Opinion
61 articles
The perfect recipe
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) guide us through tackling the most pressing global problems, setting 17 goals, each with their own targets, to be reached by 2030.
09/11/2017
A new mix for the workspace
As ubiquitous connectivity grows in capacity and pervasiveness, there should really be no difference between working from any physical location and accessing a virtual workspace.
09/11/2017
Traditional HR is dead
Annemie Ress is the Founder of PurpleBeach, which is a forum that encourages diversity of thinking and promotes the topic of people innovation. Accepting that innovation in business is underpinned by people, PurpleBeach acts as catalyst for change at the…
23/10/2017
Harvey, Irma, and Jose: proof of climate change
As with so many topics in today’s extremely polarized political climate, this issue has writers and scientists on both sides claiming certainty and normal citizens left deciding who to trust and what to believe.
20/09/2017
Tesla’s time may be coming
For Tesla, the Secret Master Plan has always been to get to the mass market Model 3, and from there into the battery business. The goal is the transformation to a low carbon economy – not to build a profitable…
01/08/2017
Talking with machines
Ever since grunts became words, speech has helped us learn, plan, and do amazing things. Our communication has been shaped by twin desires: to be understood and to understand.
14/07/2017
Pioneers in fuel cell and electric mobility
With air quality in cities deteriorating over recent years, sustainable mobility solutions are coming into focus. We are at the outset of an eco-cars era.
14/07/2017
A love match
In response to the ever-changing environments in which we do business, I strongly believe companies have to innovate constantly, not only to survive but to thrive.
14/07/2017
Life Lessons by Bill Gates
Technology lets you see problems in ways my friends and I never could, and it empowers you to help in ways we never could.
29/05/2017
Digital’s dark side: Inequality and unemployment
What is possible is that digitization leads to entire segments of the population to have little or nothing to do and that could lead to revolution, war or worse.
18/05/2017