A recommender system is a digital product that uses AI to generate personalized recommendations. Over the past 20 years, recommender systems have come to play a central role on many large online platforms. Some recommender systems run prominently in the foreground of the user experience (UX), and operate as core features or even brands (such as Spo... See more
The pandemic has shown that when people have resources and know a problem to solve, they make the best decisions at the time and get things done. The lesson is that companies should no longer fear the idea of actually giving people the resources to get something new done. The pandemic proved that companies have the resources when they need them.
In early 2019, for example, the founder of the Shanghai electric-car company NIO transferred 50 million shares into a “user trust.” While the founder retains voting rights over the shares, the trust enables its members to help decide how to use a portion of the company’s eventual profits. This was not an act of charity; in the disclosure documents,... See more
Organize month-long workations, during which employees can move to one city and work together, enabling serendipitous interaction and deep relationship building.