Summer Reading Picks for Leaders
Maryland Smith Business Experts Share Book Recommendations
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COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The 18th annual Summer Reading List for Business Leaders from the University of Maryland s Robert H. Smith School of Business covers a range of topics again this year, including corporate strategy, AI, the pandemic, racism, burnout, love, the life of Thomas Edison, and the future of everything.
2030: How Today s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything by Mauro Guillen: The book outlines the major trends of today and shows how their interplay will determine our future. Some of the trends will feel familiar, but when Guillen gets into a discussion of the nuances, one finds oneself frequently surprised. For instance, by 2030, more than half the world s wealth will be owned by women, and much of the world s population growth will come from Africa. There is fascinat
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COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The next stage in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has workforce implications that may seem surprising. Rather than fostering tech-savvy, AI is making emotional intelligence and empathy increasingly important, and analytical ability less important, write Roland Rust of University of Maryland s Robert H. Smith School of Business and co-author Ming-Hui Huang in their book The Feeling Economy: How Artificial Intelligence Is Creating the Era of Empathy, released today by Springer International Publishing. Ironically, as AI is becoming more able to think, human intelligence is deemphasizing thinking in favor of feeling and interpersonal relationships, says Rust, Distinguished University Professor, David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing and founder and Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Service at Maryland Smith.