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Earning confidence in insurance AI: Ten speakers I’m watching this month

This month close to 4000 people from across the global insurance community will check into the Fontainebleau for Guidewire Connections. On behalf of GFT Technologies Canada, I'll be one of them.  I’m looking... Read More

This month close to 4000 people from across the global insurance community will check into the... Read More
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Meet 10 of the Chief People Officers advancing the workplace in 2026

The share of employees who say they are thriving at work fell from 66% in 2024 to 44% this year, the lowest level Mercer has recorded since it began tracking. The same survey of nearly 12,000 executives found HR's top... Read More

The share of employees who say they are thriving at work fell from 66% in 2024 to 44% this year,... Read More
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72 Hours: When the Lights Go Out

A personal note. “The great wave that was our civilization has spent itself. We are in the undertow now, and we don’t even realize it.” — Peter Kingsley, Catafalque It’s not easy to discuss... Read More

A personal note. “The great wave that was our civilization has spent itself. We are in the... Read More
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The Next Era of Leadership: Strategic Transition Leadership

A new discipline for developing the strategic judgment required to identify emerging opportunity spaces and shape trajectories under conditions of continuous systemic transition. The world is entering a period of... Read More

A new discipline for developing the strategic judgment required to identify emerging opportunity... Read More
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AI Is Becoming More Accessible to Smaller Financial Institutions. Who Is Paying for the Safeguards? 

A community lender usually knows its borrowers well, but what it often lacks is the staff to process their applications quickly, and AI software can help with that. A bank or credit union with a small technology team... Read More

A community lender usually knows its borrowers well, but what it often lacks is the staff to... Read More
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Distilled to Evolve: How 450 Music Decisions Became Reusable Intelligence

This CovQ Insights piece examines the creation of The Compounding Loft soundtrack. It began as a practical need for distinctive music in professional environments and became a ten-volume experiment in how human judgment... Read More

This CovQ Insights piece examines the creation of The Compounding Loft soundtrack. It began as a... Read More
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The Chains and the Machine

Two arguments dominate the debate over artificial intelligence. One asks whether the machine has a mind, whether a model feels anything, and whether the thing on the other side of the screen understands what it says;... Read More

Two arguments dominate the debate over artificial intelligence. One asks whether the machine has a... Read More
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Capabilities, Behaviors and Resistance to Oversight: How Much Autonomy Have We Already Given AI?

Recent incidents involving autonomous AI agents, government databases, personal information, and military intelligence invite a closer examination of our progress toward technological singularity. The Intrusion... Read More

Recent incidents involving autonomous AI agents, government databases, personal information, and... Read More
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Ten Companies, One Bet: AI Can Widen Who Gets Help, Not Just Who Profits From It

Nearly half the world's population, 4.6 billion people, still lacks access to essential health services, and progress toward universal coverage has stalled since 2015. That figure shaped how we at Horasis approached a... Read More

Nearly half the world's population, 4.6 billion people, still lacks access to essential health... Read More

Interview with The Times of Israel: Founder of Horasis, Frank-Jürgen Richter

This article was originally published on The Times of Israel Could you please tell us what is Horasis? Horasis is a...

 May 7, 2019

The Western order is about to be upended, unless leaders listen to the middle class

This article was originally published on Newsweek by Horasis Chairman Frank-Jürgen Richter. At the close of...

 May 7, 2019

The next financial crisis will be worse than the 2008 crash. Here’s how the world can prepare for it

This article was originally published on South China Morning Post Still psychologically scarred, few were keen...

 May 2, 2019

Enthusiasm, Tempered With Concern, About Business in India

This article by Tom Redburn originally appeared on The New York Times. MUNICH — “I’m delighted,” said Randolf...

 July 20, 2009