How To Challenge Assumptions And Unlock Your Team’s Potential At Work
How To Challenge Assumptions And Unlock Your Team’s Potential At Work getty What’s holding your team back from reaching its full potential? It’s not always a lack of talent or resources—it’s assumptions. You know, that little voice in your head that tells you things are one way, even though they might not be. Assumptions are […]
How To Stop Worrying And Embrace AI
Photo by Rob Pinney Getty Images As a father of three, I’ve spent quite a bit of time checking around rooms for monsters. During daylight hours, my kids are inquisitive and confident. But at night, after their teeth are brushed and it’s time to turn out the lights for sleep, a new fear takes over. […]
How to Create More Good Jobs by Simon Johnson
At least since the 2008 global financial crisis, widespread frustration with stagnant economic prospects and deep regional disparities in developed countries has fueled increasingly dangerous forms of anger. But there are constructive ways forward, as the example of the 2022 US CHIPS and Science Act shows. WASHINGTON, DC – In many countries, innovation and good […]
How To Really Drive Innovation And Reignite Economic Growth
Whoever forms the next U.K. Government must find a way of boosting growth, and encouraging … [+] innovation will be key. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Getty Images Earlier this week, Peter Kyle, the Labour Party’s shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, pledged that if victorious in next month’s U.K. General Election […]
How to fingerprint a fish
All along the supply chain, vendors often pass off cheaper fish species as their more valuable counterparts. When one fish fillet looks much like another, misidentification and even deliberate fraud are easy. An EU-funded project has pioneered simple DNA fingerprinting techniques that help consumers get the fish they pay for. The challenge When is a […]
Helen Toner: How to govern AI — even if it’s hard to predict
No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn’t mean we can’t govern it. She shows how we can make smart policies to regulate this technology even as we struggle to predict where it’s headed — and why the right […]
How To Innovate and Think Differently
The Toothbrush and the Cave (Image created by the author using AI) “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust I have long believed that the great benefit of travel is not merely seeing and experiencing new things. Rather, it is the opportunity to […]
How to train AI when you don’t have enough data
Shown on the left is an image of a baby with a 2D “stick figure” created using a set of detected keypoints. On the right is the stick figure model of the baby’s 3D pose. The red stick figure shows the “ground truth” and the blue stick figure is the 3D pose estimated with the […]
Diarra Bousso: How to choose clothes for longevity, not the landfill
Buying cheap clothing online can be satisfying, but it comes with not-so-hidden environmental costs. When designer Diarra Bousso was growing up in Senegal, her family bought and created new outfits for longevity rather than on impulse — an intention she carries forth in her fashion tech brand. Outlining three sustainable principles, including crowdsourcing designs and […]
A Lens On How To Choose Your Next Investment Or Startup Job
Making career and investment decisions getty I was recently asked what I look for in the founders I back? A heuristic I find particularly valuable is asking myself: in another world, would I work for this founder? In this post, I hope to help you to not only make better investment decisions, but also better […]