Late-stage capitalism; post-truth; climate apocalypse; permanent crisis – for years now, we have been told that we’re living an end of an era. Well, if this – whatever this is – is ending, what comes next? That depends on who you are talking to, and it ranges from extinction to […]
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Future-ready businesses not only outperform the average, but also significantly outshine them, enjoying 33% higher profitability and a staggering 200% greater market capitalisation. When it comes to the future, all roads seem to now point to AI, but its implications for organisations and the adoption of AI tools remain less […]
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Welcome to the long emergency. Whether it’s the Mediterranean or Hawaii on fire, China and Slovenia flooding or the Arctic melting at unprecedented rates, climate change is not something anyone can hide from anymore; not physically, and certainly not intellectually. This is Lahania, Maui, before and after the fire that […]
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We have been doing automation wrong for many years; first it was just Big Data, failures and unintended consequences of which continue to fill books. Then came AI, and all the problems proliferated and got amplified further. To help organizations do better, Ethical AI frameworks were developed. A lot of […]
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Right now, there’s plenty of excitement and concern alike about the rapid progress of AI. We went through a period of anxiety a decade ago, when we had the first wave of AI job apocalypse predictions. Then it waned, and much of the world now has more trouble finding employees […]
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Five-point summary: Flying is incredibly safe; why it is so safe is something few people pay attention to. It’s safe because of a combination of many factors, one of which are the supporting structures and practices that enable broad-based, global learning. Enabled by a foundation of an appropriate culture, one […]
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Summary: The aviation industry is living through one of the most (now positively) exciting times in its history, and will be for decades to come; this is my small take on why, including the developments I’m not 100% comfortable with. Despite being ravaged by the pandemic, and only beginnings its […]
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Summary in seven points: Everything is becoming more automated. We tend to cede control to automation before it is actually ready to take over. In the process of ceding control, our skills degrade; in the first stages of this process, our past hands-on experience protects us from disasters, allowing over-reliance on automation to […]
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The aviation industry is, after a disastrous 2020, finally showing some signs of life. While the ramp-up is still slow on the normal operations side, the speculative future side is experiencing a downright boom. Or should I say Boom, because one of the threads is the renewed push into making […]
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The leading disclaimer: I do not believe that technology in and of itself is the solution to pretty much anything – especially when the technologies discussed don’t even exist at scale yet. Having said that, some back-of-the-envelope math can inform us of the art of the possible and, as such, be […]
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