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TechWatch: Are We Ready for Smart Dust and Nanobots?

Challenges for protecting the information assets of the organization increase. Understanding and preparing for these issues is a vital part of being in business in the 21st century.

TechWatch: Robots in the Office

Underlying continuity masks the changing nature of new technology that will affect business, and it will take new skills to deal with both the technology and its impact on people.

TechWatch: How Far Will Decentralization Go?

There is little question that technology is reshaping work. But the final shape is still in flux. Knowing both what technology can do, and when it should not be used, becomes a new essential tool in the leader’s tool kit.

TechWatch: Gaining Value From the Components of a System

The airline illustration is important as a business in its own right. But it also acts as an illustration that technology advances for components of a large system can fall short of their potential if the entire system is not carefully examined.

TechWatch: Social Networking for Business?

Al Erisman takes on one of the hottest areas in technology today — social networks and how they apply to business.

TechWatch: Confronting a Technology-Based Crisis

The continued increase in the technology component of most businesses offers great benefit, but accompanying risk.

TechWatch: Business in 2032

“What will technology look like in the next 25 years? What impact will choices in the use of technology have on the leaders of industry in 2032? How will it reshape the leaders in any particular segment of business? And how will it change the segments of business?”

TechWatch: Executive Decisions About Technology

Management decisions involving technology require a lot of understanding of the details, because the details matter.

TechWatch: Making Technology Work in Africa

Al Erisman looks at the role technology might play in transforming the society of the Central African Republic.

TechWatch: The Slow Pace of Technological Change

As technology encroaches further into all aspects of business, it will take a new kind of leader to “define reality.”