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Don’t ignore virtual reality as you plan the future workplace

CIO Business Intelligence

Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to socialize, form teams, conduct training, and collaborate. “We More business applications are on the way. The Zoom fatigue factor.

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Social commerce startup led by Seattle-area sisters uses AI to connect brands with younger shoppers

GeekWire

Nectar Social co-founders and sisters: CEO Misbah Uraizee, sitting, and CTO Farah Uraizee. Nectar Photo) As everything gets more virtual, younger shoppers crave tangibility and personal engagement — or at least the perception of real interactions. They’re tapping those experiences for insights into social media engagement.

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The future of social media: Almost all commerce will become social

Trends in the Living Networks

Earlier this month Air New Zealand ran its second Social Media Breakfast in Auckland, with close to 1,000 people coming to see Teddy Goff , the Digital Director of Obama’s campaign, and myself speak. One of the excerpts shown from my keynote was on the rise of social commerce. Virtually every aspect of how we buy will be social.

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Future of Retail: 10 powerful trends and 1 meta-trend

Trends in the Living Networks

I have just come across this – an excellent resource from PSFK on the Future of Retail. PSFK presents Future of Retail report. World as retail experience. Much of this points to what I see as the dominant meta-trend in retail: the merging of online and in-store buying. View more presentations from PSFK.

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5 Ways IT Leaders are Adjusting to New Operational Normals

Social, Agile and Transformation

I was fortunate to participate in BigPanda's virtual roundtable that included leaders from the travel, retail, electrical utility, and gaming industries – in other words, industries dramatically impacted by COVID and its.

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5 ways AI is showing promise as a decision-maker

CIO Business Intelligence

Instead of waiting on hold or navigating through phone menus, customers can instantly get answers from a virtual agent that is far more engaging and knowledgeable than past generations of chatbots. Dynamic pricing Airlines, ride-sharing services, and online retailers have long used dynamic pricing to adjust to changing market conditions.

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Ikea apuesta por el ‘live shopping’ con una presentadora generada por IA

CIO Business Intelligence

Ahora, Ikea España ha celebrado la primera experiencia de live shopping -también conocida como shopstreaming – de la mano de Laia, una presentadora virtual generada por inteligencia artificial (IA). En España, las plataformas de redes sociales y e-commerce suelen estar más separadas, lo que puede “crear fricción para los consumidores”.

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