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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

The production of goods and services with smaller carbon footprints, also known as green technologies, is on the rise and presents numerous economic opportunities. However, developing countries may not be able to take advantage of these opportunities unless their national governments and the international community take decisive action.

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Is Your Organization Digitally Mature?

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In the same way, digital disruption is not about the technology as much as it is about how companies can make their way through the new competitive environment they find themselves in. Digital disruption is more about the people than it is the technology. Each of these gaps poses a different challenge for companies. Digital Maturity.

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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. In an age of smartphones, AI, and genetics, it seems crazy to think that the record sums invested in technology aren’t making more of an impact. in 1992.

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How Chatbots Can Support University Education

The Horizons Tracker

Ordinarily, fully online courses would be developed specifically for the medium, with support offered by experts in online learning, but of course, the rapid nature of the pandemic meant this wasn’t feasible and many online courses had a somewhat haphazard feel to them as a result.

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How Being A Generalist Can Help You Adapt And Innovate

The Horizons Tracker

I’ve written a few times recently about the importance of breaking free from the straitjacket of our increasingly specialized world, and adopting a more generalist approach to skills development. One of the core benefits from this approach is that it allows us to be more innovative. Creating impact.

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The Slow Progress Being Made With AI In The UK

The Horizons Tracker

There is no lack of motivation to try AI-based initiatives, but the lack of skills is resulting in few initiatives getting off the ground. The laggards are generally suffering from outdated technology, poor data quality, and a lack of internal knowledge. Faltering progress.

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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

The Horizons Tracker

The firms were chosen in part due to their propensity to be early adopters of technology. By 2010, around 75% of the sample had adopted some form of predictive analytics, although most of these firms only used the tools sporadically, despite higher intensity use being linked with greater returns.