J.P. Gownder
VP, Principal Analyst

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XR Glasses (i.e., Headsets) For Consumers — Just Another Screen? Or More?
The conversation around extended reality (XR) headsets comes and goes frequently — and is peaking again now. The story arc of these conversations has been similar for at least a decade (though we seem to have collective amnesia). First, they’re positioned as the next “must-have” consumer electronics device (think Neil Stephenson’s 1992 “Snow Crash” vision […]
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AI In Collaboration Tools Is A Tech Problem In Need Of A Human Solution
Generative AI — where AI generates novel content in response to a user’s natural-language request — is about to get baked into our collaboration tools. On March 16, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, which injects generative AI directly into the company’s productivity suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and more). This follows Google’s recent announcement […]
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Mastering Hybrid Meetings Is A Critical Priority
Employees are overwhelmed with meetings: back-to-back meetings; poorly run meetings; and just flat-out too many meetings. The frequency of meetings increased by 13% during the first year of the pandemic, and leaders tell us those meetings were sticky — they never fell off of calendars. Add in the complications caused by working in the messy […]
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Prévisions 2023 : Metavers & NFT
Découvrez les tendances pour 2023 du metaverse et Web3 identifiées par nos experts analystes. En savoir plus.
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Hybrid Work Requires Experimentation
The road to hybrid success is riddled with speed bumps. Mastering it will require organizational innovation — trying out new practices that employ new technologies and challenge cultural norms.
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It’s Time To Discard Outdated Conceptions Of The Office
Instead of thinking of physical offices and home offices as in conflict, innovative leaders and their most adaptive employees think of them both as part of a single networked entity.
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Business Roundtable: Roadmap für verantwortungsvolle KI
Erhalten Sie eine detaillierte Analyse der kürzlich veröffentlichten Roadmap des Business Roundtable für verantwortungsvolle KI.
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Comprendre La Roadmap De La Business Roundtable Pour Une IA Responsable
Obtenez une analyse détaillée de la roadmap pour une intelligence artificielle responsable récemment publiée par la Business Roundtable.
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COVID-Related Absenteeism Is Costing Your Business Money
Many organizations are ill-equipped to manage the problem. Yet it's the sort of systemic risk that leaders need to be ready to face.
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Your Flight To Anywhere Work Is Readying For Takeoff
We’ve been talking about anywhere work for more than two years, but the journey to get there is really just about to get off the ground.
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The Metaverse In The Enterprise
Recently, Forrester released a new report called The State Of The Metaverse, a collaborative effort from five of Forrester’s top analysts to define the metaverse in a way that companies can understand and prepare to act on today. Our take is simple: The metaverse isn’t here yet. But there are parts of the metaverse that […]
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Navigating The Business Roundtable’s Roadmap For Responsible AI
Get a detailed analysis of the Business Roundtable's recently published Roadmap for Responsible Artificial Intelligence.
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Supreme Court Ruling On Vaccine Mandates Doesn’t Change Your Calculus
On January 13, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration’s vaccination-or-test mandate for private businesses employing 100 or more workers could not be enforced by OSHA — the federal agency that covers private sector employers and workers in all 50 states. Ultimately, the ruling takes enforcement out of OSHA’s hands and puts it […]
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Welcome To The World Of No More Jobs
The concept of a "job" has always been a weak, albeit useful, construct. Employment in the future will focus far less on static jobs and far more on skills, experience, and adaptiveness.
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Your Return-To-Office Strategy Depends Upon A Well-Defined Vaccination Policy
The future of work happens in a world of continuous change, with multiple shocks repeatedly challenging leaders to adapt. The pandemic is no exception: What leaders of US companies thought about COVID-19 in May 2021 was upended by a cluster of new, disruptive pandemic developments by midsummer. By September, US companies with 100-plus employees received news […]
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When Systemic Risks Collide: Why Supply Chain Issues Are The New Normal
Before March of 2020, “supply chain issues” was a term we’d hear after a natural disaster or labor strike — that all ended the moment we ran out of toilet paper. Unquestionably, the supply chain crisis has been a secondary theme of the pandemic, one that continues to escalate. For the 15 months since the […]
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Employee Vaccination Mandates: Indecision Is The Riskiest Decision Of All
It can be the carrot or the stick, but the key to a successful vaccination incentive is to make a definitive decision.
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