Authors: Josh Sullivan & Angela Zutavern

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Comments:The authors Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern, both from Booz Allen Hamilton, challenge us to reconsider assumptions about machines “taking over”, relegating the human factor to a bygone era. Their hopeful alternative scenario for the future instead clearly shows the importance of leaders and employees who work creatively in symbiosis with machines to achieve greater productivity, better innovation and higher profits. Mathematical corporations, the organisations that according to them will master the future, will outcompete high-flying rivals by merging the best of human ingenuity with machine intelligence. While smart machines are weapon number one for organisations, leaders are still the drivers of breakthroughs. Only they can ask crucial questions to capitalise on business opportunities newly discovered in oceans of data. Leaders of mathematical corporations combine data analytics with the mathematical intelligence of machines and their own creativity to enhance the quality of current and future decisions.