Disruptive Innovation and the Energy Transition

It doesn’t take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. – Bob Dylan We underestimate the impact of technology and innovation on society. The current level of innovation and its subsequent rate of change are historically unparalleled and accelerating. The impact...

Effective or Right

Being effective within an organisation requires insight and skill. Being effective doesn’t necessarily mean right solutions or even the right effect. Being right implies a correct answer, point of view or solution. Being right often implies an individual’s winning...

Start at the End

Need to open a can; buy a can opener. Easy. Need to transform into a digital organisation; buy a digital platform. Logical, but only partially true. Want to win a car race; build the best car. Again, only partially true. Winning a car race also requires the best...

If This Then That (ITTT)

The code of life is a mystery. AI, machine learning and philosophical experts, to name a few, are trying to decipher this code, but still a long way off. Current artificial intelligence is dependent on human instructions or algorithms which are usually continuously...

Is Dataism Replacing Humanism?

Dataism is the new religion and the fourth religious epoch according to Yuval Noah Harari in his latest book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow. The first being animism and symbolic nature beliefs, followed by God as the centre of all things. The third epoch,...

Interdependency and Change

Some say we are experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, but have barely touched the tip of the iceberg. Others predict that by 2025, machine learning will surpass the human mind. It’s often hard to think about change in terms other than technology. Like all...