Do companies still need to hire a large contingent of data scientists to build machine learning models or can AutoML reduce the demand for this elusive talent? This article was published by Mckinsey & Company in its Analytics series. In recent years, as the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) crystallized across industries, organizations revamped their…
This article by Linus Bauer was originally published in The Conversation. Coronavirus sent shockwaves through the aviation industry. Liquidity-strapped airlines across the world have been sent into administration or part government ownership following global lockdowns and a massive reduction in air travel. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts the airline sector is heading for a US$84 billion…
The Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) have developed a plan for Scotland’s Green Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis with our Clean Growth Leadership Group and our members. It has 12 big ideas for how we kick-start the Scottish economy, create new green jobs and accelerate our progress to net-zero. It contains four fundamental principles: Impact –…
SCDI’s Skills & Employability Leadership Group have published their report ‘Upskilling Scotland: The Future of Skills and the Fourth Industrial Revolution’, which makes recommendations to ensure Scotland has the skills to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Leadership Group brought together experts from different sectors and geographies of Scotland, in strategic partnership with Skills…
SCDI have published the report of their Rural Commission outlining steps they believe are necessary to unlock more of Scotland’s economic potential. Launched in April 2018, the Rural Commission was established to look at the economy throughout Scotland and consider actions that can help people and businesses in every part of the country. With 42…
This Report was produced by Mckinsey & Company. The article below published by Mckinsey & Company provides a synopsis of the full report. India is at a decisive point in its journey toward prosperity. The economic crisis sparked by COVID-19 could spur reforms that return the economy to a high-growth track and create gainful jobs for…
This article by Kurt W. Tong was originally published by the Brookings Institution as part of its Global China series. “On Hong Kong’s return from British to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997, Fortune magazine famously ran a cover story titled “The Death of Hong Kong.” Just as famously, over the subsequent two decades Hong Kong…
This article by Rory Horner, Senior Lecturer, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, was originally published in The Conversation Pharmaceutical companies around the world are racing to develop a vaccine. Meanwhile governments scramble to get priority access to the most promising candidates. But a richest-takes-all approach in the fight against the deadliest pandemic in living memory…
Scotland must now seize the chance to develop and grow, writes Alan Edington, Board Member, Asia Scotland Institute and Co-Head of Research at Walter Scott & Partners. This article was first published in the Scotsman, the article below is the unedited version. Thinking back recently to the alliance between the US and the UK under…