Professional Skills

How Schools and Startups Are Preparing for an Automated Future

June 13, 2018

As technology reshapes the way we work at warp speed, we need to change training methodologies. How do we prepare the next generation for jobs that haven’t yet been invented? What kind of skillsets will they need, when machines can do what humans do? What kind of tech training do they need today to be ready for the future workplace? And would it mean totally rethinking education to encourage creative problem finding and solving? To explore these questions, we look at schools and startups who are rethinking education to learn and explore the new world of robotics, AI and machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence

Explainable AI: Cracking Open Deep Learning’s Black Box

May 28, 2018

How does artificial intelligence actually work? What are the pitfalls of this technology that we need to know? Explore the complex nature of this ‘black box’ technology as we break down what artificial intelligence really means.
Data Analytics

How Universities Are Preparing Generation Z for a Data-Driven Workforce

May 24, 2018

From video game designers to structural engineers, learn how interpreting data and drawing insights will be a fundamental skill for tomorrow’s workforce.

Digital Literacy

How Nigeria’s Rising Tech Hub Is Addressing the Software Developer Shortage

April 23, 2018

What happens when there is an increasing number of software development jobs available but not enough skilled workers to fill them? One American start-up, Andela, found the answer in Africa and over the last few years has been developing tech talent primed for integration into the world’s best tech companies.

Organizational Culture

Is Reverse Mentoring a Lever for Digital Transformation?

April 11, 2018

Most organizations need major mindset shifts to survive and thrive amid rapid technological change. And reverse mentoring is emerging as a popular way to break people out of their decades-old established ways of working.
Leadership

Easing in the Robots: How to Confront Employee Fears

March 28, 2018

Across industries, intelligent machines are marching, and along with them fear. How do business leaders today promote the adoption of emerging technologies while adapting the current workforce to the work realities of the future, inspiring and training them in the adoption of new skills?