Introduction It’s sometimes hard to see beyond the bad news, but the world is approaching an age of abundance. For example, solar power is exponentially improving in terms of efficiency, and the cost is falling at a similar rate. Being able to desalinate seawater (solar powered) will transform the equatorial world and will lead to […]
Are we really headed towards a future without jobs? This is THE question of our time, everyone is paying attention to the remarkable explosion of progress in technology. It’s a question that’s been asked so many times in the past, perhaps this time we should be asking “is it different this time?” The fear that […]
The BBC reported on Friday that automated HGVs are to be trialled on Britain’s roads, marking another development in transport automation. ‘Platooning’, where vehicles drive insanely close to each other and are controlled by wifi, is already commonplace in the Netherlands, where it’s already been successfully trialled, and in some US states. In a platoon the […]
The 3 key challenges facing the mature millennial If there is one aspect of the millennial mindset that should give policymakers cause for concern it’s their prevailing attitude to retirement. While the majority (54%) of those in Western Europe polled by PwC expect to be better off than their parents, only 5% indicate a willingness […]
Share This: New ideas come from experiencing new things, meeting new people and exciting people’s imagination. You rarely get new and groundbreaking ideas in an environment where employees can’t interact, are chained to a desk and are essentially keyboard warriors. Routine processing work is not for entrepreneurs. That’s the kind of work that is ideal […]
Share This: One ‘quick win’ we can make off the back of emerging and developing technologies is in the area of local transport. Crowdsourced Big Data is going to save us. We’ve probably all heard about developments in the field of the physical vehicle, i.e. self-driving cars and self-convoying road haulage trucks etc, yet […]
By now most of us know that we’re on the cusp of a Fourth Industrial Revolution. This newest revolution is brought to us thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing, genetics and biotechnology. These advancements are accelerating because they are all building on, and amplifying one another. Progress in these areas is […]
Share This: Educator, technologist and writer Steve Regan guest blogs his thoughts about Transhumanism, the future of humankind and how man and machine will be indistinct in the far future Dennis Sorensen lost his hand in a fireworks accident some 10 years ago and the Dane has just completed a one-month trial with a bionic hand […]
Share This: Organisational change management is a real challenge If it’s overlooked or payed lip service to it will spell disaster for technology initiatives. Ultimately implementing a new technology in an organisation requires people to adapt and change the way they do things. The degree of change obviously varies depending on the penetration of the […]
Share This: Digital in and of itself is not a destructive force, although it has and will, see the end of many businesses and whole industries. Rather, digital transformation is an emancipating force, emancipating people, companies and movements. Introduction The chances are you’ve probably heard the latest buzz phrase “Digital Transformation”. Whether you’re a […]
Artificial Intelligence & Transformative Technologies In this 3rd article in the series ‘The Future of Work’ Pete Wilson discusses the advances in Artificial Intelligence and other potentially transformative technologies, and how they will impact our working lives. In the 1960’s the Nobel Laurate economist Milton Friedman was apparently engaged in consulting work with the government […]
Share This: Globalisation & ‘People’ In our last post on ‘The Future of Work’ we wrote that “That period in your day we call ‘work’ is about to change drastically, and both workers and the organisations that they work for will have to change too.” In this post we want to look at the three […]
Share This: ‘Live to work’ or ‘work to live’? Unless you’re one of the lucky few people who have a charmed life, most of us spend more of our waking hours at work than we do at home. That period in your day we call ‘work’ is about to change drastically, and both workers and […]
Share This: What are the imperatives for business transformation? It is both an expensive and highly disruptive journey, so why do it? There are a number of reasons why organisations call for major transformations, as opposed to running much more discrete change initiatives. I’ve highlight 10 of the most common below, and I will be writing more on […]
Share This: Business transformation is distinct from business change. It differs in a number of ways. Confusing or misidentifying the two is fatal. An initiative that requires a wide ranging transformation being treated as a relatively minor change project is bound to fail. It might not fail to be delivered, but the ambition to deliver […]
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