Prof. Peter Capelli (Wharton) writes lucidly about why focussing too narrowly in college can backfire http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324139404579016662718868576 Students, if getting a good job and career start is your top reason for going to college, then you need to truly know yourself first and foremost …. If you know what you are excellent at naturally, then get …
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I would like to invite you to the T-Summit event at IBM Research – Almaden, San Jose, CA on March 24-25, 2014. Register your interest here (space is very limited, preference to true T-shaped enthusiasts): http://www.tsummit2014.org The focus is T-shaped professionals (with depth and breadth), and their talents (competences, skills, and attitudes) that enable them …
8th AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION SERVSIG 2014 International Service Research Conference June 13 – 15 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece CALL FOR PAPERS Dear Colleagues, We would like to remind you that the 8th AMA SERVSIG 2014 International Service Research Conference will be held from June 13 to June 15 2014 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference is hosted …
The 2014 International Conference on Service Science (ICSS 2014) Theme: Promoting Serviceology in the Era of Big Data Sponsored by IBM Hosted by School of Software and Microelectronics at Wuxi, Peking University May 22-23, 2014, WuXi, China Conference Website: http://www.ic-ss.net Conference Objective In the times of big data, how to provide high-quality and effective services is a challenge …
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Third Australasian Symposium on Service Research and Innovation (ASSRI’13) to be held at the School of Computer Science and Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW November 27-29, 2013 EVENT SSS’ SERVICE INNOVATION AWARD AND NOMINATION INVITED SESSIONS ON SERVICE INNOVATION IN PRACTICE REGISTRATION The registration link is now live, please click this link to register. …
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Google (from Stanford) and Facebook (from Harvard), are two famous examples of platform technologies that began life as a university-based venture or start-up. Which university will be the source of the next big platform technology? What role can large commercial firms, such as systems integrators, play in partnering with universities with platform technologies? Please consider …
2014 Frontiers in Service Conference—Call for Abstracts Conference Date & Venue: June 26-29, 2014, Miami, Florida, USA Conference Co-Chairs: A. Parasuraman (University of Miami) and Roland Rust (University of Maryland) Conference Committee Members: Charles Colby (Rockbridge Associates, Inc.), Ming-Hui Huang (INFORMS Service Science Section & National Taiwan University), …
In prep for upcoming AASCU meeting and panel discussion: 1. Each of your companies has made a significant investment in educational products, partnerships and services. Would you each start with a 3 min overview of some of your current corporate activities that support higher education and our students. IBM Global University Program has a …
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Mentorships are one way to help students become more T-shaped, having real-world mentors, who guide student to work on real-world challenges, using real-world tools and data. We hope to have more to say at the upcoming T Summit event about increasing industry mentorships of university students by 10x, and this might have a ripple …
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T Summit: The logic of future talent, work, and higher education. In the age of cognitive systems and social networks, a type of “Moore’s Law for Education” may arise. To understand this core “smart service system” it is necessary to first think about human talent more precisely… 1. Talent: What is the difference between I’s …
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