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Commercial Awareness, Entrepreneurial, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future of Work, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics, Logistics Matters
Explaining Jamaica’s logistics centred economy An exercise in Digital Storytelling

By Ainsley Brown on January 1, 2019

If you were asked to Explain Jamaica’s logistics centred economy? What would your answer be? I will admit, it is not an easy question to answer. However, here is my attempt. What is a logistics centred economy? How about you, what would your answer be? More importantly why should you care? In a word: opportunity. Being able to explain what Jamaica’s… Continue reading "Explaining Jamaica’s logistics centred economy An exercise in Digital Storytelling"
Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Digitalisation, Economy, Ethics, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future of Work, Sports, Technology
Artificial Intelligence is now

By Ainsley Brown on November 24, 2018

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. … Continue reading "Artificial Intelligence is now"
Commercial Awareness, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Regulation, Special Economic Zone
What is the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority?

By Ainsley Brown on November 10, 2018

Related Posts:Special Economic Zones and Global Economic Governance: Jamaica’s Economic IndependenceEconomic Regulation: The ‘visible hand’ guiding special economic zonesThe Top 20 Business Trends to look for in Jamaica in 2020What is the role of Special Economic Zones in the Jamaican economy?My random, well maybe not so random, thoughts on Special Economic Zones
Banking, Blockchain, Commercial Awareness, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurial, Finance
The disruption of the financial industry

By Carsten Lexa on November 6, 2018

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… Continue reading "The disruption of the financial industry"
Data economy, Digitalisation, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics, Logistics Matters, Trade, Trade Facilitation
Logistics is the key to thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Connectivity, Flows and the management of connectivity and flows

By Ainsley Brown on October 20, 2018

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… Continue reading "Logistics is the key to thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Connectivity, Flows and the management of connectivity and flows"
Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Digitalisation, Economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Global Value Chains, Government Policy, Internet of Things, Jamaica's Global Logistics Hub, Logistics Matters, Sustainable Development, Trade
How do you build a resilient and sustainable economy in the 21st Century? Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

By Ainsley Brown on October 18, 2018

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… Continue reading "How do you build a resilient and sustainable economy in the 21st Century? Jamaica a logistics centred economy thriving in the Fourth Industrial Revolution"
Artificial Intelligence, Data economy, Digitalisation, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Technology
The great paradox of the Fourth Industrial Revolution ....its about being more human

By Ainsley Brown on October 16, 2018

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… Continue reading "The great paradox of the Fourth Industrial Revolution ....its about being more human"
Commercial Awareness, Government Policy, Trade
USA vs China trade war: a game of football Rules are rules but really are they?

By Ainsley Brown on October 8, 2018

You don’t often get to link trade and sports together but attorney Timothy P. Stratford has done a brilliant job making an apt analogy that the current USA- China trade war is like a game of football. The key to the analogy and its true brilliance rests in, what kind of football? Don't understand the US-China trade war? This metaphor could… Continue reading "USA vs China trade war: a game of football Rules are rules but really are they? "
Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Awareness, Data economy, Digitalisation, Economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future of Work, Global Value Chains, Internet of Things, Trade
Connectivity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is about relationships

By Ainsley Brown on October 6, 2018

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… Continue reading "Connectivity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is about relationships"
Crime, International, Security
Drug Trafficking Drugs are a major issue so we need major solutions

By Ainsley Brown on October 1, 2018

To say that drugs are serious international security problem is an understatement. In this story we highlight five countries solutions to Drug trafficking problem namely: USA, UK, Jamaica, Columbia and Mexico. Embedded code: Related Posts:The legal aspect of international securityWhat is the solution to Terrorism?A peace garden or a garden for peace? The surprising link between clean air and… Continue reading "Drug Trafficking Drugs are a major issue so we need major solutions "