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Smart Citiy: How AI can help cities to better manage transport
Brief Smart Cities can prepare for future advances in transportation automation and connectivity by investing in and integrating market-ready artificial intelligence solutions, write transportation experts Pierluigi Coppola and Federico Cheli. Cities must also...
Top Story in Tunnel Construction: Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will be the World’s Longest Immersed Tunnel
After more than a decade of planning, work has begun on the world's longest immersed tunnel. Descending up to 40 meters beneath the Baltic Sea, Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will link Denmark and Germany, slashing journey times when it opens in 2029. The tunnel, which will be 18...
Take Your Teams to the Next Level: Unleash their Untapped Potential
Do your high-performing teams have overlooked leaders in their midst? It’s not uncommon for the best groups in our organization to contain a number of hidden leaders, just waiting to be discovered.Why? Because hidden leaders are quietly working behind the scenes to...
Practicing Empathy – The Five L’s
Empathy – understanding the feeling and emotions someone is feeling as a way to provide solace and support while building understanding and trust – is a critical leadership skill. I’ve written and recorded several messages about empathy in the past few months, because...
Rise Modular CEO Aims to ‘Industrialize Construction’ with Factory-Built Modular Apartments
The factory assembly-line approach offers potential savings of 10% to 20% on construction costs and speeds up the work, generating revenue sooner. Rise Modular founder and CEO Christian Lawrence said factory-built apartment construction can save costs and speed...
Low-carbon Concrete Stays Strong with Polymer Lattice Reinforcements
For over a century, steel rebar has been the go-to material to reinforce concrete but a new approach promises to make the common building material stronger and more environmentally friendly. Scientists have leveraged 3D printing to produce a polymer lattice structure...
Smart Working: Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
Enjoying life requires time, but too often we willingly give it away in pursuit of money and career. Ashley Whillans shows how to restore the proper balance. After earning a doctorate, Ashley Whillans received two tempting job offers: one in her hometown, where she...
How to Prevent Well-Intentioned Big Mouths From Hijacking Your Virtual Meeting
The pivot to more virtual meetings didn’t create this problem. Anyone who has ever run more than a meeting or two knows the challenge of managing the person who just can’t seem to shut up. It’s extra tricky when they’re a high-performer whose heart is in the right...
Overcoming Bias Requires Recognizing our Blind Spots
“It is vital to recognize that bias is generated reflexively by the brain, and masquerades as reality. As a distortion, bias blocks our access to the present reality. When our biases are in charge, we are on automatic pilot and unaware of the uniqueness of the present...