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At our recent WhatNext? roundtable we asked business leaders to share the biggest challenges they’re currently facing in delivering what we call profound transformation – the seismic change to a business that delivers immediate and long-term impact - and there were two, inextricably linked, that kept coming up.

First mistake: Starting with the Technology Transformation and change is hardly ever about the technology. In fact I would say that the choice of technology should be somewhere towards the end of strategic decision making. Perhaps that makes me a fox in the hen-house talking to service desk professionals?

Emergence Partners hosted an in-person executive roundtable in early February to hear, learn and explore the mindset around the role technology can play in delivering profound transformation.

Earlier this month we hosted a real-world roundtable discussion with senior execs to debate "WhatNext?" and the role of technology in delivering what we call profound transformation – the kind of seismic change in business that allows you to leap-frog your competitors and exceed the expectations of your people, partners,.

Today the BBC posted an interesting article on a new government department, set up purely to integrate and assess data - read it HERE

Companies are leaping on the AI bandwagon, often just to show how innovative they are, with most organisations averaging 35 Machine Learning or AI projects by 2022[1]. Executives are conscious of falling behind, so are setting aside increasing budgets to run AI-led initiatives and hire AI resources.

I’m a champion of using AI in the right context and more than happy to tell companies when they’re barking up the wrong tree and using AI as a sledgehammer to crack a nut, that it’s a waste of their time and money.

We have all heard the fear-mongering predictions about AI, which has been accelerated by the adoption of automation during the pandemic. This extract from Phil Jones’ new book is drawing attention to the impact this rise in automation and AI has had on “microwork”, which despite being around for a decade is being used mo.

There is no shortage of doomsday-style coverage on the ‘rise of the machines’, this headline grabbing narrative has been delivered in increasing volume for the last decade.