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March 2019
The days of being the technically-minded information security expert are finishing. The modern CISO can’t stay tucked away in the IT department, installing updates and emailing out password advice. Nor can they be a wholly management-minded corporate leader, talking the talk without actually being able […]
February 2019
There are now seventy million people around the world who find work through digital platforms. In the UK, we have tended to think of work that happens in a particular place at particular times. However, the rise of digital work platforms is bringing into being […]
January 2019
The pace of technological change has never been so great. And with that change, comes the ever-rising expectations of citizens; expectations that government departments need to meet. Last year we conducted a survey with GovNewsDirect speaking to individuals from 95 central government departments and agencies […]
December 2018
Co-author: Cath Sleeman, Quantitative Research Fellow at Nesta Nesta’s study of 41 million job adverts reveals not all digital skills will be equally valuable in the future and creativity is key. By 2030 the job market will look dramatically different. Previous Nesta research has predicted that about […]
December 2018
The latest Harry’s masculinity report contains startling findings about what it means to be a man in the UK in 2019. Its data has been collected by a bot deployed by London ‘intelligently artificial’ studio Us Ai. Co-founder Pete Trainor says machines used wisely can […]
November 2018
In a world where consumers are empowered to choose where, when and how they purchase, data is the currency. But how can we as marketers and business owners embrace this new norm and create deeper relationships with our customers? The word ‘data’ from the Latin […]
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