In keeping with that spirit, I'd like to offer up a "to do" list for CIOs and other technology-driven workers, based on some ideas of what technologists want from technology and what it will take to get there.
But in today's globalized and technology-driven economy, workers have little bargaining power, and the prices of many products, such as electronics, have a tendency to fall rather than rise.
Industrial Era IT strategy emphasizes technology driven non-solutions.
In today's technology driven landscape, adapting an institution for present day expectations is crucial.
A technology-driven surge in worker productivity is directly responsible for about two-thirds of the acceleration in our economic growth from the 2.5percentt norm of the 70's and 80's to the 4percentt of recent years.
"What they're getting are more frazzled, less priority-driven workers who are always interrupted.
There is much evidence across business of the benefits that younger workers derive from having older workers around as mentors and contributing their skills and experience – and indeed, in a fast-paced technology-driven world, of the benefits older workers derive from having younger workers around.
A small part of the growth in the college wage premium does result from a recent increase in college graduates' earnings, but even this does not reflect the conventional image: supply of college-educated workers outstripped by technology-driven demand.
"This is a technology-driven release, not a date-driven release," Mr. Gates said.
Instead, I am using their technology-driven rival Uber.
"In the future, it will be a technology-driven company".
