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Tom Halton Advisor, Coach & Facilitator in Digital Transformation & Emerging Technology

Category: Digital

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Ethics or Regulations?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Ethics or Regulations?

Artificial Intelligence is most familiar to people as the technology that makes robots independently conscious and potentially dangerous. Although created by humans, these independent robots are beyond our control and can do many things better than humans even in domains where we have always considered our abilities and mastery to be specifically...

Can you bend the Cloud to your will?

Can you bend the Cloud to your will?

Or the importance of being earnest about AI and Cloud Strategy and Governance The senior team of a large multinational I worked with, sat in a room disquieted by the realities of Cloud in their business. To attain competitive advantage, each arm of the business had developed their own strategy for Cloud....

Amazon killed the High Street Mall Stars?

Amazon killed the High Street Mall Stars?

Amazon! The word now means above all one of the highest valued companies in the world by stock valuation. Gone is the automatic identification with mythical ancient Greek warrior demi-goddesses. Gone the name for a woman with moxie who stands up for herself, her beliefs, and those she cares about, and will...

AI is not going to take over – it already has!

AI is not going to take over – it already has!

We are regularly regaled with arguments against Analytics, rumors about Robotics, and dark rumblings about Deep Learning, giving the impression we are on the cusp of something akin to an alien invasion. Some in the media tell us we are all on the verge of becoming, if not dominated by, or slaves...

CIO? CTO? No, All Hail C3PO!

CIO? CTO? No, All Hail C3PO!

My friend Peter*, a senior executive in a tech company, recently lamented the lack of a visible, understandable, coherent strategy coming from the highest levels in his company. The company had in the past depended on the all too familiar silo structure to manage portfolios, programs and projects in each major division...