The future after Corona in Germany (and in other countries)

I’m just thinking back to January this year. The new year has just started and the Covid 19 pandemic is not yet relevant in Germany. Everything is going well, the economy is booming and politicians spread good mood. A few weeks later, everything is different. Exit restrictions, economic worries, people with masks. Now everything as slowly returning to normal. But

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Data protection and privacy around the world

Are you protected? Oil changed the world in the 1900s. It drove cars, it drove the whole chemical industry. Data, I look at it as the new oil. It’s going to change most industries across the board. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Laws are one of the the greatest human technologies ever created. They are used to govern human interactions and

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Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

How can a small island developing state like Jamaica thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
The answer is simply: having and implementing a vision that will allow it to secure its future in this age of disruption — the Global Logistics Hub Initiative.

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Artificial Intelligence is now

How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) shaping our world? Right now!  The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on our world is real.  More so than you may think. Welcome to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The BBC in its The A-Z of how artificial intelligence is changing the world provides a very interesting and wide ranging overview of how AI is shaping our world. 

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The disruption of the financial industry

Note: This article is a collective work by the futurologist Jens Hansen and digital expert Carsten Lexa. Digitization brings us disruptions in a wide variety of industries. Newspaper publishers, video rental companies, retailers, bookstores — all have already undergone a major transformation. The change in the retail business for books was particularly bad especially in the USA. In 2011 the

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Logistics is the key to thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Connectivity, Flows and the management of connectivity and flows

If I had to boil the Fourth Industrial Revolution down to its basics I would say it consist of three things. And these are: Connectivity Flows Management of  connectivity and flows   Connectivity Connectivity is often synonymous with digital or technological connectivity, and rightfully so as it is a major means and mode of connectivity. Connectivity, in the Fourth Industrial

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How do you build a resilient and sustainable economy in the 21st Century? Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The future ain’t what it used to be. – Yogi Berra Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots, automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT) – the Fourth industrial Revolution – are all tech terms that have moved into the mainstream of our everyday conversations. Unfortunately the talk is usually one of doom and gloom, punctuated by predictions such as: Robots could

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The great paradox of the Fourth Industrial Revolution ....its about being more human

The more technological we get the more human we must become. This is the great paradox of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To succeed in this era of rapid and accelerating change we must build relationships. Related Posts:What does it mean to have a logistics centred economy in Jamaica?Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial RevolutionArtificial Intelligence is

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Connectivity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is about relationships

Connectivity is often synonymous with digital or technological connectivity, and rightfully so as it is a major means and mode of connectivity. Connectivity, in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,  however is more about relationships. That is to say the relationships “between people-people, people-things, and things-things.” Competitiveness, in our globalized world, be it as an individual or business or nation-state, is  increasingly based

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