The End of Edtech? AI, Edtech, and the Future of Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming software development, ushering in a new era of technology that is redefining how applications are created and utilized. This has sparked conversation across a number of places in my recent travels that is heralding the End of SaaS (Software as a Service), where AI-driven agents and automation are poised …

Smart Supply Chains: Enhancing Flexibility and Efficiency with Industry 4.0 Technologies

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, has brought transformative technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data Analytics, and Blockchain into the industrial landscape. Among the many sectors reaping the benefits of this digital transformation is the supply chain. Traditional supply chains, which often operate in silos with limited …

Improving Contact Center ROI in Healthcare: How to Leverage AI

As someone deeply involved in contact center solutions, I’ve personally witnessed how hospitals and healthcare organizations can make meaningful changes to boost their return on investment (ROI). With patient expectations on the rise, operational costs climbing, and regulatory demands growing more complex, healthcare contact centers can no longer stick to traditional call-handling roles. By harnessing …

EdTech and AI in Education: The Illusion of Progress?

In an age where artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping our world, how should our educational system use AI to evolve? And what do we want this evolution to look like? For me, progress would lead to a greater equality of access to skilled educators who can provide emotional, academic and moral guidance to their …

Telecom Implementations Are Messy – How Can The Suppliers Clean It Up?

If you google the question “How many technology projects fail?” you will find many sources that give some approximation of the following data taken from the article “Are These The 7 Real Reasons Why Tech Projects Fail”, by Bernard Marr: 25% of technology projects fail outright 20-25% of technology projects never show any return on …

Travel and Hospitality: Adapting to the “Next Normal” with Blockchain Technology

In May 2020, Deloitte mapped out 4 potential scenarios for the global travel and hospitality industry to get to the “next normal.” Each scenario evaluated known unknowns such as disease severity, government collaboration, healthcare response, economic consequences, and social cohesion. Its conclusion arrived at several overarching themes, which would need to be addressed in order …

The Digital HR Metrics

Define – Measure – Refine – Succeed “Measure your business impact in our disrupted, digital world”   Digitalising HR is a game-changer for businesses, enabling us to deliver efficiencies, excellent employee experiences and better business outcomes, providing a competitive advantage for organisations. Yet this isn’t about technology alone. Digitalising is a mindset, a way of …

The Future of Insurance

We profit from it, we fear it, and we find it impossibly hard to quantify… risk. While not the sexiest of industries, insurance can be a life-saving protector, pooling everyone’s premiums to safeguard against some of our greatest, most unexpected losses. One of the most profitable in the world, the insurance industry exceeded $1.2 trillion …

Insurance Products are Dead. Long live Insurtech Platforms

During the last 4 years I’ve been talking about Insurtech, and I have always done so from the context of collaboration with and transformation of the insurance industry. That’s why to talk about Insurtech is to talk about the next stage for insurance. Since 2016 we have witnessed the changes and opportunities Insurtech brings to …

Blockchain for Business Series: Understanding Business and Technological Design Imperatives of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Introduction: What is Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and Why Is It Important? In this post we plan to expend some time and energy in understanding Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC. While the notion of “Central Banks” implies centralized control and governance structure the term itself may be against the doctrine of decentralization which lays …