This chapter explores the effects of digital technologies on the economy and their excitement for generative AI and quantum computing. It also discusses the need to reconsider digital privacy and security in light of quantum computing and the potential advancements it could bring.
The rules of business are changing. And those rules are being written by some … unlikely characters.
Andrew McAfee is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of a number of books, including The Geek Way. Mary Long caught up with McAfee to discuss how culture shapes companies – and brings about impressive returns along the way. They discuss:
- The power of “geekiness”
- How Satya Nadella turned Microsoft around
- And why Amazon *wants* to see billion-dollar failures.
Tickers discussed: AMZN, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, META
Host: Mary Long
Guest: Andrew McAfee
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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