Facts or alternative facts? How to get insights you can trust Disruption. It’s the word on all of our lips so often – what disruptions are occurring in our industry, and how? Who is ahead of the curve? What do we need to do to make sure we’re part of the disruption? There’s only one […]
Re-imagining a Lawyer’s Skillset in an AI World
Re-imagining a Lawyer’s Skillset in an AI World As worldwide spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence systems is forecast to reach $12.5 billion this year, the size of cost savings in the legal sector make it an attractive target for entrepreneurs. Automation of routine tasks and intelligent automation by artificial intelligence (AI) is fuelled by the exponential data explosion. On one estimate 90% of […]
Finding a Proper Innovation Strategy
Many of those reading this, whether CIOs or C-level execs, don’t need to be convinced as to why they should focus big on Open Innovation. Is it hard to Innovate? It depends on how you approach the innovation journey. I’m going to share some of my thoughts on this below. I’m writing this because I […]
Shared Knowledge is Power: Delivering the Value That Big Data Promises
Some companies do data well and others don’t. I have worked with data and knowledge for many years. At Thomson Reuters and at Dunnhumby data was their life-blood. I have also worked at companies which had powerful data but which they did not know how to use effectively. You may have experience of Boards frustrated at […]
Why it’s Time to Stop our Infatuation with Unicorns
Mention disruption and firms that come into the conversation include giants like AirBnB, Apple, Uber, Amazon, or the aspiring baby unicorns like Deliveroo or Monzo. These firms are held in high regard for their ability to turn established industries on their heads. We do love a good underdog especially one that proclaims to want to […]
Future Foresight – Creating Preferred Futures
For years now I have cringed when someone introduces me as a “Futurist”. Thanks to media attention, marketing hype and the proliferation of snake-oil- salesmen, the once respected academic discipline of foresight now conjures up images of mystics and shamans and if I had a pound for every reference made to me concerning crystal balls then […]
Quantifying the Beautiful Game: How Analytics and Big Data is Helping to Shape Football.
Quantifying the Beautiful Game: How Analytics and Big Data is Helping to Shape Football. Published by Ben Daish Modern Football is huge business. Every season millions of fans take their seats in stadiums, pubs and homes up and down the country to witness excitement and entertainment unrivalled in any other medium. It also seems to get bigger every season. We live in an era of £200m transfer fees, […]
Questions CIOs Are Asking About Digital Disruption
Last week we had the pleasure of meeting CIOs and key decision makers responsible for innovation and IT at the True North Breakfast with a View briefing. Their observations and questions about disruptive innovation are perhaps common to many in an age of rapidly advancing technology, and ones you should also be asking yourself. What stage is […]
Does Size Really Matter: An Insight into Whether You Can Be Too Small or Too Big to Disrupt Your Market
Does Size Really Matter: An Insight into Whether You Can Be Too Small or Too Big to Disrupt Your Market Published by Georgie Fairweather Winner of the PathFinder4 student blog competition, University of Hertfordshire student Georgie Fairweather, explores the role of company size when disrupting existing markets. It can happen at any time, by anyone, anywhere – and it will almost always […]
Cybercriminals Cause Havoc. People and Culture are the Answer.
Cybercriminals Cause Havoc. People and Culture are the Answer. In the defence of our businesses against cybercrime and cybercriminals, Tony Dimech discusses the necessity of a holistic approach to security with people at its heart, and training that engenders proactivity. Last year 75% of small businesses in the UK experienced a cyber breach. The average cost of a breach for small businesses can be […]