Organisation

 

A major global investment bank asked us to help them understand emerging technologies, and how best to prepare them for a future of opportunities and threats. 

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Problem

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Specifically, they were concerned about two arenas, the first being their own operations and the second related to assessing the medium-term viability of several substantial loans.

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Banks and financial institutions are changing fast, the potential for automation is becoming exponential because it is driven by a range of artificial intelligence, ever more efficient software implementations across the board, and the potential for decentralisation through blockchain technologies. 

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These technologies are likely to accelerate exponentially and therefore anything that leverages them may well grow at the same rate. Beware exponential growth rates as they can rip apart balance sheets like a hurricane shredding buildings and infrastructure in its wake. 

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Solution 

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We assembled world class practitioners, i.e., seasoned individuals who provide impartial advice in relation to the technologies that we assessed to provide threats, and opportunities. 

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The ETR was delivered in stages:

• Observation. We explained the technologies, and what we expected them to become over the medium term (5-10 years). 

• Orientation. We coalesced these technologies with present and estimated future incarnations of the organisation to identify priorities. We develop continuous reporting methods on a collective intelligence basis to ensure all operational insights, along with the attributes provided by the emerging technologies, were addressed. 

• Decision. Once we developed coherence, we expressed this in terms relevant to the organisation, i.e., what should be done, how much it would cost and what the expected risks and rewards were?

• Action. Implementation of support. 

 

Outcome

 

“Today I have received many many compliments from staff who participated, I would like to pass on our thanks and appreciation for all your efforts and hard work and we look forward to a more informed future.”

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“Thank you for organising a cracking series of workshops. We enjoyed the variety and depth of the lectures, the interactivity also added to the effectiveness. It was a consistently thought-provoking experience that was simultaneously grounded and exciting, with clear actions to be taken.”

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“We appreciated, throughout, the intent to provide participants with hype-less and a business-like approach to the challenging environment of innovation. We really enjoyed some of the conversations that we had on the side, and the diverse multidisciplinary make-up of truly world-class experts.”