Why the Benefits of Age Diversity Need to be Shouted from the Rooftops
Age has been in the news.
In the UK, we just celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of our queen, now 96-years old, and still delivering value in the workplace. In her case, that happens to be the balcony on Buckingham Palace.
In the US we have the oldest man to be sworn in as President at age 78. At age 29, Joe Biden was one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. He may be domestically unpopular - hugely unpopular – but I am not alone in being grateful that an experienced statesman is in charge during the biggest crisis to face the West since the Cold War.
Quantum Matters – Quantum Culture
“You think you are the messiahs!” cries out Lily, the super-hero of BBC series Devs, to the bosses in charge of the secretive quantum unit.
That slur can just as easily be applied to the Big Tech chiefs, who started out with missions encapsulated in Google’s motto “Do no evil,” yet proceeded to abuse their monopolistic powers, promote addictive behaviours and allow hate speech to flourish.
Quantum Matters: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Quantum Cybersecurity
With a US inteligence report confirming that President Putin authorised a pro-Trump influence campaign in the latest election, China and the US in a stand-off, and the recklessness of ransomware groups tolerated, and at times abetted, by state actors, geographical risk is at its highest in a long time. See my latest column in The Quantum Daily on how we are skirting the edge. And what steps can be taken to mitigate risk.
An assassination in Sarajevo. The subsequent chain of events ultimately leads to a world war. An estimated 20 million people die.
Can quantum save the City?
This month we comment in The Quantum Daily on why the City needs to become involved in Quantum Computing, a $10bn market over the next few years. There is a great opportunity in servicing the UK’s 73 quantum start-ups – the second largest number in the world after the US – with fundraising & consultancy, while machine learning for portfolio optimisation, and cybersecurity and MedTech are all going to benefit from it.
Quantum needs to be part of the the City Corporation’s recovery plan.