Posts by George Veth
This AI platform tracks corporate climate risks around the world
The new tool from Cervest shows physical risks such as floods or droughts that have happened historically and then predicts what will happen over the next 80 years.
Read MoreScenarios: Learning And Acting From The Future
The building of multiple alternative scenarios is justified in a reality dominated by uncertainty and a fast pace of change. If the future was predictable, we wouldn’t have this need to develop and explore scenarios, being the strategic planning and decisions based on a univocal and extrapolation-based forecast.
Read MoreStop Talking Over Each Other in Virtual Meetings
As every organization returns to the office at different times, we will have both virtual and hybrid meetings for the foreseeable future. The author offers three tips to speaking up in a virtual meeting, and three warnings for when to hold back.
Read MoreFight the fatigue that’s killing your team’s productivity
Small periods of recovery time will improve performance.
Read MoreSeven Principles of Building Fair Machine Learning Systems
We’ve all heard examples of unfair AI. Job ads targeting people similar to current employees drive only young men to recruiter inboxes. Cancer detection systems that don’t work as well on darker skin. When building these machine learning (ML) models, we need to do better at removing bias, not only for compliance and ethical reasons but also…
Read MoreWhy process is key for financial institutions’ operational excellence
Creating a single view of the business through process enables operational changes needed to succeed in a challenging environment.
Read MoreWhat makes problems complex and how can we approach complex problems?
It is Accelerating. Volatile. Uncertain. Complex. Ambiguous.
Read MoreIt’s Time to Free the Middle Manager
As organizations shift toward more distributed, asynchronous workforces, the traditional role of a middle manager — monitoring productivity, optimizing individual performance, etc. — is becoming increasingly redundant. Instead of simply routing information between different groups, middle managers of the future will be tasked with leveraging digital tools optimized for tracking remote and hybrid workforces, and…
Read MoreHere is What Google Found out About High Performing Teams.
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” — Michael Jordan
Read MoreEvery Company Needs a Narrative
Corporate narratives offer a powerful opportunity for differentiation. A good narrative helps companies go beyond the fear of things like ever-increasing competition and an unyielding the pace of change. Unfortunately, very few companies are good at crafting an inspiring, customer-focused narrative. To do one well, resist the temptation to simply hand task off to your…
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