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“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
The recent announcement and release of OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot “Chat GPT” has demonstrated the potential of this technology and generated much public interest. Other major technology firms have been fast to follow with their own chatbot versions. AI chatbots can fulfil simple tasks such as writing customised automatic email replies or more complex…
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“Honey, I shrunk the tech!”
“As engineers, we have to see beyond existing technology and ask, ‘Is there a better way?’” James Dyson – Engineer and Founder. My first mobile phone was the size of a small house brick, weighed almost as much and didn’t do anything other than make and receive phone calls. Although the iPhone 13 is not…
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“Open the Pod bay doors HAL …”
“… I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that” – this conversation from 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most iconic movie quotes of all time. There is a fascinating story in a recent Wall Street Journal titled “Google Suspends Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is Sentient“, about a software engineer…
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From JIT to Just in Case
“The global economy assumed that just in time supply chains would continue to operate” Jennifer Bisceglie, CEO of Interos. Supply chain management has become much more challenging as pandemics, wars, weather events and shipping disasters have impacted supply chains around the world. In this informative podcast interview, Jennifer Bisceglie, CEO of Interos, explains that many…
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Protect your ERP System!
“The US Department of Homeland Security has issued multiple warnings against cyberattacks targeting ERP systems.” (from the McKinsey article “Seven steps to help protect your ERP system against cyberattacks” published March 24, 2022). McKinsey have published a timely article on the importance of hardening ERP systems against cyber-attack. The article points out that ERP systems…
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Five Essential Attributes
iHelm has published an insightful article on the importance of leadership capability in agile organisations as well as five essential attributes which cover culture, business process, operations, governance and performance measurement. The article is based on research undertaken by iHelm across multiple industries and geographic regions.
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