Who Are the Digital Masters Redefining Business?
In 2011, Marc Andreesen attracted a lot of attention with an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal in which he wrote, “Software is eating the world.” That column brought into focus the enormous opportunities being seized by software-driven upstarts who were upending incumbent market leaders — from traditional entertainment providers and booksellers to manufacturers of mobile phones.At EMC, we talk quite a bit about what we call “software-defined enterprises” — companies that are using some combination of cloud, mobile, social and big data to rewrite the rules for their industries, from the likes of Tesla in automobiles to Uber for cars for hire. These born-in-the-digital era companies get lots of attention for their novel approaches and rethinking of existing business models. But what about established businesses that are learning to adapt their models for a cloud/mobile world?There are plenty of success stories here as well, and they are the focus of a new book released today: Leading Digital: Turning Technology Into Business Transformation, co-authored by Andrew McAfee and George Westerman, both of MIT’s Center for Digital Business, along with Didier Bonnet, who leads Digital Transformation at Capgemini Consulting. [Disclosure: We know Andy’s work well. EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci hosted a breakfast session at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos on Andy’s previous book, The Second Machine Age. And Bonnet’s firm is a good business partner of EMC.]Leading Digital is worth a read by anyone who wants to understand how technology leadership is redefining business. “Technology is reaching into every corner of the business world,” the book notes—“every industry, company, process, decision, and job—bringing deep changes in how companies are structured and led, and how they perform and compete. Over time, it will create a new playing field with new rules—and new winners and losers.”The authors tell how Burberry, the upscale clothier for aging baby boomers, has used technology to refashion its brand for the Millennial generation of consumers. How Ceasars Entertainment grew its business through a personalized loyalty program that capitalizes on customer data and predictive analytics. How the Cleveland Museum of Art expanded access to its collection through an innovative digital catalogue. How Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, in Chile, uses technology to automate operational processes.What distinguishes digital leaders (this books labels them “Digital Masters”) from the rest of the pack? According to Westerman, Bonnet and McAfee, they possess strong overarching digital visions, strong governance across business unit silos, strong digital cultures throughout their companies, and they have “many digital initiatives generating business value in measurable ways.” They invest in digital capabilities, but more importantly, they pursue digital agendas that are driven by executive leaders at the top. Amazingly, after studying more than 400 global firms, the authors observe, “we saw no examples of successful transformation happening bottom-up.”Source: George Westerman, Claire Calméjane, Didier Bonnet, Patrick Ferraris, and Andrew McAfee, “Digital Transformation: A Roadmap For Billion-Dollar Organizations,” Capgemini Consulting and MIT Center For Digital Business, November 2011.By contrast, firms beginning their journey down the path of digital transformation may carry out innovative experiments here and there, but they are limited by executive management teams that are skeptical of the business value of advanced digital technologies and, consequently, by immature digital cultures across their firms.“The best way to get ready for these changes,” argue Westerman, Bonnet and McAfee, “is to start the work of becoming a Digital Master now. Companies that are indifferent to technology (to say nothing of hostile to it), or that haven’t figured out how to make it part of the lifeblood of the enterprise, are going to have an increasingly hard time as the innovations keep mounting and the management breakthroughs keep coming.”Perhaps the most memorable data point in the book is the authors’ finding that Digital Masters are 26 percent more profitable and generate nine percent more revenue from physical assets than other firms. To the authors, it’s not yet clear how much of this is cause-and-effect — whether the best use of technology leads to outsized profits — or how much of this is merely correlation (the more profitable companies just happen to be a step ahead of competitors), but one thing’s for certain: as this new book makes clear, “the best managed companies manage digital activity well.”Is your business a Digital Master?
The Postal Service also Wednesday told a federal judge that it had failed to comply with his order that Postal officials sweep mail facilities in 12 geographic areas for remaining ballots on Tuesday during the time frame set by the judge. The disclosures came in advance of hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.Judge Emmet Sullivan, at that hearing, was furious with the failure of Postal officials to inform him on Tuesday of the failure to do the sweeps as ordered, as opposed to telling him on Wednesday, long after poll locations were closed nationwide.“Someone may have a price to pay for that,” said Sullivan, who also said that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may have to testify or be deposed in the case.“I’d like you to explain just what the heck happened yesterday,” Sullivan told Joseph Borson, the Justice Department lawyer who is representing the Postal Service in the case. Borson said that the sweeps of the facilities already had been scheduled to happen after the 3 p.m. ET Tuesday deadline set by Sullivan, and that they could not be moved to earlier.“The postmaster is either going to have to be deposed or appear before me and testify under oath about why some actions were not taken after the court issued its injunction,” Sullivan said.“Whether we should spend time on that today, I’m not sure we should, but I’m not going to forget it either.”Kevin Bray, the Postal Service executive responsible for mail processing in the election, testified about the ballot handling process when the hearing resumed. The Postal Service on Election Day failed to deliver a significant percentage of mail-in ballots to several states that could determine who wins the presidential contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, data filed with a federal court suggested Wednesday.The states seeing relatively poor levels of mail deliveries of ballots include Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin, all of which have yet to declare victors in their tallies for Trump and Biden.The current vote tallies in those states show thin margins between the two candidates. The outcomes in those states could hinge on the mailed-in ballots.- Advertisement – – Advertisement – Returned ballots, where the voter could not be located, are stacked in United States Postal Service containers during the 2020 Presidential election in Provo, Utah, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Democratic hopes of winning Florida were dashed Tuesday in no small part due to Biden’s failure to rack up a large margin of victory over Trump in the Miami-Dade area, a region of South Florida that traditionally skews Democratic.The data based on scans of ballot envelopes that were filed in Sulivan’s courtd Wednesday suggested that in South Florida, just 85.12% of the mail-in ballots were delivered on Election Day.Biden is expected to outperform Trump in mail-in balloting in multiple locations. Trump has cast doubt on the legitimacy of outstanding mail-in and absentee ballots where Biden’s results threaten his path to an Electoral College victory.In central Pennsylvania, just 61.3% of the mail-ballots in the postal system were delivered on time, based on the scan data in the court filing shows. In Philadelphia, slightly more than 66% of the mail-in ballots had been delivered on Election Day.In Atlanta 82.2% percent of the mail-in ballots were delivered on Election Day, the court filing shows.Detroit postal facilities reported less than 79% percent of mail-in ballots delivered that day.In Greensboro, North Carolina, 72.9% percent of the mail-in ballots were delivered on Tuesday.And in Lakeland, Wisconsin, slightly less than 77% of such ballots were delivered, the filing revealed.Correction: The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. A summary in an earlier version had the wrong day. A Postal Service spokesman later Wednesday said that, “The assumption that there are unaccounted ballots within the Postal Service network is inaccurate.”“These ballots were delivered in advance of the election deadlines,” the spokesman said.“We employed extraordinary measures to deliver ballots directly to local boards of elections. When this occurs, by design, these ballots bypass certain processing operations and do not receive a final scan. Instead, they are expedited directly to the boards of elections. We remain in close contact with state and local boards of elections and we do not currently have any open issues. Additionally, the Postal Inspection Service has physically inspected all plants that process ballots.”- Advertisement – – Advertisement –
Encouraged by the current situation, caused by the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19), due to which tourism stopped for a moment, and numerous facilities, attractions and accommodation facilities were left without guests, the Istrian County, through its Administrative Department for Tourism, launched an initiative to revive tourism in Istria. As part of the initiative “Opening of the tourist year 2020. ” on Saturday the 13th and on Sunday the 14th of June from 10 am to 18 pm throughout Istria over 50 tourist service providers will offer their services with a 50% discount or completely free of charge. All included facilities – adrenaline parks, museums, castles, caves, protected areas, theme houses and other attractions and experiences, as well as winemakers, olive growers, truffle growers and other local producers are available on the website: www.istra.hr/turizam2020 The head of tourism of the Istrian County, Nada Prodan Mraković, believes that this initiative will further encourage a larger number of guests and the opening of tourist facilities throughout the county. “Our call was answered by over 50 tourism service providers who offer their services throughout Istria on Saturday, 13 and Sunday, 14 June from 10 am to 18 pm with a 50% discount or completely free of charge. All those interested can visit the numerous adrenaline parks, museums, castles, caves, protected areas, theme houses and other attractions and experiences, as well as winemakers, olive growers, truffle growers and other local producers who responded to our invitation. included numerous local tourist boards in the event with their programs “, said Prodan Mraković. “In this way, we wanted to mark the return of Istria to tourism before the official opening of European borders, which will apparently take place on 15 June. On Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, it will be possible to use the hospitality of our tourist facilities throughout Istria, which will be a nice opportunity for the domicile population to get to know their homeland.”, Said Deputy Prefect Acting Fabrizio Radin. “We believe that the entrepreneurs involved in this event, mainly family farms and small and medium-sized enterprises, will find it easier to overcome this difficult period and keep their jobs with this initiative.”Concludes Prodan Mraković. Also, Radin added that about 16 thousand tourists entered Istria this weekend, and that the camps are mostly filled. 
Topics : The government announced on Wednesday it is finalizing a third stimulus package as it reallocated Rp 27 trillion (US$1.8 billion) to fund the healthcare system.Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the government would reallocate up to Rp 10 trillion from the portion of the state budget that was set for ministries and institutions, as well as Rp 17.2 trillion in funds earmarked for regional administrations.“These resources will be useful for them in handling COVID-19-related issues immediately as part of our broader plan to mitigate the effects of COVID-19,” Sri Mulyani told reporters. The government was currently finalizing the third stimulus package, which would prioritize healthcare services and cash transfers, she added.“However, we are still assessing the scope, mechanisms and the target for the third stimulus but we are in a very flexible mode that allows us to react properly.”Read also: Government allocates $8b to stimulate economy as businesses, workers suffer from COVID-19 impactsIndonesia’s economic growth outlook was expected to deteriorate to around 4.5 to 4.9 percent in the first quarter and may further plunge in the second quarter this year amid weakening economic activities, the finance minister said.
Sri Mulyani said that low-income households and individuals working in the informal sector would be given financial assistance. She did not provide further details.“The third stimulus will be prioritized for health care, including hospital needs and medical devices, as well as give people a social safety net,” she said, adding that the government was still evaluating the previous stimulus packages.The first stimulus package, worth Rp 10.3 trillion, was announced Feb. 25. It provided staple needs and mortgage subsidies for low-income families, as well as fiscal incentives for travel-related industries. The second one, worth Rp 22.9 trillion, included individual and corporate tax breaks.Indonesia has 227 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths. Globally, the pneumonia-like illness has infected over 200,000 people and claimed at least 8,000 lives.
Advertisement The former Reds defender feels there are three positions still up for grabs (Picture: Getty)Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool have a few selection dilemmas despite their comprehensive win over Arsenal on Saturday, with three positions still very much up for grabs.The Merseysiders secured a 3-1 victory at Anfield, with Joel Matip powering home a header from a corner before Mohamed Salah bagged a brace; one from the penalty spot, the other an excellent finish after a fine team move.Although Arsenal bagged a late consolation goal to deny Liverpool a first clean sheet of the season, Carragher felt the back-line looked more secure with Matip in it. Advertisement Comment Matip got on the scoresheet while Liverpool’s defence looked more secure (Picture: Getty)The former Reds defender feels that is one area of the team where Jurgen Klopp still has something of a selection dilemma, as well as the midfield roles either side of Fabinho.AdvertisementAdvertisementADVERTISEMENTTalking about Matip on Sky Sports, Carragher explained: ‘I think this fella, because you’re alongside Virgil van Dijk, he doesn’t get talked about a lot. That’s normal, the other fella next to him is a superstar.‘But I couldn’t believe he didn’t start the season. And his performances at the back end of last season were outstanding. And actually when he’s come in I think he’s actually made a difference to Liverpool.More: FootballRio Ferdinand urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Manchester United starChelsea defender Fikayo Tomori reveals why he made U-turn over transfer deadline day moveMikel Arteta rates Thomas Partey’s chances of making his Arsenal debut vs Man City‘Obviously Joe Gomez can play right-back or centre-back, but for me at this moment it looks a bit more solid with Matip in there. He should be [first choice]. I think he is right now.‘Liverpool’s back four and goalkeeper picks itself and there’s just one position – who is going to play alongside Virgil van Dijk.‘And you need that within a squad. I always feel in a team there should be seven or eight absolute starters who know they are playing as soon as they are fit and everyone knows they are playing, and there should always be three or four positions up for grabs.
Henderson and Wijnaldum could also be under threat according to Carragher (Picture: Getty)‘In this Liverpool team there are three or four positions up for grabs – the centre-back position and probably the centre-midfield positions either side of Fabinho.‘I wouldn’t say they are up for grabs, the players who have got the shirt now [Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum] are first choice now but you could easily see Oxlade-Chamberlain going in there, Naby Keita when he’s fit, James Milner.‘The front three picks itself but you should always have three or four within a team who are up for grabs. Centre-back is one of them, at this moment it’s Joel Matip and I don’t see that changing.’More: Arsenal FCArsenal flop Denis Suarez delivers verdict on Thomas Partey and Lucas Torreira movesThomas Partey debut? Ian Wright picks his Arsenal starting XI vs Manchester CityArsene Wenger explains why Mikel Arteta is ‘lucky’ to be managing Arsenal Jamie Carragher says three Liverpool players are under threat after Arsenal win Metro Sport ReporterSaturday 24 Aug 2019 11:00 pmShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link314Shares
Stuff.co.nz 10 Aug 2012Canterbury bus driver has been stood down for lifting a disruptive 5-year-old schoolboy on to his seat. Methven bus driver Fred Rijbroek, 63, said the “wind was taken straight out of my sails” when he heard he had been stood down on full pay for a week for picking a child up and placing him on a bus seat. The incident happened two weeks ago when a primary school pupil with behavioural problems was being difficult on Rijbroek’s bus. “This little fella is very busy and always full of banter. I have to have him seated before I take off, and sometimes it is quite difficult,” Rijbroek said. While the Methven Travel driver was waiting for older pupils to board his bus on a Thursday afternoon, he said the 5-year-old was being “hyperactive and boisterous”. When he told the boy to sit in his allocated window seat, he replied, “No; I want to play”. Rijbroek told the boy he would have to sit where he was told when the bus doors were shut. The boy then started kicking his school friends and upset a girl by taking her book. Once all the pupils had boarded, Rijbroek took the book off the boy, picked him up by the middle and “firmly placed” him on the seat. He said the boy was “a little taken aback” by his actions and was “well behaved” for the rest of the journey.The schoolboy’s mother told The Press she held “no grudges” against Rijbroek for picking up her son. The owner of Methven Travel said the incident had been “blown out of proportion” and that he felt for Rijbroek. His employer, who did not want to be named, said he “definitely would not” have stood Rijbroek down if it had been his decision. He described Rijbroek as a “good worker who was 100 per cent reliable”.http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7450565/Driver-who-lifted-boy-suspended#Scene_1
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Share Tweet By James GallagherHealth reporter, BBC NewsE. coli outbreaks in Germany and France could have come from seeds sourced in Egypt, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has said.A report said there was still “much uncertainty”, but fenugreek seeds imported in 2009 and 2010 “had been implicated in both outbreaks”.More than 4,000 people were infected during the German outbreak, 48 died.Investigators traced the source back to a bean sprout farm in Bienenbuettel, Lower Saxony.The outbreak in Bordeaux affected 15 people and was linked to seeds sold by a company in the UK – Thompson and Morgan, although the firm said it had no evidence of a link.Linked Both outbreaks involved the rare strain of E. coli known as O104:H4.The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the strain was so rare in humans the outbreaks were unlikely to have been isolated incidents and both were linked to eating sprouting seeds.Further investigations have been trying to determine if the source of the infection was contamination at the sites, or if they had been supplied with contaminated seeds.The report said the outbreak in Bordeaux had been linked to seeds exported in 2009 from Egypt to a company in the UK and then sold to France. The German outbreak had come from seeds imported in 2010, it said.The report added there could be more outbreaks of the deadly E. coli as “other batches of potentially contaminated seeds are still available within the European Union and perhaps outside”.The ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority “strongly recommend advising consumers not to grow sprouts for their own consumption and not to eat sprouts or sprouted seeds unless they have been cooked thoroughly” until their investigations are complete.
Read Also: UEFA president Ceferin: leagues ready to play behind closed doors “He’s just given us that little bit more life and creativity in the middle. “We’ve got Paul to come back as well, who I’m sure will probably make himself (Fernandes) lift his game even more. “We have a lot of competition in that centre midfield now, they know they have to be on their game to keep their spot, so I’m sure we’ll see the benefit.” FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail分享 Pogba has been restricted to just eight appearances all season by a persistent ankle problem, but Maguire hopes the French World Cup winner and Fernandes can form a potent partnership in midfield. “He’s been brilliant since he’s come in, off the field around the training ground, he’s a leader and wants to win, everything he does he wants to win, you can tell he’s been brought up with that attitude,” Maguire added on Fernandes. Promoted ContentWho Earns More Than Ronaldo?5 Of The World’s Most Unique Theme ParksWho’s The Best Car Manufacturer Of All Time?Fascinating Ceilings From Different Countries10 Risky Jobs Some Women DoFantastic-Looking (and Probably Delicious) Bread Art7 Universities In The World Where Education Costs Too MuchWho Is The Most Powerful Woman On Earth?Who Earns More Than Ronaldo?The Very Last Bitcoin Will Be Mined Around 2140. Read More14 Hilarious Comics Made By Women You Need To Follow Right NowBest & Worst Celebrity Endorsed Games Ever Made Manchester United captain Harry Maguire believes the Red Devils are on the right track towards contending for the Premier League title again. On the right track: Harry Maguire believes Manchester United will soon be competing again for the Premier League title United have not won the league since Alex Ferguson retired as manager in 2013 and were a mammoth 37 points behind leaders Liverpool when the Premier League season was put on hold due to coronavirus last month. However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were on an 11-match unbeaten run before the shutdown with Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka beginning to repay the lavish sums spent on them last summer and January signing Bruno Fernandes making an immediate impact. “I knew when I first came to Manchester United that Ole said to me loads and loads it’s a building process but we’ll be where we want to be.” Maguire told Sky Sports. “There are plenty of aspects we need to improve to get to the top of where we want to be. We don’t want to be challenging for this Champions League spot, we want to be challenging for titles. “We know there’s still a lot of improvement to get there, but we’re on the right track and I’m sure eventually we will get there.” United sat fifth in the table when matches were suspended and still in the running for silverware in the FA Cup and Europa League. Should the season be able to be completed in the coming months, Solskjaer’s options could be strengthened by the return from injury of Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba. Loading… 
Over the last several years, the attendance at college football games keeps going up. However, student attendance keeps going down. In fact, I think it is down as much as 7% in the major 5 conferences. What are the reasons for this? First of all, most colleges do not include sports attendance vouchers in their normal tuitions. Students must buy their tickets which was not the case when I went to college.Another reason is that most college kids today leave campus early for weekends and few of them stay around for any Saturday football games. In some instances, kids only go to school 3-4 days a week any more. A third reason is just plain apathy on the part of the students. To many of them today, college is not Rah-Rah for the sports team, but “let’s party”. The final reason is that few stadiums sell liquor during the game, so they go elsewhere. It is a sad, but true, fact.
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