This recent video at the Casualty Actuarial Society‘s annual meeting shows my keynote on the future of risk and foresight. As the world grapples with traumatic leadership decisions (Trump, Brexit, etc) it seems a good time to revisit our assumptions on how to manage uncertainty. This keynote starts with the history of foresight – why we crave it, yet lack …
How sensor tech, big data, and advanced algorithms will drive strategic intelligence
In Why Software Will Never Replace Strategic Analysts, I laid down a theme I’ll be covering in my closing keynote for the Business Forecasting and Analytics Forum in Chicago on September 20: That data and information may belong to computers, but that knowledge, wisdom, and leadership will remain a uniquely human endeavor. Some took this to mean that I didn’t think …
Why software will never replace intelligence analysts
I’m excited to be speaking at the Business Forecasting and Analytics Summit in Chicago on September 21. My closing keynote is “The Future of Forecasting” and, in it I’m going to explore one of the biggest trends to impact the field: the relationship between man and machine, or more specifically, intelligence analysts and software packages. I am bullish about the …