From AI breakthrough to China’s SuperPower dream.
A radical new approach led to a breakthrough in AI and proved to be a defining point of the decade. This went on to spark an AI superpower dream for China. In 2012 a...
Author: Michael Kennedy
Secrets of the $4 Billion dollar business model of “Pokemon Go”
The idea of “Surveillance capitalism” is quite mysterious (and perhaps sinister?). Google has pioneered this as a business model for the last 20 years. We used to search for bargains online. Now advertisers are...
Art of Persuasion
Art of persuasion is needed in any project where people need to work together collarboratively, to help resolve differences of opinion,
Tempting technology…
Technology today is so demanding, as anyone with a smartphone knows. It is constantly buzzing and beeping saying “read me”, “pay attention to me”, “this is important”, “you’re missing out..”. When was the last...
Trust in a post-truth world
One of the most important values in life is trust and integrity. For instance, relationships are at the heart of everything that we do. From the parent/child relationship in the home to the teacher/student...
Lies, damned lies, and Politics
Mark Twain’s popularised this famous quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” But the sentiment behind statistics seems relevant to the use of lies in modern political discussion. A discussion which is becoming even harder to discern because of the use of technology to hide propaganda and influence whole communities in subtle barely detectable but effective ways.
Your next upgrade? The Brain Machine Interface (BMI)
Exploring the development of the brain machine interface – Neuralink is Elon Musk’s pioneering exploration of the link between mind and machine.
Getting to the heart and soul of AI
Modern Artificial Intelligence offers opportunities for collaborative work to solve the worlds problems. It however needs a strong ethical and moral guide.
Art of Collaboration – Thinking Differently
Getting a project done requires diverse teams and collaboration on many levels. How do we work well across distributed teams with competitors and suppliers? Each team can be made up of people split geographically...
Art of Focus – Set Audacious objectives
What do Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Bono and Steve Jobs all have in common? They have all learnt to say “No” to the things that are not important.
