I make complicated subjects in the fields of technology, energy, the environment and sustainability, media, and business easy to understand.
[Report] How Customers Pay Impacts How Long they Stay
I wrote this White Paper for Zuora and GoCardless which looks at how payment methods influence churn
How to spot fake news on your social networks
Sorting the real news from fake news on our social media networks isn't easy.
Malicious actors use our psychology against us to get us to believe fake news is true.
By following the theories of human cognition and behavioural sciences, we can calculate quantitative measures and apply natural language processing techniques to help us spot fake news.
How can we avoid being fooled by fake news? Our social networks are bombarded by information and it is almost impossible to...
Arpeely launches and scales its innovative ad-tech platform on Google Cloud, managing global ad operations with a small team by leveraging compute, data, and machine learning Google Cloud solutions.
One of many case studies, blogs and social media posts I have written for Google Cloud
Microsoft Envision UK
I wrote the script for this 30-minute video that explores how companies can find digital talent in unexpected places.
Combatting deforestation in the rainforest with Solar Community Hubs
I interviewed and ghost-wrote this piece on how Dell is working to improve sustainability in the Amazon rain forest.
Wildfires, heatwaves, floods, droughts and extreme weather increasingly lead news headlines. Climate scientists have long warned that these life-threatening events are the result of climate change caused in part by deforestation. And, after years of dispute, world leaders at COP26 almost unilaterally pledged to end deforestation by 2030.
Supporting local and indigenous communities l...
Chess.com makes a smart move to optimize its global potential with DoiT
Chess is one of the world’s oldest games, dating back to the sixth century. Its enduring appeal ensured that it was also one of the first computer games in history, developed in 1948. Now, people play chess anytime, anywhere and against anyone. And a lot of those games are played on Chess.com. “I started Chess.com in 2007 as a passion project with a friend,” explains its founder and CEO, Erik Allebest. “Fast forward 15 years, and we’re the number one chess platform in the world. We have a...
Could trading water on the stock market actually be good for the environment?
Last year, for the first time, it became possible to trade water on Wall Street through futures contracts. Normally reserved for commodities like oil or precious metals, water became the latest asset to join the stock market. But how could this practice impact the planet?
The trading in the future prices of highly-prized commodities, where buyers agree to purchase an asset at a set date in the future for an agreed price, began in Japan in the seventeenth century with the trading in rice futur...
Wake up your sleeping quarters
You spend a lot of time in your bedroom. So, it’s natural to want to change the look and feel of this personal space every once in a while. And you don’t have to find a fortune to do so. These simple tweaks will have your bedroom feeling like new in no time and they can be applied to the master bedroom, the children’s rooms or the guest bedroom.
Redo the backdrop
Repainting your walls, ceiling and/or woodwork can turn a bright and colourful bedroom into a calm neutral space — and vice versa. ...
How Okta Premier Partner SIA Became Okta’s Largest Pipeline Generator in Iberia in Just Two Years
In 2019, Iberian cybersecurity specialist SIA had no involvement with Okta. Fast forward two years and SIA is not only Okta’s only Premier Partner in Iberia, it’s also our largest pipeline generator in the region.
During this time, SIA also acquired the German cybersecurity firm MSS and has been increasingly targeting the customer base of its parent company, the Spanish technology, and consulting group, Indra.
To discover more about how SIA developed such a strong relationship with Okta in on...
How to embrace innovation and keep on dancing
Corporate innovation: ‘Can elephants dance to Billie Eilish?’ – from E.ON’s Energy Innovation Days 2021
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? is the title of Louis Gerstner's memoir published in 2003, which details how he turned around IBM from a lumbering giant facing corporate extinction and instilling a renewed and reinvigorated culture. It's only natural that today's corporations are looking to build on Gerstner's foundation.
At E.ON's Energy Innovation Days 2021 conference, four ground-breakin...
Distillery celebrates winning two Lovies!
We were over the moon to discover that our Diversity Type Project added two more awards to our prize cabinet this week. Creating a typeface that champions diversity has won a People's Lovie for Advertising for Best Digital Campaign and a Silver Lovie in the 11th annual Lovie Awards, which took place on 17 November 2021. If you took the time to vote for us, we can’t thank you enough!
The idea behind distillery’s Diversity Type Project seeded from an internal discussion about championing divers...
Island paradise: an Anglesey house that became a stunning family home
How a large Victorian house provides a striking backdrop for a young family with stunning views across to the coast
Not many people buy a kitchen before they’ve found the house to put it in, but no one who knows designer Mairead Turner and her restaurateur husband Robin Hodgson is surprised to hear this is what they did. When they fall in love with a beautiful pre-loved bargain they snap it up and work out where it’s going to go later.
“I spotted these kitchen units years ago, while on one of...
Clean energy authority Britt Ide on why she enjoys sitting on a global board and how she is powering up more women for energy boards
Britt Ide reveals why she was so excited to join her first international Advisory Board and how she is helping other women in the energy industry to follow in her footsteps.
Palestinian Engineers Set For Huge Pay Outs Once Sale Of Israeli Tech Firm Completes
Once U.S.-based chip maker NVIDIA completes its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli tech company Mellanox in the next few months, Palestinian engineers contracted to work for Mellanox as reported by Reuters are set to share a $3.5 million payout.
With a shortage of engineers in Israel, the growing pool of talented Palestinian engineers is well placed to fill any gaps in Israel's burgeoning tech sector and Israeli firms are offering stock options to demonstrate to potential Palestinian contrac...
What will tomorrow’s world look like? | E.ON
Reporting on a session at an energy conference