“Trust is given to you by other people. You have to give them the basis for giving you their trust.” Onora O’Neill Trust is fragile and easily broken. If, for example, a manager tries but fails to deliver the promised . . .
Read articleposted 20th June 2019How will robots transform the digital workplace?
“[Robots] are, and will continue to, have a huge impact on manual jobs and create huge efficiencies for companies,” says Charles Towers-Clark, Group CEO of Pod Group. “Anything that can be put into a process can be automated. Anything that . . .
Read articleposted 12th April 2019Part One: Why Are Experian, The UK Government And OpenReach Using RPA?
Compared to AI, IoT, Blockchain and 3D printing, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has not grabbed the headlines in the same way. This may lead to a lack of understanding about what RPA is, but the market is growing around the . . .
Read articleposted 11th April 2019“Mental health…is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” Noam Shpancer. Have you already experienced a strong feeling of anger? or excessive fear or worries? or confused thinking? Maybe you forgot to . . .
Read articleposted 9th April 2019Solving 'The Britney Spears Problem': Why Finding Trends In Data Is Such A Challenge
‘I think, therefore I am.’ ‘I google, therefore I think.’ Not sure that Descartes would agree with this. Search engines are not as omniscient as many people may think – as anything powered by AI is limited by the statistical . . .
Read articleposted 2nd April 2019Making Automation Work For You (And Your Employees) - Interviewing Schneider Electric's Digital CTO
Automation technologies – AI, IoT, 3D printing and more – are making their presence felt in industry. Some pessimistic estimates state that 30% of all jobs are at potential risk of automation by the mid-2030s, but automation technologies are widely seen . . .
Read articleposted 1st April 2019The Future On Four Wheels - Change In The Automotive Business
The future of the automotive industry is open. As new technology enters the market, like sensor technology, mixed reality and 3D printing, contenders from all manner of industries are bringing different thinking to the boardroom as well as the R&D . . .
Read articleposted 28th March 2019“The more freedom we give to Introverts to be them, the more likely they are to come up with their own unique solutions to problems.” Susan Cain Since 2012, over 20 million people have viewed and listened to Susan Cain’s . . .
Read articleposted 26th March 2019Why AI & IoT Need To Be Accepted Outside The C-Suite
AI and IoT devices are too complicated for their own good. Digitization, optimized processes, prescriptive analytics – these phrases may excite the C-suite, but for those actually using industrial machinery, following processes that have often been unchanged for decades, buzzwords . . .
Read articleposted 26th March 2019AI, IoT, and the Future of Humanity
Join behavioural futurist William Higham and Pod Group founder & CEO Charles Towers-Clark for a fascinating discussion on Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and their impact on the present, and future, of mankind.
Read articleposted 26th March 2019Book by Charles Towers-Clark
In The WEIRD CEO, Charles sets out the technological and societal changes that will take place over the next fifteen years, and explains why companies need to rethink the way they motivate employees. He outlines why CEOs and managers need to encourage Wisdom, Emotional Intelligence, Initiative, Responsibility and Development (WEIRD) to make sure employees feel fulfilment and ownership in their work – and gives a fascinating and sometimes brutally honest record of the change process his company went through.
The WEIRD CEO explains how and why we need to change, in order to deal with a new working world dominated by Artificial Intelligence.
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