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Articles by Elena Painter
The Realtors' Last Hurrah
If you've ever bought or sold a home, you know the complexity and frustration—and the high fees—involved in this critical transaction. You probably used a professional Realtor throughout the process, who guided you through scores of listings and home tours and helped you put together specific offers. At the end of a months-long process--if you’re lucky--you closed on a home and handed over 3% of the purchase price to the real-estate agent.
How to build a business-focused ‘cloud-commerce’ marketplace for the less-sexy economy
For consumers, huge new internet marketplaces have upended industries ranging from taxis (Uber) to hotels (Airbnb) and even some types of consumer loans (LendingClub). Now, new types of online marketplaces — we call them “cloud-commerce” companies — are popping up to serve businesses. We think they have the potential to radically remake sectors like construction, real estate, procurement and finance, and generate plenty of behind-the-scenes value in the process.
Workforce Training 2.0 and the Rise of the Chief Learning Officer
Global employment markets are in serious flux. Old-line manufacturing jobs and others are being automated out of existence by new technology, including robots and artificial intelligence. By some accounts, only 20% of today’s workforce have the skills they’ll need for 60% of the jobs that will exist in the next five to 10 years. But while technology is helping to fuel this massive skills gap, it may also—improbably—be part of the solution.
Learning technologies could reduce automation’s economic threat
More posts by this contributor Elena Painter Contributor More posts by this contributor Global employment markets are in serious flux. Old-line manufacturing jobs and others are being automated out of existence by new technology, including robots and artificial intelligence. By some accounts, only 20% of today’s workforce have the skills they’ll need for 60% of the jobs that will exist in the next five to 10 years.
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