The Polymath Mind SubStack
The World Economic Forum says that in the job market, half the global labour force might need reskilling by 2025. That’s HALF the GLOBAL labour force in the next FOURTEEN MONTHS!!!!! There is a lot of talk …
3 x 3! Three AI conferences in 3 Days
Adam Riley and I have been spending a lot of time at AI conferences… all with slightly different agendas. The conferences: ‘Think Ahead: The Business Implications of AI’ London Business School ‘AI Unleashed – Revolutionising the future of …
From where we stand today our AI-shaped future looks volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous!
Adam Riley and I presented at the ESOMAR global insight congress in Amsterdam in September 2023. We were asking our audience how uncomfortable they felt about AI in our VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world …
How to survive AI: the skills we need to stay relevant
What are the necessary skills that we need to stay relevant? Continuing Adam Riley’s and David VL Smith’s series, they took the stage at the ESOMAR Congress 23 for an in-depth conversation on how to …
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THE ELEPHANT IN HUT 8
If there is an existential threat from AI surely it’s a world in which nobody has a job or any income! It’s a shame this wasn’t on the agenda the recent Bletchley Park AI Summit. …
What can insight professionals learn from successful entrepreneurs
This is an article prepared for the Australian Research Society. My book is aimed at those considering starting a business – in whatever field – and embarking on the entrepreneurial way of life. But having …
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AI … WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING?
Adam Riley and I have been thinking about the nature of the coming AI wave – the extent to which it will enable us or replace us. We also have some interesting initial findings from …
Dialing up insight professionals’ entrepreneurial streak
Here are some thoughts I shared with colleagues at Market Research Institute International on how best entrepreneurial practice can benefit insight professionals. MRii: Dialing up insight professionals’ entrepreneurial streak