Ethical Robots Are a Naive Illusion for Programmers?
Ethics programmed into robots may not solve the problems we face at work, in healthcare, or in wartime.
The relations between rhetoric and ethics are disturbing: the ease with which language can be twisted is worrisome,...
So A Big VC Fund Is Investing In Your Startup? 4 Practical Considerations
First of all -- congratulations. Getting a round together always takes work and a big VC fund is certainly a big validation. That said, it takes both awareness and execution to maximize the pros...
[Tech in Covid-19] Digital ID – 1 Week, from Dev to Deploy
Compared to the SARS outbreak 17 years ago, the Covid-19 outbreak is more severe in multiple ways, such as longer incubation time with limited or no symptoms, more contagious, multiple ways of infection.
As progress...
Tech Tackles the Mess in HR
Technology is making it easier to streamline messy, time-consuming human resources processes, which affects HR teams as well as other organizations within the company.
Ryan Higginson-Scott can speak to the fallout – which is mostly good....
How Much Money Will Make You Happy?
According to two Nobel Prize winners, $75k should be enough.
Money and happiness. Two very different concepts that have gotten a lot of attention on the field of economics. So much so, that there is...
Lead by Example, Not Force.
It’s a lot easier to set the rules in place, and have them enforced through management.
It’s difficult, to lead by setting an example — a technique I think is more valuable than forced rules...
A Curse To The Indian Economy
The Greatest Threat To Human Existence Is Our Own Lack Of Ability To Control Our Own Growth — Garrett Hardin
There is always a sense of pride when we see our country being at the top....
VCs Suck – 5 Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Minimize The Pain
I hear on an almost daily basis a startup complaining about VCs, mostly about lack of response or lack of clarity. Having been both an entrepreneur and an investor I often find bell curves...
How Congress Blindly Sees the Future of Tech Companies
Technology Disruption will decimate Congress piece by piece
The Congress of the United States of America called 4 CEOs of big tech companies to perform a circus on national TV.
Jeff Bezos from Amazon. Tim Cook from Apple....
The Problem and Opportunity of Organizational Debt
What is ‘Organizational (Org.) Debt’?
As a rule, startups and companies in hypergrowth have two traits in common - high ambiguity and a fast pace. These are true regardless of product or industry category. While...
AI And The Future Of The Streamlined Supply Chain
Bad deliveries drive away customers. In 2018, 84% of customers were unlikely to shop at the same retailer after a bad experience with shipping or late delivery. Dealing with the high bar customers have...
VR Tentatively Peers into Social Networks
In the Digital Age, online communities bring diverse people together for common goals and causes. Doctor-patient and peer support in the medical field rank among the top of such groups -- underlined when lives...
How to Launch a FinTech in the Home of FinTech (London)
Traditional finance careers seem to be in ever-shorter supply whilst alternative finance gets more and more interesting. As a result, FinTech is looking more and more compelling. So, if you have an Altfi (alternative...
Workers reach out for the best benefits plan
Much has changed about healthcare over the last few decades. That makes it an even greater challenge to properly educate and enable employees before asking them to choose health benefits.
“It’s really easy to run...
Mass Crypto Adoption – why we’re not there…yet
A few weeks ago, the Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicted that a whopping 1 billion people will be using cryptocurrencies in the next five years. If his prediction materializes, it would mean that we...
Anti-vaxxers take-home message from Coronavirus
The vaccine is a biological agent designed to produce actively acquired resistance to a specific infectious agent. It characteristically comprises a factor that, in part, resembles a microorganism. The alleged feature is either a...
What Is With All These Names And Numbers? 5 Major Ways In Which A...
So a VC is investing in you -- great news. But then you see a string of names and numbers in their investment vehicles and you wonder, what is really going on. This post...
Unemployment & Suicides: The Next Wave Of Crisis
This wave of economic suicide will perhaps surpass the lives taken by the deadly virus itself.
The economic hardships caused during Covid-19 have surpassed those of the 1930s Great Depression and the 2008 Global Financial...
Using AI To Improve Your Business’ Reputation
Your online reputation can make or break your business. To no shock, 94% of consumers scroll through online reviews before making a purchase, so maintaining a good reputation is important. In fact, reputation is...