Tag: risk
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Ottawa must improve research funding – or risk losing the innovation race
Consider a breakthrough in machine learning that revolutionized voice and image recognition, a drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable disease, or a biotechnology sector with revenues in the billions that employs thousands of people. These three very different achievements share a common origin: They each stem from discovery research conducted…
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Artificial Intelligence Is Likely to Make a Career in Finance, Medicine or Law a Lot Less Lucrative
Image credit: Blutgruppe | Getty Images First generation robots worked in factories. Second generation robots are preparing for white-collar profession. Sort of like people. Perhaps you were encouraged to get a professional degree to land a high paying job like a doctor, dentist, lawyer or something similar. This also seems like great advice, considering a professional degree…
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Innovation isn’t in your workplace
You sit through strategy planning meetings or retreats. Goals are set. Everyone is excited. You’re convinced about the new corporate direction. Four months later, nothing happens. More talks follow and still, little or no action – even Marvin Gaye would ask, “what’s going on?” So, how can you tell that your innovation meetings are just…