A New Age of Reason - Larry Weber

A New Age of Reason

Harnessing the Power of Tech for Good

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2024
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-394-21660-4 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
Leverage technology to propel humankind toward a better future

A New Age of Reason: Harnessing the Power of Tech for Good provides a roadmap for integrating emerging world-changing technologies, such as AI/robotics, chips/sensors, and quantum computing, to solve some of today’s thorniest and most pressing problems like climate change and world hunger.

The author offers inspiring examples of companies using technology to positively impact humanity. The book provides an actionable playbook to transform your organization around this mission, including how to develop a tech for good strategy, how to evolve the C Suite to deliver on this mission, how to market it, as well as measure outcomes. The author also discusses the latest technology breakthroughs delivering positive world outcomes, such as:



Extending a surgeon’s “eyes and hands” via robotics surgical systems to improve patient outcomes
Computer vision tech that enables farmers to maximize crops to feed our burgeoning population
AI/robotics that identify and fight wildfires

Bringing together a collective of major thinkers on this subject and providing guidance for a better future, A New Age of Reason: Harnessing the Power of Tech for Good is a timely read for all executive leaders seeking to harness the new wave of technology to solve key societal problems and have a positive impact on the world.

LARRY WEBER is a successful entrepreneur, thought leader, author, and founder of several global marketing companies. He is founder, chairman, and CEO of Racepoint Global, an integrated marketing services agency headquartered in Boston, and founder of Weber Shandwick, a leading global communications firm.

Foreword vii

Introduction xi

Part 1 Technology, Humanity, and a New Age of Reason 1

Chapter 1 A New Wave of Technology to Better Humanity 3

Chapter 2 Agtech and Deere: Tech for Good at Its Best 7

Chapter 3 Technology and the Planet 19

Chapter 4 Innovations for a Healthier Population 35

Chapter 5 Timing Is Everything 47

Part 2 The Potential for Great Leaps 57

Chapter 6 The Seventh Wave of Modern Computing 59

Chapter 7 AI Enriching the Human Experience 73

Chapter 8 Chips and Sensors Everywhere 87

Chapter 9 The Promise of Quantum Computing 97

Chapter 10 Sustainably Powering Our Future 111

Chapter 11 The Surging Biological Systems Wave 127

Chapter 12 Harnessing Technology’s Potential 141

Part 3 Humanity and Technology: The Path Forward 147

Chapter 13 Becoming a Tech for Good Organization 149

Chapter 14 Key Questions to Find Your Pathway 157

Chapter 15 Has Marketing Disappeared? 163

Chapter 16 Putting Innovations on the Path of Good 171

Chapter 17 A Time for Reason 187

Acknowledgments 193

About the Author 195

Notes 197

Index 215

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort David Kirkpatrick
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 231 mm
Gewicht 431 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 1-394-21660-2 / 1394216602
ISBN-13 978-1-394-21660-4 / 9781394216604
Zustand Neuware
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