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Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Fourth Industrial Revolution
How to have a good Fourth Industrial Revolution
Three ways to manage the technology, before the technology manages you.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
This robot has soft hands. It could be the future of sustainable production
A "soft robot" that can grasp items with the same dexterity as the human hand could revolutionize automation and help us to feed the world. Here's how.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
3 steps to help you work out whether something was written by a bot or a human
AI might be becoming increasingly sophisticated, but there are still some tell-tale signs.
Africa
Africa's inspiring innovators show what the future could hold
Africa doesn’t need aid, it needs effective public policy and business development, writes Njideka Harry.
Retail, Consumer Goods and Lifestyle
Commerce is on the cusp of radical change. Is your organization ready?
How we produce, distribute, market and consume products and services is being disrupted and transformed.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
India is a latecomer to AI. Here's how it plans to catch up
If India is to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution equitably, inclusively and sustainably, taking a leadership position on AI is critical.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
AI has huge potential – but it won’t solve all our problems
Artificial intelligence offers much promise. But it has also given rise to “AI solutionism” - the philosophy that, given enough data, machine learning algorithms can solve all of humanity...
Engineering and Construction
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about to hit the construction industry. Here’s how it can thrive
Here are four ways the construction industry can survive tech disruption and an uncertain future.
Social Innovation
The Fourth Industrial Revolution needs a social revolution, too. Here's how we can make this happen
Our industrial systems cannot harness the energy and the potential of the 21st century. We must think again.
International Trade and Investment
These 5 technologies have the potential to change global trade forever
These are the innovations that could make global trade more efficient, more inclusive, and less costly.
Sustainable Development
5 ways location data is making the world a better place
Geospatial information can be collated and used to solve a variety of issues.
Workforce and Employment
The 3 key skill sets for the workers of 2030
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute highlights how a range of jobs based on human skills are likely to be affected by AI and automation.
International Trade and Investment
There's a new global technology race. It needs better trade rules
Competition to lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution is fierce. Governments and firms across the globe are engaging in legitimate - and illegitimate - acts to get a foothold in a particul...
Long-Term Investing, Infrastructure and Development
This is how intelligent smart roads could become
A Kansas City startup is looking to imbue local roads with smart technology, which could do everything from connect to the internet to call an ambulance after an accident.
Leadership
How to follow our 2018 Industry Strategy Meeting
#ism18 will convene industry experts to discuss how business can thrive in a fractured world, where political narratives compete and there's a need for a systematic approach to emerging t...