For decades now, futurists have been predicting the dawn of the robot era, envisaging a time when autonomous mechanical devices would be doing everything from repairing bikes to performing surgery. That vision may not have come about as quickly as first thought, but artificial intelligence, mobility and connectivity have made…
Global Briefing
The Dirt Track to Zero
Britain may be the first G7 country to commit to a net zero greenhouse gas emission target for 2050 with a plan to look at what the government, business and society must do to deliver the significant reductions needed from all forms of transport in 2020, but it looks like…
Trade worries Distract From Difficult Truths
Markets will have been looking towards this week with a certain amount of dread. Britain was supposed to have exited the EU on 31 October – for better or for worse – and we were expected to be dealing with the fallout. The can, however, has been kicked…
Autumn Quarterly Market Overview 2019
While currency, equity and bond markets yo-yo at the mercy of Trade War headlines it is worth recalling the story that in the 1420s China sent a massive fleet all the way to Europe helping to trigger the Renaissance. It did not end well. All evidence of the voyage was…
How is AI Augmenting Compliance Practices?
Forming a significant theme in several organisational technology strategies, AI can augment a gamut of business practices, including compliance. Compliance is a must-do activity, not a nice-to-have. It is essential that companies extract maximum value from compliance processes, reducing the possibility of it being considered a cost centre. Technological innovation…
A Newly Ordered World Jewellery from the Napoleonic Era
Pforzheim Jewellery Museum | 19 October 2019 through 1 March 2020 Napoleon Bonaparte fundamentally changed the political geography of Europe, radically and lastingly transforming the continent’s civic landscape within a very short timespan. 2019 marks the anniversary of his birthday: 250 years have gone by since the birth of the…