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Last month I talked about what artificial intelligence needed to be useful. I also talked about AI being smart, but I should also have qualified…
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We love to hear from smart pigs! We empathise with Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web as he risks being turned into bacon and we understand the worst…
I’ve recently spoken to several executives who have more than two thousand unread emails. They all said roughly the same thing: “If someone really wants…
The future of work is the topic on everyone’s lips. We’ve gone from worrying about whether our children will have jobs to worrying about our…
When an employee leaves one organisation and moves to another, they are not allowed to take the property of their first employer with them. That…
Unexpected election results around the world have given the media the chance to talk about their favourite topic: themselves! With their experience running polls, the…
Negotiation is one of the oldest human activities and is an important part of our economy. It is essential for sharing resources between people and…