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Tech & Innovation
Fulfilment as a brand differentiator: it’s all in the…
I’m not normally one for last-minute gifts. But last Christmas, I found myself at my in-laws in the Cotswolds, late on the 23rd December, trawling through the internet for a site that would offer next day delivery for...
AI: A serious ethical challenge for consumer businesses
In his Reith lectures on artificial intelligence, Professor Stuart Russell read an extract from Alan Turing’s 1950 essay on computer machinery. “Once the machine thinking method had started,” he read, “it would...
The next digital frontier: equipping Boards with the skills…
Last year, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold an NFT of his first-ever tweet (“just setting up my twittr”) for $2.9m. Twelve months on, and this particular NFT has not proved the best investment for the Iranian-born...
Accelerating innovation in the healthcare sector
There is nothing quite like the bubble of conversation and connection between people meeting and re-meeting over a shared meal. We have missed it hugely over the last two years: Zoom has enabled the transactions of...
Why have we all gone wild for Wordle?
Last year, a former Reddit engineer devised a simple online word game for his partner to stave off boredom during lockdown. Today, only a few months later, this particular lockdown project is played by millions around...
On-demand grocery delivery: is this the next retail revolution?
If you live in a city in the UK, you’ll have grown used to seeing Uber Eats and Deliveroo riders weaving through traffic delivering hot meals to customers at home. Online delivery, in all its forms, has boomed over...
Amazon Fresh stores: already stale?
This has been an exciting week in Primrose Hill! Just down the road, in Chalk Farm, a new Amazon Fresh store has opened its doors, giving customers – and those of us at MBS visiting our offices – the chance to...
Technology and tomorrow’s leadership: how AI is changing the…
Earlier this week, it was a privilege to partner with Signal AI and Tortoise Media for an event looking at the way we make decisions, and how technology – in particular data and AI – is impacting how businesses run...
The boy next door with dreams to grow a…
I have always been fascinated by how a neighbourhood can define who you are and what you do with your life. A real generalisation I know, which probably therefore, means nothing. I have not done the research on...
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