Technological innovation is reshaping markets and creating new opportunities for businesses at a faster rate than at any other time in living memory. But to realise the promise of greater economic growth, incumbent businesses, challengers and the policymakers who regulate them need to find a balance that encourages fairness without either stifling entrepreneurialism or compromising the public interest.
Finding this balance has proven difficult for businesses and industry regulators alike.
In order to build greater understanding of the trade-offs at play in ensuring a level playing field, this report explores the specific challenges that regulators face when it comes to disruptors, and explores workable models for increased collaboration between the public and private sectors.
ILC launched a new report “Advantage GM: Unlocking the longevity economy for Greater Manchester” in Manchester. The report looks at the conomic opportunities of ageing in Greater Manchester, and was developed in partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
Greater Manchester (GM) is an international leader in ageing. As the UK’s first age-friendly city region, it is at the forefront of global efforts to adapt to demographic change and population ageing. GM’s new Local Industrial Strategy makes clear its ambition to capitalise on the economic opportunities of ageing and promote healthy and active ageing for all.
This event was hosted by Accenture at their new Manchester offices and discussed the nature of these opportunities and how GM’s innovation infrastructure and other key stakeholders can best respond to them across:
Retail, culture, hospitality, tourism and sport
Transport and mobility
Housing
Health and social care
Summary of March 2015 BRIE-ETLA Special Issue in the Journal of Industry, Com...Petri Rouvinen
The Digital Disruption and Its Societal Impacts: Deepening digitalization and globalization has induced an ongoing societal transformation that may ultimately prove to be as significant as the original industrial revolution. Even as the ICT industry is being restructured, global competition is being transformed. Previously dominant firms—including telecommunications carriers, equipment providers, and powerful legacy software firms—are under assault from the move to cloud computing, in the network center, and mobile computing, on the network periphery. This transformation of the computing and communication infrastructure has been occurring simultaneously with the spread of ever more complicated and sophisticated global value chains. The articles in this special issue explore a number of the key facets of this transformation in a comparative lens. The authors find that the social, legal, and economic arrangements will impact how these changes affect nation-states. For policy-makers there will be serious dilemmas, as they will have to simultaneously nurture and support many aspects of these changes, while also mitigating or channeling some of the outcomes so as to protect privacy, income equality, and fair taxation.
ILC launched a new report “Advantage GM: Unlocking the longevity economy for Greater Manchester” in Manchester. The report looks at the conomic opportunities of ageing in Greater Manchester, and was developed in partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).
Greater Manchester (GM) is an international leader in ageing. As the UK’s first age-friendly city region, it is at the forefront of global efforts to adapt to demographic change and population ageing. GM’s new Local Industrial Strategy makes clear its ambition to capitalise on the economic opportunities of ageing and promote healthy and active ageing for all.
This event was hosted by Accenture at their new Manchester offices and discussed the nature of these opportunities and how GM’s innovation infrastructure and other key stakeholders can best respond to them across:
Retail, culture, hospitality, tourism and sport
Transport and mobility
Housing
Health and social care
Summary of March 2015 BRIE-ETLA Special Issue in the Journal of Industry, Com...Petri Rouvinen
The Digital Disruption and Its Societal Impacts: Deepening digitalization and globalization has induced an ongoing societal transformation that may ultimately prove to be as significant as the original industrial revolution. Even as the ICT industry is being restructured, global competition is being transformed. Previously dominant firms—including telecommunications carriers, equipment providers, and powerful legacy software firms—are under assault from the move to cloud computing, in the network center, and mobile computing, on the network periphery. This transformation of the computing and communication infrastructure has been occurring simultaneously with the spread of ever more complicated and sophisticated global value chains. The articles in this special issue explore a number of the key facets of this transformation in a comparative lens. The authors find that the social, legal, and economic arrangements will impact how these changes affect nation-states. For policy-makers there will be serious dilemmas, as they will have to simultaneously nurture and support many aspects of these changes, while also mitigating or channeling some of the outcomes so as to protect privacy, income equality, and fair taxation.
No organizations are self-reliant, nor does any organization have unlimited resources. With
the limited resources the organizations are not able to meet their unlimited wants. These wants
compete for the scarce resources of the organization. This further aggravates the need for
organizations to outsource work that can be conducted by others at lower cost and with greater
efficacy and effectiveness if not it will be a of waste valuable resources in the pursuit of
capabilities that can be readily purchased from others. Moreover, engaging in outsourcing allows
an organization access to skill, knowledge and competence found outside its boundaries. Through
outsourcing, a business can seem bigger than it actually is and provide its clients with total event
solutions. Knowing how to outsource, when to outsource, and whom to outsource to are crucial
skills for any business
Porous Organisations
Here is our latest 2030 foresight.
This time we focus on the challenges for the future of work. Increasing competition for talent forces organisations to open their doors to a growing number of independent workers. This makes it difficult to maintain corporate knowledge and becomes a challenge for business big and small. In a highly volatile and increasingly complex landscape, many must learn how to manage a seamless flow of knowledge and ideas so they can adapt to changing customer demands, ensure capabilities are maintained and keep the doors to innovation open. Looking ahead, it seems that only the wealthiest and most attractive organisations (in the main technology companies) will be able to retain the loyalty of their employees. For everyone else, building and preserving corporate know-how within increasingly porous organisational boundaries will become a priority. As ever your thoughts and provocations are very welcome.
To access via website https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/porous-organisations/
Sharing Economy - Embracing Change with CautionRobin Teigland
Our presentation for Entreprenörskapsforum in connection with the release of our book on the Sharing Economy: The Sharing Economy: Embracing Change with Caution. The book can be downloaded here: http://entreprenorskapsforum.se/2015/06/16/ny-rapport-delningsekonomin-forandrar-de-ekonomiska-drivkrafterna/
Abstract
The shift from transformation activities to interactions represents a broad shift in the
nature of economic activity. Enterprises looking to succeed in today’s rapid-paced new
economy must be agile, innovative and rapidly responsive to changes in their business
environment.
The number of employees doing interactive and cognitive work is increasing rapidly.
Supporting knowledge workers becomes of vital importance for the ability of enterprises
to survive in a networked knowledge economy. By regarding knowledge as a production
factor and by supporting knowledge workers, enterprises can achieve great breakthroughs
in quality, productivity and impact. The emphasis in this vision is placed on “being able
to use knowledge” instead of “having knowledge”.
Traditional capabilities and enablers are not sufficient to meet the challenges of an
enterprise environment that isshifting from push driven to pull driven. It requires inter
alia an agile infrastructure. To support the business transformation there is need for
Enterprise architecture that deals not only with technical capabilities, but also with
information and knowledge, organizational and process capabilities. Knowledge
‘architecture’ is the most forgotten discipline within enterprise architecture. Today we
model and design everything (data, processes,organizations etc.) but not knowledge. To
combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations are forced to develop new
methods of establishing and managing knowledgeprocesses, authentic sources and their
owners. This transformation should be embedded in a Business agility program. An
enterprise agility value center acts as the nucleus for the business driven action
Mayor and Executive Board of the Municipality of Amsterdam have agreed on the Action Plan on Sharing Economy and herewith gives space to the opportunities the sharing (or collaborative) economy offers to the city. Sharing economy is a broad concept, amongst other things it is about making more efficient use of goods, services and skills. By using online platforms, people can for example exchange, rent and borrow stuff from each other more easily. The consumer is at the centre and gets more affordable and easier access to services and goods. The Mayor and Executive Board want to stimulate the sharing economy where possible without losing sight of any excesses. Risks include an uneven playing field or a lack of social security. Thus the sharing economy is not a question of ban or authorize, but of monitor and seize opportunities where possible (March 2016).
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society
Digitalization has unleashed a wave of transformation across a range of industries. The pace of change has been mind boggling and will only continue to accelerate. Everything from business models and product categories to financing and human resources will transform in order to take advantage of the possibilities of the Networked Society.
Case Study:Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) transformation into a regional FinTech hub.Varun Mittal
EY benchmarked global FinTech hubs to find out the best practices and performed an assessment of T&T itself to understand the needs of key stakeholders in order to design a tailor-made strategy.
We all have an idea of what Google Analytics can do, but do you know how to use it to help your organization? Do you know who your visitors are and what actions they're completing on your website? Do you know how to best use all the data provided by Google Analytics?
We are very happy to welcome Nina Cruz and Elena Czubiak from the Google for Nonprofits team for an afternoon workshop with NetSquared Vancouver. They will walk through the latest version and features of Google Analytics, and then get you to roll up your sleeves to ensure you're tracking clear goals for your organization. Learn what is working in your marketing efforts and on your site so you can make better decisions to further your mission.
Policymakers, non-government organisations, charities and entrepreneurs across the world are showing increasing interest in “social innovation” as a means of addressing various problems, from poverty and homelessness to environmental degradation. What does the term actually mean?
How socially innovative is your country? Find out now:
http://bit.ly/2d6y5vF
There is still more room for improvement, and transport operators are looking to real-time data analytics to drive greater efficiency and resilience in their operations.
Romania’s current tuberculosis (TB) problems illustrate the consequence of what happens when the challenges of such a disease are, for many years, met with lethargy rather than action. The country currently has about 1/4 of all TB cases in the EU and European Economic Area, even though it has just under 4% of the area’s total population. What are the main barriers to addressing TB in Romania? To what extent are there opportunities for change?
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/2aoRNk3
Business leaders around the world began 2016 facing a gut-churning bout of market volatility. Many financial markets fell by at least 10% between January 1st and mid-February; 2016 had the worst 10-day start to a year since 1897. No doubt remembering how quickly the contagion of the Great Recession spread and the resulting economic devastation, in early 2016 executives started making fresh assessments of how broader economic factors should affect their operational decision-making.
No organizations are self-reliant, nor does any organization have unlimited resources. With
the limited resources the organizations are not able to meet their unlimited wants. These wants
compete for the scarce resources of the organization. This further aggravates the need for
organizations to outsource work that can be conducted by others at lower cost and with greater
efficacy and effectiveness if not it will be a of waste valuable resources in the pursuit of
capabilities that can be readily purchased from others. Moreover, engaging in outsourcing allows
an organization access to skill, knowledge and competence found outside its boundaries. Through
outsourcing, a business can seem bigger than it actually is and provide its clients with total event
solutions. Knowing how to outsource, when to outsource, and whom to outsource to are crucial
skills for any business
Porous Organisations
Here is our latest 2030 foresight.
This time we focus on the challenges for the future of work. Increasing competition for talent forces organisations to open their doors to a growing number of independent workers. This makes it difficult to maintain corporate knowledge and becomes a challenge for business big and small. In a highly volatile and increasingly complex landscape, many must learn how to manage a seamless flow of knowledge and ideas so they can adapt to changing customer demands, ensure capabilities are maintained and keep the doors to innovation open. Looking ahead, it seems that only the wealthiest and most attractive organisations (in the main technology companies) will be able to retain the loyalty of their employees. For everyone else, building and preserving corporate know-how within increasingly porous organisational boundaries will become a priority. As ever your thoughts and provocations are very welcome.
To access via website https://www.futureagenda.org/foresights/porous-organisations/
Sharing Economy - Embracing Change with CautionRobin Teigland
Our presentation for Entreprenörskapsforum in connection with the release of our book on the Sharing Economy: The Sharing Economy: Embracing Change with Caution. The book can be downloaded here: http://entreprenorskapsforum.se/2015/06/16/ny-rapport-delningsekonomin-forandrar-de-ekonomiska-drivkrafterna/
Abstract
The shift from transformation activities to interactions represents a broad shift in the
nature of economic activity. Enterprises looking to succeed in today’s rapid-paced new
economy must be agile, innovative and rapidly responsive to changes in their business
environment.
The number of employees doing interactive and cognitive work is increasing rapidly.
Supporting knowledge workers becomes of vital importance for the ability of enterprises
to survive in a networked knowledge economy. By regarding knowledge as a production
factor and by supporting knowledge workers, enterprises can achieve great breakthroughs
in quality, productivity and impact. The emphasis in this vision is placed on “being able
to use knowledge” instead of “having knowledge”.
Traditional capabilities and enablers are not sufficient to meet the challenges of an
enterprise environment that isshifting from push driven to pull driven. It requires inter
alia an agile infrastructure. To support the business transformation there is need for
Enterprise architecture that deals not only with technical capabilities, but also with
information and knowledge, organizational and process capabilities. Knowledge
‘architecture’ is the most forgotten discipline within enterprise architecture. Today we
model and design everything (data, processes,organizations etc.) but not knowledge. To
combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations are forced to develop new
methods of establishing and managing knowledgeprocesses, authentic sources and their
owners. This transformation should be embedded in a Business agility program. An
enterprise agility value center acts as the nucleus for the business driven action
Mayor and Executive Board of the Municipality of Amsterdam have agreed on the Action Plan on Sharing Economy and herewith gives space to the opportunities the sharing (or collaborative) economy offers to the city. Sharing economy is a broad concept, amongst other things it is about making more efficient use of goods, services and skills. By using online platforms, people can for example exchange, rent and borrow stuff from each other more easily. The consumer is at the centre and gets more affordable and easier access to services and goods. The Mayor and Executive Board want to stimulate the sharing economy where possible without losing sight of any excesses. Risks include an uneven playing field or a lack of social security. Thus the sharing economy is not a question of ban or authorize, but of monitor and seize opportunities where possible (March 2016).
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society
Digitalization has unleashed a wave of transformation across a range of industries. The pace of change has been mind boggling and will only continue to accelerate. Everything from business models and product categories to financing and human resources will transform in order to take advantage of the possibilities of the Networked Society.
Case Study:Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) transformation into a regional FinTech hub.Varun Mittal
EY benchmarked global FinTech hubs to find out the best practices and performed an assessment of T&T itself to understand the needs of key stakeholders in order to design a tailor-made strategy.
We all have an idea of what Google Analytics can do, but do you know how to use it to help your organization? Do you know who your visitors are and what actions they're completing on your website? Do you know how to best use all the data provided by Google Analytics?
We are very happy to welcome Nina Cruz and Elena Czubiak from the Google for Nonprofits team for an afternoon workshop with NetSquared Vancouver. They will walk through the latest version and features of Google Analytics, and then get you to roll up your sleeves to ensure you're tracking clear goals for your organization. Learn what is working in your marketing efforts and on your site so you can make better decisions to further your mission.
Policymakers, non-government organisations, charities and entrepreneurs across the world are showing increasing interest in “social innovation” as a means of addressing various problems, from poverty and homelessness to environmental degradation. What does the term actually mean?
How socially innovative is your country? Find out now:
http://bit.ly/2d6y5vF
There is still more room for improvement, and transport operators are looking to real-time data analytics to drive greater efficiency and resilience in their operations.
Romania’s current tuberculosis (TB) problems illustrate the consequence of what happens when the challenges of such a disease are, for many years, met with lethargy rather than action. The country currently has about 1/4 of all TB cases in the EU and European Economic Area, even though it has just under 4% of the area’s total population. What are the main barriers to addressing TB in Romania? To what extent are there opportunities for change?
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/2aoRNk3
Business leaders around the world began 2016 facing a gut-churning bout of market volatility. Many financial markets fell by at least 10% between January 1st and mid-February; 2016 had the worst 10-day start to a year since 1897. No doubt remembering how quickly the contagion of the Great Recession spread and the resulting economic devastation, in early 2016 executives started making fresh assessments of how broader economic factors should affect their operational decision-making.
Cloud technology has entered a new phase; light years away from the staid, clunky back-office functionality of 10 years ago, this new phase of cloud technology is transforming entire business sectors and forging new revenue streams from previously inconceivable avenues. In the 7th of a series of reports, commissioned by HSBC, The Economist Intelligence Unit looks at how multinationals are using the cloud to reinvent business model.
What are the key components of holistic risk management? This report, sponsored by SAP, investigates the organisational measures companies must take to address the totality of the risks they face. Read more>> http://bit.ly/1LsYvUx
To examine how well companies fare at portfolio management, as well as the role of the C-suite, this EIU study, Implementing the Project Portfolio: A Vital C-Suite Focus, sponsored by PMI, draws on a global survey of more than 500 senior executives from a range of industries, interviews with 10 corporate leaders and other experts, and substantial desk research.
People in the world’s most populated continent are living longer, but not necessarily healthier, lives with overburdened, provider-led healthcare systems. As life expectancy across Asia-Pacific continues to rise, the region now carries a huge global burden of non-communicable diseases such as cancer and mental illnesses. As a result, governments in the Asia-Pacific region will need to consider policies and initiatives that prioritise improvements in care for people with a wide range of chronic conditions—but they must maintain vigilance against infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
These are among the findings of a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): The shifting landscape of healthcare in Asia-Pacific: A look at Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea, sponsored by Janssen. Through in-depth desk research and interviews with healthcare experts, the study examines the disease-burden challenges facing healthcare systems in these countries.
For more information, please visit: http://www.economistinsights.com/healthcare/analysis/shifting-landscape-healthcare-asia-pacific
This report, commissioned by BlackRock, examines investor sentiment and the outlook for investment strategy at insurance companies worldwide, particularly in relation to their fixed-income portfolios and asset allocation more broadly.
In order to develop a fact-based perspective, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has conducted parallel surveys of more than 100 senior bankers and 100 Fintech executives. The objective is to determine their respective views on the impact of Fintech, the strengths and weaknesses of the participants and the likely landscape for the retail banking industry over the next five years.
Broken links: Why analytics investments have yet to pay off, sponsored by ZS, draws on the survey findings, interviews with senior corporate executives and desk research to explore the current state of sales and marketing analytics.
As cities grow and develop rapidly, citizens are demanding more efficiency with better services and an improved quality of life. This has driven governments to focus on building smarter and more sustainable cities which are powered by the technological developments that can enable them.
Explore interactive map with results from 20 APAC cities at
http://startupmycity.economist.com/
This document includes a selection of quotes from all speakers of the 2020 OECD Competition Open Day held in Paris on 26 February 2020. For more on the event please access oe.cd/comp-open-day-20
Competition Law in High Technology Industries - Insights for AustraliaMartyn Taylor
Digital disruption is blowing a Schumpeterian gale of creative destruction throughout the global economy. These winds of change are delivering substantial increases in consumer welfare. The glowing glass screen of a smartphone enables us to access the library of all human knowledge. We can order any imaginable good or service; literally at our fingertips.
Yet competition challenges are arising. Firms bearing the brunt of digital disruption are seeking regulatory protection. Those firms riding the winds of change are achieving concerning levels of global market power. Global debate is occurring regarding the extent to which regulatory intervention is appropriate. The resulting level of political concern is partly evidenced by the inclusion of digital technology in Australia’s Harper Competition Review.
This paper considers unique competition issues raised by high technology industries with a particular focus on software-driven digital platforms. This paper argues that Australian competition law strikes an appropriate balance between preserving competition and promoting innovation, but continued prioritisation of high technology markets by Australian regulators and policy-makers is justified. High technology markets are as susceptible to anti-competitive behaviour as any other markets and, in some areas, particularly so.
As part of this analysis, this paper considers global trends and recent developments, particularly in the United States and European Union. In that context, this paper considers how modern competition law is now seeking to address complex questions of dynamic efficiency, innovation markets and cross-border e-commerce. This paper seeks to identify insights for Australian competition law and policy in light of the recent Harper Competition Review. Finally, this paper concludes with a number of observations, including future challenges in regulating digital platforms.
Re thinking regulation at the age of AILofred Madzou
This is a presentation of the keynote that Lofred Madzou (AI Project Lead at the World Economic Forum) gave on October 14th at the Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) in Lima. It presents some of the most important policy challenges associated with the development of means to address them.
Generally speaking, there are three large categories of instruments used in public policy: 1) Regulatory instruments,
(2) Economic and financial instruments, and (3) Soft instruments. This three-fold typology of policy instruments is what has popularly been identified as the “sticks”, the “carrots” and the “sermons” of public policy instruments.
Is Better Regulation about asking the right questions?tamsin.rose
Looks at the recent trends for Better Regulation in EU policy-making, the use of impact assessment and asks whether this really delivers policies of benefit for society.
Decades of economic growth and development along with better governance and nutrition-specific programmes had lifted hundreds of millions of people in Asia out of poverty, as well as starvation and malnutrition. However, due to the uneven development, while a large segment of Asian's population had changed their eating habits to over-nutrition diets and worrying about lifestyle diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart diseases, there are still some countries and regions suffering from lack of nutrition. For example, childhood malnutrition and stunting is still prevalent in South Asia, one Indian survey found that 21% of children suffer wasting, and a further 7.5% of children suffer it severely.
For more details, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/sustainability/fixing-asias-food-system/white-paper/food-thought-eating-better?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
Digital platforms and services stimulate economic growth and development. Countries are looking to the “internet economy” to provide new market opportunities and help achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as promoting economic growth and sustainable industralisation, a process often relying on an increase in online access rates and smartphone penetration.
For more details, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/technology-innovation/digital-platforms-and-services-development-opportunity-asean?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
The world’s top 100 asset owners (AOs) represent about US$19trn in assets under management. The largest, and potentially most influential, proportion is in Asia—more than a third of the total. Out of the top 20 largest funds, three out of the first five and nearly half of the total are in Asia.
For more insights, please visit: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/sustainability/sustainable-and-actionable-study-asset-owner-priorities-esg-investing-asia?utm_source=OrganicSocial&utm_medium=Slideshare&utm_campaign=Amundi&utm_content=Slideshare_whitepaper
Internet connectivity has proven to be one of the most profound enablers of social change and economic growth of our time. Beginning with fixed narrowband internet connections and moving through successive generations of increasingly pervasive and powerful networks, connectivity has come to underpin our working and personal lives, empowering businesses to operate more efficiently and with wider reach. In turn, connectivity has sparked and fuelled countless new industries, products and services that are coming to define our modern age. Connectivity has proven to be a vital ingredient for business success.
This report examines the burden of lung cancer in Latin America and how well countries in the region are addressing the challenge. Its particular focus is on 12 countries in Central and South America, chosen for various factors including size and level of economic development: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
In the cyber world, many are attacked but not all are victims. Some organisations emerge stronger. The most cyber-resilient organisations can respond to an incident, fix the vulnerabilities and apply the lessons to strategies for the future. A key element of their resilience is governance, a task that falls to the board of directors.
To learn more about the challenges of governing a cyber-resilient organisation, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) conducted a global survey, sponsored by Willis Towers Watson, of 452 large-company board members, C-suite executives and directors with responsibility for cyber-resilience.
Among the findings:
-In the past year, a third of the companies surveyed experienced a serious cyber-incident — one that disrupted operations, impaired financials and damaged reputations — and most placed high odds on another one in the next 12 months.
-Many companies lack confidence in their ability to source talent and develop a cyber-savvy workforce.
-Executives cite the size of the financial and reputational risk as the most important reason for board oversight.
Artificial intelligence (AI) will profoundly affect the ways in which businesses and governments engage with consumers and citizens alike. From advances in genetic diagnostics to industrial automation, these widespread changes will have significant economic, social and civic implications. As such, Intelligent Economies explores the transformative potential of AI on markets and societies across the developed and developing worlds.
This report, developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Microsoft, draws on a survey of more than 400 senior executives working in various industries, including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing,
retail and the public sector. Survey respondents operate in eight markets: France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, the UK and the US.
As businesses generate and manage vast amounts of data, companies have more opportunities to gather data, incorporate insights into business strategy and continuously expand access to data across the organisation. Doing so effectively—leveraging data for strategic objectives—is often easier said
than done, however. This report, Transforming data into action: the business outlook for data governance, explores the business contributions of data governance at organisations globally and across industries, the challenges faced in creating useful data governance policies and the opportunities to improve such programmes.
It wasn’t long ago that a work meeting meant gathering around a table to discuss an agenda. These days you may be using Slack, Hangouts or other digital collaboration platforms that blend messaging with video and allow real-time editing of
documents. Even with these tools, communication at work can still break down, potentially endangering careers, creating stressful work environments and slowing growth.
A survey from The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Lucidchart reveals some of the perceived causes and effects of these communication breakdowns. The survey, conducted from November 2017 to January 2018, included 403 senior executives, managers and junior staff at US companies divided equally and from companies with annual revenue of less than
US$10m, between US$10m and US$1bn and more than US$1bn. The survey research provides insights about what employees see as the biggest barriers to workplace communication, the causes of the barriers and their impact on work life. Complete survey results are included at the end of
this report.
Successful young entrepreneurial innovators have achieved something akin to rockstar status. They grace magazine covers and keynote global conferences, inspiring burgeoning
start-ups and Fortune 50 companies alike.
Collectively, young entrepreneurs are innovative by nature and their thinking is an important source of growth and job creation across the world. Today, with digital tools in hand, leaders are better positioned to expand their businesses across borders, seize niche opportunities and shape the global economic future.
Yet, most of today’s young entrepreneurs want more than status and a global corporate footprint. Their ideas of success arise from powerful social, political and economic convictions.
To find out what really makes young innovators tick, The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by FedEx, surveyed more than 500 of these young entrepreneurs around the globe about their motivations, ideals and priorities. Our survey respondents were between 25 and 50 years of age and all founders, owners or partners of firms with fewer than 500 employees. They are living in North America, Europe, Middle
East, India and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. We surveyed them on matters of globalization, technology and social values.
We then compared their views with a similar survey of the general public in the same regions. Side by side, these surveys enabled us to differentiate the outlooks of today’s young and innovative entrepreneurs.
Our surveys identified four key mindsets that guide young entrepreneurs: leading with passion; thinking globally; embracing social responsibility; and banking on connectivity. This report explores the similarities and divergences of today’s young entrepreneurs and the general public. It seeks insights into the elements of the business environment that matter most to entrepreneurs, as well as their views on a variety of issues including free trade and social responsibility.
Education systems across the world are grappling with the challenge of preparing their students for the rapid changes they will experience during their lifetimes. To this end, schools have a critical role in equipping students with the requisite skills and
competencies that will be in demand, particularly as digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly transform businesses and influence economies. In this report, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) discusses the results of a study that explores how to best prepare primary and
secondary school (referred to in this report as “K-12”) students for the 21st century workplace (“the modern workplace”), where
a mix of hard and soft skills are crucial for success. The research, sponsored by Google for Education, draws on a survey of 1,200 educators in 16 countries.1 It looks at the
strategies most effective in developing 21st century skills and how technology can support such efforts.
Gone are the days when marketing chiefs focused solely on the classic 4Ps: Product, Price, Promotions and Place - they now must take an integrated approach to drive company goals.
Corporate and shareholder sentiment towards MA has rebounded since the dark days of 2008. Low borrowing costs have coaxed many new buyers, including acquisitive Chinese conglomerates, into the market. The prices of prized assets have risen accordingly. It remains a sellers market in technology-driven deals, particularly in the consumer-goods, financial services, and media and telecommunications sectors.
Corporate treasury is now a top target for cyber-criminals. Treasury’s trove of personal and corporate data, its authority to make payments and move large amounts of cash quickly, and its often complicated structure make it an appealing choice for discerning fraudsters.
Corporate treasury is now a top target for cyber-criminals. Treasury’s trove of personal and corporate data, its authority to make payments and move large amounts of cash quickly, and its often complicated structure make it an appealing choice for discerning fraudsters.
In today’s low-yield and regulated environment, many Asia-Pacific investors are more actively monitoring their portfolios with a willingness to increase turnover and shift asset allocations for higher returns.
Asia-Pacific institutional investors are struggling to balance long-term liabilities with the need to secure yield in a world where it is increasingly scarce. They are also in the world’s fastest-growing region that has no shortage of volatility. How are they achieving returns while managing risks?
How are institutional investors in North America adapting to increasingly complex risks? Are these risks driving investors to make portfolio changes based on short-term goals or are they making tactical moves to stay focused on long-term objectives?
Political risks and the search for yield are pushing some North American institutional investors toward more tactical decisions. Investors are focused on reallocating to equities and using alternative investments to mitigate risks.
How are EMEA investors responding to changing macroeconomic and regulatory environments, stakeholder objectives and pressures, and market conditions? Based on a survey of 200 institutional investors in the region, this report takes a detailed look.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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