How the impact of artificial intelligence and freelancing aka the gig economy is changing traditional workplace practices
In any difficult times, fraudsters and malefactors always step up their activities, which can lead to disastrous consequences for any business. The massive and hasty transition of companies to remote work has led to an increase in the number of successful...
Speech recognition technology is a form of AI. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) enables machines to register a set of words they hear used in spoken language, match them to a text transcription, and then search multiple transcribed possible responses for the best...
Welcome to an update of what proved to be a popular article looking at some great open innovation platforms. Innovation is crucial to survive in today’s disruptive and fast moving industrial and commercial landscape. It’s predicted that digital disruption will wipe...
Crowdsourcing is increasingly acknowledged as an efficient way to pursue business objectives through harnessing the abilities, might, ideas, and creativity of groups of people who could be dispersed all around the globe. It certainly applies to marketing and branding...
Call centre users want to experience excellent customer service, and providing it is vital to the long-term success of any business. Callers want to be put through, ideally just once, to a skilful solutions provider who can address their issue quickly and accurately,...
It’s easy to find numerous articles that explain how blockchain technology can track the whole supply chain journey of foodstuffs from “farm to fork,” from its raw origin to its presence on our plates. At the same time, a recent documentary on cocoa production told of...
Speech controlled apps and software, and voice recognition are swiftly moving from being a novelty to an everyday user expectation. Demand for voice-activated systems and devices is forecast to grow from what was a $9 billion market in 2017 to almost $32 billion by...
In the seven years since I launched Crowdsourcing Week the Covid-19 pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest, and most awful global phenomenon. The pandemic lockdowns announced by most national governments meant the worldwide pool of available skilled labor grew virtually...
It’s no exaggeration to say that during the pandemic there has been an explosion in the numbers of people and businesses paying money to, or expecting payment from, marketplace platforms. As a result, it’s reckoned that the amount of switching to digital technology...
The Virtual Crowd Summit attendees on September 17 heard insights covering Collective Consciousness from a true collection of global experts. This article recaps the key issues the speakers covered regarding the benefits, demands and procedures of pulling together...
The gig market was already booming in Sweden, and Covid has increased the pace of change in an already mature freelance and gig marketplace. Sweden is also a global innovation leader, producing a disproportionate number of unicorn businesses including Skype, Spotify...
Pandemic lockdowns around the world have caused health and economic chaos, which may now spiral in to mass unemployment as government-funded furlough schemes near closure dates. Retraining and acquiring new skills are a priority for many people, with online resources...