Emotion and Cognition in the Age of AI

Prioritisation and precision

Emotion and Cognition in the Age of AI

How do educators view social and emotional learning? Are they putting in place policies and programs to support well-being and the development of psychosocial assets such as resilience, autonomy, and self-regulation? And what forms do these policies and programs take? This report, informed by an expert advisory panel and a global survey, explores the integration of emotional well-being, social learning and cognition in education systems across the continents. 

The AI-enabled organisation of the future

AI will fundamentally affect how companies work with each other, notably in procuring goods, refocusing their supply chains and sharing knowledge. The evolution of AI will also empower procurement to speed up the purchasing of services.

This report explores the likely impact of AI on future organisations in several areas:

  • The central foundation of successful AI adoption—namely, data— in boosting insight and prediction, and the ramifications for how companies work with each other;

The AI-enabled organisation of the future

Experts expect this will undoubtedly be the case with artificial intelligence (AI). But the extent and nature of its impact will ultimately depend on the willingness of firms to embrace its potential, co- operate in its adoption and, of course, the role of regulators in overseeing its use. 

This report explores the likely impact of AI on future organisations in several areas:

From gatekeeper to enabler: The role of IT when digital transformation is the norm

In this report, we define digital transformation (DX) as using technologies to radically improve processes and create new products, services and distribution channels. Most organisations by now have been at it for years. This is difficult and competitive work. Yet, a majority of respondents in our survey of 303 senior executives from around the world say they are achieving at least some of their DX goals. This seems to be a digital success story.  However, peering beneath the hood reveals challenges for the IT function. 
 

From gatekeeper to enabler: The role of IT when digital transformation is the norm

What does it take to be successful now that digital transformation has become a norm in many industries?
 
This study will focus on how the relationships between the IT and non-IT functions in organisations are changing. Now, more than ever, IT will need to form strong connections with parts of their organisations to produce sustainable success with DX initiatives.
 

Prioritisation and precision: How artificial intelligence and design thinking will transform technology production

Two major developments in technology hardware production dynamics—adoption of advanced innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) and growing adherence to design thinking—are giving executives in the technology industry opportunities to experiment, optimise and boost agility, particularly as product design grows in importance within the production process.

Can automation and AI support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals?

Automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are set to drastically change society, promising extraordinary benefits including increased productivity and improved public services. However, these innovations are also fuelling growing techno-anxiety. Unemployment is the most commonly discussed threat, with labour organisations, governments and economists all voicing concern that human workers may be displaced at an unprecedented scale and speed, which could worsen inequality, undermine social cohesion and increase poverty.

Data optimization key for asset owners that insource

Across the globe, many asset owners ranging from large sovereign wealth funds to small university endowments have looked for efficiencies by managing investment portfolios in-house. Globally, pension funds manage nearly half their assets in-house, according to PwC.(1) 

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