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There will be stomach-churning ups and downs, and severe doubts and disruptions along the way. The primary quality needed of a CEO to traverse this path is not mercurial brilliance, or a driving ruthlessness or even faultless ex*****on, but sheer, limitless patience.

Digital transformation is already going on all around you. If you are not yet preparing your business for what will be at least a major disruption, if not a complete alteration of the way you operate today, it’s time to start ramping up now. But before you jump on the digital transformation bandwagon, it is important to distinguish fact from fiction so you make wise choices.

Most of today’s jobs didn’t exist in 1940, and 85 percent of jobs that will exist 10 years from now don’t exist yet. The pandemic may have accelerated this shift. It’s estimated that 85 million jobs will be displaced, and 97 million new ones will be created in the next three years. This is leading to skilled talent shortages, with nine in 10 leaders saying they already face skill gaps or expect them to develop within the next five years.

Hence, it is no surprise that upskilling and reskilling is the top priority for L&D professionals globally. Fifty-eight percent of companies say that closing skill gaps has become a priority since the pandemic began, and 69 percent are engaging in more skill-building than before the crisis.

Therefore, an effective learning and development program will help you fill your current skills gap and train the talent you’ll need to be successful in the future.

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According to IBM, machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science that focuses on the use of data and algorithms to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving its accuracy.

Machine learning is used in internet search engines, email filters to sort out spam, websites to make personalised recommendations, banking software to detect unusual transactions, and lots of apps on our phones such as voice recognition.

Emerge Academy offers an AI & Machine Learning course that allows you to understand the concepts that underpin the most used methods, algorithms and techniques. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3fNbWWn

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This national celebration aims to promote and celebrate the contributions of those with African and Caribbean heritage to British society and to foster an understanding of Black history in general.

Our Digital Transformation Simulation Training course takes you through 4 rounds of simulation training in a dynamic environment making the training more engaging and fun.The course uses gamification to see into the future and allows you to know the results of your business transformation decisions before you make them.

By taking this course, you will understand the strategic challenges that organisations face, gain insight into the key success factors that should be considered, and learn the technology practices and tools that enable Digital Transformation.

To find out more about this course, visit here: https://bit.ly/3M9Xi80

Developing and implementing effective staff training can benefit your employees and your business. By investing in your staff, even on a small training budget, you can drive down costs to your business and help increase sales and profits.

Developing your workforce and improving employee skills through training can provide some of the following benefits:

- Increased productivity and improved quality of work
- Reduce customer complaints with streamlined processes and more competent staff
- Reduce staff turnover and absenteeism
- Help your business adapt to change and prepare for growth
- Help you attract top talent, if your business is seen as one that values and invests in their workers

This year, the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition gave out prizes in all the usual categories: painting, quilting, sculpture.

However, one entrant didn’t make his entry with a brush or a lump of clay. He created it with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that turns lines of text into hyper-realistic graphics.

Read here: https://nyti.ms/3B2zjm2 to find out how the first A.I generated piece to win a prize set off a fierce backlash from artists who accused the entrant of cheating.

“At least 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies.” - John Chambers, Cisco ⁠

Providing effective cybersecurity measures for your organisation is like playing a very serious cat-and-mouse game.

In the cyberworld, the “game” pits your computing environment - protected by your skilled but overworked security team - against a range of miscreants and nation-state-sponsored actors seeking illicit access to your crown jewels. The stakes are high, and should your team lose a round, you’ll soon learn this is no game at all.

Read the full article by Forbes here: http://rb.gy/7d6e6d

Education is one of the most powerful aspects of life. Education and learning allow us to make sense of the world around us, the world inside of us, and where we fit within the world.

Resurging interest in machine learning is due to the same factors that have made data mining and Bayesian analysis more popular than ever. Things like growing volumes and varieties of available data, computational processing that is cheaper and more powerful, and affordable data storage.

All of these things mean it's possible to quickly and automatically produce models that can analyze bigger, more complex data and deliver faster, more accurate results – even on a very large scale. And by building precise models, an organisation has a better chance of identifying profitable opportunities – or avoiding unknown risks.

A Digital Transformation Strategy is a plan of action describing how a business must strategically reposition itself in the digital economy. As customer habits change so do the way winning businesses operate. They innovate, change operating and business models, and leverage emerging technology.