Antics Antics at some events discredit the entire sector. Time to stop using showgirls to sell property and cars? Guessed the Word? Series 21 (2/7) [pic: alabama]
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Alchemy Great leaders/ coaches bring about magical transformations within people and situations. But unlike miracles, these transmutations can’t be done instantly Guessed the Word? Series 20 (5/6) [pic: icame]
Angel Showers of data + computing advances + falling cloud storage costs = angels have quietly crept into business. These Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants are changing how products/ services are sold, customers are handled and payments are processed Guessed the Word? Series 14 (3/4) [photo: Engel62]
Announce Moscow metro’s simple announcements are clear: male voice for inbound trains, female voice for outbound. “Boss calls you to work, wife calls you home”. On the ring line, male voice = clockwise direction, female voice = anti-clockwise Guessed the Word? Series 13 (2/5) [photo: Breaking the Walls]
Agriculture In an uncertain world, food security is essential. UK produced 80% of its own food 30 years ago. Today it’s 60%. Will be 50% in 10 years. Farmland is 70% of UK land area. Good incentives help farmers, environment & rural communities flourish. Guessed the Word? Series 10 (2/8) [photo: alexandr podvalny]
Attention The average person’s attention span is now 8 seconds; shorter than that of a goldfish. A “dopamine loop” starts when we seek something online, we feel a “reward” when we find it, then crave the next hit Guessed the Word? Series 10 (6/8) [photo:stux]
Accountants are the 4th most rated date-able professionals: after doctors, emergency service workers and artists. Who counts? Guessed the Word? Series 8 (3/5) [photo: terimakasih0]
Architecture Whether it’s buildings, software or business systems – the best will improve, enhance, inspire or delight Guessed the Word? Series 7 (3/4) [photo: wiganparky0]
Algorithm Divide and conquer – the machine-learning system to bring order to an avalanche of data. Iconic 1963 ‘bubble sort’ divides data into pairs repeatedly; the largest unsorted object rises to the top Guessed the Word? Series 6 (3/5) [photo: zjazjazoie]
Ad blocking Google, world’s biggest online advertiser, to fight fire with fire and add Ad Blocking to its Chrome browser, to block ‘bad ads’; so users won’t install 3rd party Ad Blockers Guessed the Word? Series 5 (4/4) [photo: geralt]