Technology
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NEWS: Strategy, 3 December, 2020
Top companies report problems with CEO succession planning
Over two-thirds of FTSE 100 firms have flagged CEO succession planning as an issue to shareholders, with 13% warning about board tech skills.
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NEWS: Board skills, 6 November, 2020
Digital expertise in the boardroom ‘improves company performance’
Study finds positive association between board-level digital expertise and company success, including the use of new tech in business models.
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NEWS: Technology, 13 October, 2020
Changes to company constitutions ‘could allow use of AI on the board’
While a number of directors' tasks could be “augmented”—or entirely substituted—by the use of AI, questions remain over liability.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 24 September, 2020
How to prevent your employees’ mistakes compromising cybersecurity
An alarming 43% of employees have made mistakes with cybersecurity repercussions for themselves or their company. How can firms mitigate this risk?
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COMMENT: Corporate governance, 14 September, 2020
‘Tech emperors’ need effective checks and balances in the boardroom
The increasing complexity of tech firm ownership structures could, if unchecked, impact the ability of boards to provide strong and effective governance.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 8 September, 2020
How understanding AI can help the board to boost business
Our industries are set to be revolutionised by AI. It can help boards to make intelligent decisions which drive profit and growth.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 27 August, 2020
The state of AI-driven digital transformation
With a holistic digital transformation strategy, AI can help businesses become more adaptive, creative, flexible and innovative.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 14 August, 2020
How Covid-19 raises the digital stakes even higher
With our increased reliance on the non-physical world, Covid-19 has accelerated the digital transition of our societies, industries and companies.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 13 August, 2020
Blockchain, supply chains and the post-Covid world
Covid-19 has underlined the vulnerability of supply chains. The blockchain can enhance resilience by improving the transparency and traceability of transactions.
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NEWS: Research, 5 August, 2020
AI survey: how is your business integrating artificial intelligence?
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven an increasing interest in AI. This survey seeks to assess boardroom knowledge of the opportunities and risks it presents.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 22 July, 2020
How blockchain can create more resilient supply chains in the post-Covid recovery
Blockchain improves the integrity of supply chains by providing companies and consumers with transparent and secured data.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 20 July, 2020
Computer says no: the risks of AI in the post-pandemic digital workplace
Digitalisation of the workplace has been heralded as key to organisational effectiveness, learning and agility. But is this future as perfect as it seems?
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Board expertise, 10 July, 2020
Tech skills in the boardroom and the race for survival
Executives and non-executives from a range of backgrounds met to gauge boardroom tech skills, board culture and adapting to the pandemic.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 17 June, 2020
Digital disruption: how will Covid-19 affect the future of work?
The pandemic is forcing a mass upgrading of our digital literacy—and the ability of businesses and individuals to adapt to new ways of working.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 15 June, 2020
Business looks to automation in the wake of Covid-19
Robotics and automation will become more important than ever as a solution for UK business recovery amid the pandemic’s devastating economic impact.
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Technology, 9 June, 2020
Working from home? Stay alert to the risk of cyber-attacks
Covid-19 has made firms increasingly reliant upon their online networks and remote-working capabilities. But the threat from cyber-attacks has grown too.
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Technology, 26 February, 2020
Big data ‘poses biggest ethical challenge’ for businesses
Survey reveals 43% of executives see data management and governance as their top concern relating to technology-driven growth.
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Strategy, 12 February, 2020
US regulator orders tech giants to release data on acquisitions
Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft face scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission over whether acquisitions of small tech firms were "anticompetitive".
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Technology, 25 January, 2020
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI and quantum computing
The combination of AI and quantum computing will help us tackle some of the biggest problems we see, says Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Social media, 18 September, 2019
Facebook creates oversight board to judge complaints about content
The independent board will seek to provide a detached application of Facebook’s ethical standards to improve the governance of social media content.