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Morris and Alice Kaplan Professor of Ethics & Decision in Management; Professor of Management and Organizations; Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy)
Organizations Leadership Dec 4, 2019
Podcast: How You Should Divvy Up Work between People and Machines
On this episode of The Insightful Leader: strategies for building a happier, more productive workplace.
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Machines are taking on more and more new responsibilities at work. But are some jobs better left to humans?
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, Adam Waytz, associate professor of management and organizations at Kellogg and author of the book The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World, offers three guidelines for how managers can play to the unique strengths of both people and technology.
Note: The Insightful Leader is produced for the ear, and not meant to be read as a transcript. We encourage you to listen to the audio version above. However, a transcript of this episode is available here.
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