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Looking into the AI crystal ball 14 March 2022 by Linda Sheehan With 2023 in full swing, it is clear that AI will continue to play an increasingly significant role in the business landscape. The demand for AI solutions and data-driven insights is on the rise, as businesses of all kinds seek to make more informed decisions and gain a competitive edge. One emerging trend is the integration of traditional…

Chances are, you’re hearing a lot of hype around AI. However, there’s a fine line between hype and distraction.  To keep up in the rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s critical that consultants understand how AI can enhance and facilitate their work. In fact, we predict that professionals who learn and leverage AI and ChatGPT will eventually put pressure on those who don’t. So, what do you really need to know…

Conventional wisdom says that building on the strengths of an organisation is the most direct path to business success. It’s also the foundation of most value growth plans and talent management, which focuses on increasing the performance of high-performers. But leaders continue to scratch their heads as despite all their well-intended efforts to build on strengths, their organisations still fail to deliver. How come? It is because with organisations, you…

Research released by Elixirr reveals how both C-level and professional sportspeople achieve success in their fields, with both CEOs and professional athletes believing that being more mentally resilient than their competitors is the top driver of high performance. While the physical requirements of elite athletes are revered and celebrated, the intangible demands of business leaders are less often recognised. Yet, both CEOs (94%) and professional sports players (99%) put a…

What is SaaS? SaaS or Software-as-a-Service is a licensing model in which the provider hosts the application and makes it available to customers over the Internet. By accessing software on a subscription basis, they let the SaaS provider manage, secure, and maintain the digital tools. This way, companies can finally leave these time-consuming tasks behind and focus only on business growth. SaaS is a unique solution that solves all technical…

Interest rates and inflation are closely linked. Higher rates will help to bring down inflation. But how exactly?

It’s our job to make sure a failing UK bank doesn’t cause widespread harm to the economy or cost UK taxpayers money.

The digital pound would be a new type of money issued by the Bank of England alongside cash.

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The innovations that generative AI could ignite for businesses of all sizes and levels of technological proficiency are truly exciting. However, executives will want to remain acutely aware of the risks that exist at this early stage of the technology’s development.

Mishcon de Reya is a Law firm with more than 600 lawyers. Lawyer David Parsons offers an exciting view and advice on how to handle, and avoid, problems with employees accusing their firms in Public. With Christiano Ronaldo being one of the best soccer players in the World, Manchester United being one of the most followed sports clubs and the World Cup in Qatar, what can be more relevant?

Employers are beginning to see how skills-based practices can expand their access to great talent—but the benefits aren’t only for employers. As employers adopt these practices across their talent journeys, workers are more equipped to find better jobs based on their skills rather than their degrees, educational background, or years of experience in a specific role. In the face of ongoing macroeconomic challenges, now is the time for all stakeholders in workforce development to commit resources and support to accelerating adoption of these practices and build more equitable prosperity in communities.

These are just a few examples that I can think of right now to demonstrate what would happen if Marketing was suddenly gone. The world would be less colourful, less tasty, a bit more boring. People would have to work hard to choose, find, try, re-buy a product or service, differentiate themselves from the crowd, and discover alternatives.

The current 4-day workweek trend is the bastard child of a pandemic and the force of habit. A pandemic that forced an entire planet to first stop on its feet and then work from home, and the unstoppable Force of habit of human nature that at some point saw, and experienced, that working like this might actually work. I have my doubts. 

CBDC stands for central bank digital currency. It’s digital money a country’s central bank can issue alongside cash. If we introduced one, we’d call it the digital pound.

Everybody is trying to make sense of the phenomenon of more and more people resigning from their jobs, especially since the start of the pandemic. Is it a response to the pandemic, a change in culture, is it time for a break, the employers’ fault, the employees’ fault, the Governments’ fault?

We help the UK to manage the risks that climate change brings and we support its move to net-zero.

We continue to monitor the economy and global events carefully when making rate decisions.

Find out about inflation and how it is linked to interest rates.