AI is has arrived! It is driving significant value for enterprises and our people (approximately $126 billion per annum by 2025), with more opportunity and growth forecasted ($1.81 trillion by 2030). However, realising the value from AI securely is still a concern and a challenge that enterprises are wrestling with. Approximately 70% of executives believe that incorporating generative AI in business operations could lead to the exposure of company data to fresh security threats. We have ident....
2023 is the year artificial intelligence (AI) will go mainstream – becoming the next wave of computing with vast potential to shape the future of enterprises and societies in profound ways. In fact, according to an IDC report, AI system spending in Asia Pacific is expected to double from 2022 to 2026, hitting a high of US$46.6 billion. AI, by no means, is a new technology – but recent advancements in computing power, data storage, and machine learning algorithms have made it more powerful and....
Kids, like adults, cycle through periods of attention and inattention—though the duration of the interval changes with age, and is variable across individuals. By high school, according to neurologist and classroom teacher Judy Willis, concentrated study of “20 to 30 minutes for middle and high school students calls for a three- to five-minute break.” Regardless of attention spans, brain breaks can prevent older students from feeling overwhelmed, and provide space for reflection, joy, and con....
I initially started the College Pen Pal project to promote authentic writing opportunities and increase motivation among my students, but the project blossomed into real relationships and honest conversations between students with over a decade of age difference. Nothing made my students more excited than pulling out a bright new envelope that contained a handwritten note from a college student. Each time new letters arrived, I was amazed by my students’ organic conversations, from discussing th....
The absence of a deep emotional connection between humans and the natural world is at the root of the environmental crisis. Can you think of a place in nature that you know really well? Close your eyes for a moment and see what comes up. Can you visualise the place in exquisite detail? The sounds, the colours, the smells, the subtleties that only you know. Do memories surface? Perhaps you have known this place for a long time. Maybe you spent golden moments from your childhood here? ....
When I look back at my life until now – as I’m about to do – my encounters with animals draw a very clear picture of my weaknesses. PROLOGUE Maybe it was predestined, and there’s nothing I can do about it. I was born into a family with many talents, but a way with animals wasn’t one of them. It’s not that we didn’t have any pets! Even before I could walk, my older siblings’ charges generally met with tragic ends after their brief lives. After giving them to a farmer to look after while we we....
JENNIFER. I’m sitting on the edge of the Pacific Ocean on Russia’s wild east coast, deep in Siberia, not far from the idyllic port town of Vladivostock. I’m gazing out over the sea, observing the enormous ships in the distance with a vague sense of longing. I’m absorbed in my thoughts, listening to the melancholy folk songs drifting from a small tent not far from our truck. Recently we were asked why we’re even doing this. The journey. After a brief pause, I came up with a simple answer: ‚Beca....