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In fantasy sports the players on the field aren’t the only skilled players

by Bartlett Cleland | Dec 7, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, IEI post

Fantasy sports is an industry that’s growing like almost no other. It’s estimated to be a $28 billion market in 2023 and set to grow to more than $50 billion by 2028. Nearly 20% of Americans age 18+ participate in fantasy sports. 20%! As with all growing industries,...

Innovation Champion No More

by Bartlett Cleland | Apr 21, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competition & Free Market, Competitiveness, Publications

Much is always written about “innovation.” How to manage it. How to inspire it. How to benefit from it. How to create an environment where it blooms. So much lip service is paid to innovation that unfortunately many people tune it out. Certainly, ignoring the value of...

Building In Accountability for Algorithmic Bias

by Anna Parsons | Apr 17, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Artificial Intelligence, Competition & Free Market, Ecosystem, IT & Data Innovation, Publications, Regulation

Co-Authored with Anne Hobson “Algorithms’ are only as good as the data that gets packed into them,” said Democratic Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren. “And if a lot of discriminatory data gets packed in, if that’s how the world works, and the algorithm is doing...