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It has been a busy week and one which I hope brings some good news for Creative Differences subscribers. There’s a special offer at the end of today’s…

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From pen to pixel: memory, cognition, and learning in the age of AI.

In an age increasingly defined by digital interaction, the way we learn and retain information has fundamentally changed. At the heart of this…

May 30 •

The landscape of AI will be built on hardware, not just models

I had a very interesting conversation this week with some Chinese investors and the topic came up about whether it makes sense for chipmakers to design…

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A conversation about nuclear reactors - and AI

I had a fun conversation with my friend Bruno Aziza for his YouTube channel about AI. Bruno and I had been playing around with Bard and ChatGPT a few…

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Who are the new generation thinkers in analytics?

I am - I must face it - too old to party, and I don’t watch TV. I spend my evenings mostly sitting quietly: reading or crafting, perhaps listening to…

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The complete innovator: Mary Quant

Last week saw the passing of one of the 20th century’s great innovators: the fashion designer Mary Quant. Quant has been recognised for the popularity…

Apr 17 •

Strategic sourcing and supply network design

Following my last post about data and design for supply-chains, I received several questions about strategic sourcing as an approach. I think it's super…

Apr 12 •

Data and design for supply chains

Businesses today are increasingly exposed to large-scale, often global, problems. Some of these - wars, environmental disasters, pandemics, the madness…

Apr 10 •

Semantics, sources and wasted time

It’s widely acknowledged that in any data warehousing and analytics project, around 80% of the effort is spent on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and…

Apr 7 •

AI is a bandwagon, and you do want to get on it. Here’s how …

First, an apology to subscribers. I have been dealing with a distressing family bereavement, so it has been some time since I posted. Getting back to…

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