#402 – THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP IN A VUCA WORLD – PETER BLOKLAND

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We live in turbulent times. The twenty-first century has already seen many crises. These were each time accompanied by the ups and downs of the global economy that go with it. It started with the bursting of a dot.com bubble (2000), which caused many companies to go bankrupt at the beginning of this century and was followed a year later by an attack on the World Trade Center in New York (2001). Continue reading

#402 – NEW WORK WORLDS – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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There are lots of lessons to learn from Amazon. Never stop innovating or questioning the fundamentals of your business. Disrupt yourself before others do.
Brad Stone – Journalist & Author

Consulting firms, academics, and consultants are developing Future Of Work models. Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) developed a scenario called the Future of Work: A Journey to 2022. The premise of the study is: “disruptive innovations are creating new industries and business models, and destroying old ones.” (‘The Future of Work: A Journey to 2022’, PwC, 2014).

 PwC outlined three distinct worlds of work: Orange, Green, and Blue. Continue reading

#401 – AI EATS JOBS! – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that. So we need to be very careful.
Elon Musk – Entrepreneur

Artificial intelligence (AI) and robots conjure images of killer robots like the Terminator movie. Continue reading

#400 – KILLER AI AND RISK BASED, DECISION MAKING – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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What happens if an autonomous AI robot has preemptive authority to use deadly force to ensure its safety or the public’s safety ?  We are not too far from this when autonomous robots will have risk based, problem solving and decision making capabilities and even statutory authorities. Continue reading

#399 – LAW AND LEGAL DISRUPTION – GREG HUTCHINS

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The basic premises of how the economy works have shifted under our feet and the government will have to respond.
Gautam Mukunda – Writer

Can you imagine a conversation with a work Alexa giving you legal assistance instead of a human lawyer. Fasten your seatbelt. Legal and many other professions are being disrupted. Continue reading