You don’t have to increase employee numbers to grow(FC)

According to a JPMorgan report, nearly half of corporate leaders say they plan to expand their workforces in 2026. Yet service-industry businesses, ranging from creative agencies and financial services to specialized healthcare providers, can meet annual goals without adding headcount. Revamping infrastructure instead can power up annual wins with a clearer path to success. All service-focused […]
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Why Play Is The Serious Secret To Retaining Top Talent(Forbes)

In the business world, we often mistake professionalism as a synonym for stoicism. We’ve been conditioned to believe that for work to be serious, it must be devoid of joy. But after a decade at Google and now as a leading voice on play in the workplace, Kelsey Kates is challenging that narrative with her […]
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Top Gender Pay Gap Statistics(Forbes)

The gender pay gap refers to the difference between the average earnings of men and women in the workforce. Despite attempts to narrow the gap, women still earn 16% less than men on average.[1] This gender pay gap statistics report will delve into the latest statistics, uncover where the gap is still present and discuss factors that […]
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22 Top AI Statistics And Trends(Forbes)

Discover the most impactful artificial intelligence (AI) statistics that highlight the growth and influence of artificial intelligence, such as chatbots on various industries, the economy and the workforce. Whether it’s market-size projections or productivity enhancements, these statistics provide a comprehensive understanding of AI’s rapid evolution and potential to shape the future. Learn about the AI trends that will determine […]
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You can’t train your way out of the AI skills gap(CIO)

Teaching your team to use AI is great, but if you send them back into the same old slow meetings and approval loops, you’re just making broken processes move faster. Most enterprises I talk to say they have an AI skills gap. That sounds plausible right up until you look at what companies are doing. […]
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Best Practices for Integrating Machine Learning Models into Existing Applications (AIJ)

What if a high-performance machine learning model doesn’t work in practice? It’s not as rare as you might think. Researchers report that almost 70 to 80% of machine learning (ML) projects are not deployed in production due to a lack of planning, data, or integration. It’s not the model. It’s the process of integrating machine learning […]
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AI And The Future Of Work: No Skill Is Robot-Proof(Forbes)

Neuroscientist and AI researcher Vivienne Ming says we are measuring the wrong things, hiring for the wrong traits, and building AI that makes us less capable. The fix, she argues, is not more training—it is a different kind of human. Ming is author of Robot-Proof: When Machines Have All the Answers, Build Better People. She doesn’t speak […]
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This month in AI: How organizations can scale convergent technology(WEF)

Why SA needs an AI leader?(FC)

As South Africa was drafting policy papers and convening consultations on how to govern the technology of the future, something quietly extraordinary was happening in Singapore. There, Vivian Balakrishnan, the country’s Foreign Minister, was doing something that seemed at once futuristic and strangely inevitable: he was building an artificial intelligence version of himself. Not a […]
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New GIBS Article: Managing open strategy in public-private sector business model innovation: Closing to open and opening to close as intertemporal dualities By John D. Nicholson, Philip H. Coombes and Adam Lindgreen 

Abstract Approaches to the management of strategic openness in organizations remain poorly understood. This article presents a large-scale qualitative, longitudinal study into a pioneering public-private sector business model innovation in the UK. By synthesizing insights from literatures on open strategy, open innovation, and open business models, the article reveals the practices in establishing a public-private […]
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