As some of you will know, I’m a keen padel player and have been playing the sport for a long time. That said, my understanding of the subtleties of the sport have only really emerged in the last decade. And I’ve been fascinated by the parallels / extrapolations one...
I am frequently invited to discuss and/or debate the potential to humanise artificial intelligence (AI). Will it be possible to imbue AI with human qualities, sufficient to dupe us or equal us? Worse yet, will it supersede us? And judging by the reactions in the...
What’s the state of play of our world today? I’m guessing that if you had to answer that question you’d have a hard time putting an accurate description into a short sentence. And if you’re like me, your explanation probably reflects more your...
In the thick of the pandemic, where many countries went into wholesale lockdown mode, companies were mandated to work remotely. Under the principle of “you gotta do what you gotta do,” we all adapted as best we could, learning how to Zoom with or without a...
Some mornings, I wake up and shake my head at the news headlines. Not just about the politics and the horrific results of climate change, but about the never-ending stream of new tech news. With an estimated 100 million startups in activity every year around the world...
In today’s tumultuous times, it takes more than reading tea leaves to predict your future prospects. I read with not a little interest a couple of recent articles about my former employer, L’Oreal, the #1 beauty company in the world. First, there was the...