In these challenging times, raising capital for your startup can seem like a daunting task. But fear not, with the right approach, even in a downturn, it’s still possible to secure funding. It comes down to the courtship and ensuring you set the right expectations right out of the gate.

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing the way we work. What exactly does that mean for your business, employees, customers and shareholders?

Interested in learning more? Read my latest blog to explore human-led outcomes, hashtag#ai by design, new ways of working through a skills-based approach that shifts the focus in your organization from task-oriented to meaningful work.

The internet can be considered one of the most significant technological inventions of our time. Almost 4.66 billion people were active internet users as of October 2020, encompassing 59 percent of the global population. The current crisis has highlighted that not everyone has the same level of access to new emerging technologies and digital tools, disproportionately affecting global citizens. Although disruptive technologies enable more users to access digital tools, accessibility is only the first step; users also need decentralized digital products which encourage economic prosperity.

How might we look at automation if it does in fact create better jobs, happier people, and healthier societies?

Research shows us that businesses looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic are going to be facing a new kind of challenge: Managing a highly complicated, hybrid workforce. A Gartner study found that 82% of business leaders say their organizations plan to let employees continue to work from home at least some of the time, while 47% plan to allow employees to do so permanently.

Here’s what we know, reverting to pre-COVID models won’t be enough to survive in a post-COVID-era. There is a greater imperative to transform and now front-office transformation is an even higher priority than your back-office transformation. Digital products and services are table-stakes, customers will begin to demand personalized experience from healthcare to retail and everything in between (i.e. product recommendations and communications) – personalization is the key to redefining relationships with customers.