CIO & LEADER-November 2017 (1)

Feature
Dual
Transformation
How to Reposition Today’s
Business While Creating the
Future
by Clark G. Gilbert, Mark W.
Johnson, and Scott D. Anthony
Publisher: Harvard Business Review
Month of Publishing: May 2017
The Book is about
One of the most common challenges
before business leader: how to transform
your current business in the face of
continuous disruptions. Balancing
the current investor and customer
expectation with creating a future model
is a dual task for most businesses and the
book is a “how-to” book on the subject.
Why it is in the list
It deals with one of the most common
challenges and especially in a country like
India where change is slow to implement.
Machine,
Platform,
Crowd
Harnessing Our Digital Future
by Andrew Mcafee (Author),
Erik Brynjolfsson
Publisher: WW Norton & Company
Month of Publishing: June 2017
The Book is about
Yet another book following the successful
formula in management literature—a
successful original should be followed
with updates cum more consumable
presentation of those ideas. This book is
an updated and concise version of The
Second Machine Age by the authors for
“executive education,” as many critics
point out.
Why it is in the list
It is still the most useful book on
the subject, presented with a business
outlook and not from a sociologist’s
perspective.
Artificial
Intelligence
and Machine
Learning for
Business
A No-Nonsense Guide to Data
Driven Technologies
by Steven Finlay
Publisher: Relativistic
Month of Publishing: May 2017
The Book is about
As the name suggests, it is a no-nonsense
introduction to technologies like AI,
machine learning etc targeted at non-datascience
community, especially business
executives.
Why it is in the list
It is a lucid introduction to one of the
hottest areas within technology. A
must read for those who want to work
in technology/business functions that
work with Big Data but are not into data
science themselves.
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