reacted thoughtfully, with hopes of being a part of a broader change to be inclusive to all. Additionally, the ever-changing demographics of the world have a demand for complex cross-functional experts who have operational model, business transformations, and diversity leadership expertise, which requires leaders to be invested in the complete cycle of organizational excellence

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead