Data & AI Competitive Advantage: A Global Perspective From Weka's Ken Grohe

James is a co-director of the University’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy (Otago.ac.nz/CAIPP) and co-signatory to the University of Otago’s memorandum of understanding on research into the social, ethical and legal effects of artificial intelligence with the New Zealand government Department of Internal Affairs. He is a principal investigator on the Artificial Intelligence and Law in New Zealand Project, which is funded under the New Zealand Law Foundation’s Internet Law and Policy Project.

Direct details for Professor James Maclaurin.
Download Report: Government Use of Artificial Intelligence in New Zealand
Download Report: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs and Work in New Zealand

DX Seminar: The New Zealand AI Landscape - Virtual Event Details and Registration

Watch the talk on Youtube (Same conversation as podcast)

Summary article of conversation - contains references from the two reports.

TFTC Pattern Trader was delivered live to the market as a minimum viable product in 12-months and now has over 200 users globally.
 
While this conversation is the story of creating a SaaS platform, the lessons, philosophies and approaches are directly transferable to innovators who want to transform existing business models.
 
 References discussed on the show
 
Andrew Mitchem on LinkedIn

Full conversation (15-minutes extra content) on YouTube

OpenExo - Exponential growth framework

Gartner 2021 Top Strategic Technology Trends

TFTC Pattern Trader

The Forex Trading Coach - FOREX Trading coaching

Summary article on quanton.co.nz

Full video recording of podcast conversation

Russell Berg on LinkedIn

Liam Delap on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Visit PypeStream

Summary article by Russell Berg.

Ken Grohe on LinkedIn.

Visit Weka.io

Contact Ken Grohe on email. 

1. Full conversation video recording with Colin Priest.
2. Related guide from Quanton - 2020 Guide to Intelligent Automation
3. Summary article published to blog site.
4. Russell on LinkedIn

Gartner claimed Hyper Automation was the number one strategic technology trend that would affect businesses in 2020 and after visiting the USA 12-months ago we believe New Zealand is lagging behind in the adoption and application of Intelligent Automation. We set out to change that with three simple goals: Define what Intelligent Automation is, describe how Intelligent Automation works and demonstrate what is practically possible now.

Video Edition of Podcast
Watch this podcast as a video

Download the 2020 Intelligent Automation White Paper
We share our complete thinking on Intelligent Automation to help the innovators drive change for their businesses.

Read the article
A summary article for this podcast is published to our blog site with graphics.

Article: 2020 Process Automation Trends.
We mentioned this article during the podcast. 

Article by Adam Taylor - Automation as a Strategic Lever

Part One: Robotic Process Automation Market Growth and Adoption

Part Two: Can Automation be a Saviour for NZ's Economy Post-Covid?

Toyota Finance New Zealand Case Study

Adam Taylor LinkedIn

Part one: Robotic Process Automation Market Growth and Adoption Trends
http://content.quanton.co.nz/blog/robotic-process-automation-market-growth-and-adoption

New Zealand Productivity Commission.
Productivity by the numbers: 2019
https://www.productivity.govt.nz/assets/Documents/productivity-by-the-numbers-2019/42ead8d24d/Productivity-by-the-Numbers-2019.pdf

Garry Green LinkedIn profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/garry-green-373a3a3/

Video recording of podcast
https://youtu.be/-xDKavSCffE

Summary Article by Garry Green
http://content.quanton.co.nz/blog/impacts_of_automation_in_recession

A video is also available of this podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jRHNGFiXoY

Summary article including updates which reflect the current impacts of Coronavirus
http://content.quanton.co.nz/blog/robotic-process-automation-market-growth-and-adoption 

Full article Top 5 Business Process Automation Trends For NZ in 2020
http://content.quanton.co.nz/blog/business_process_automation_trends_for_2020

CIO upfront: Tackling one of the biggest issues today - the ethics of AI

https://www.cio.com/article/3491189/cio-upfront-tackling-one-of-the-biggest-issues-today-the-ethics-of-ai.html

Quanton Blog Article: Steps to transform your business through automation - Starting small, looking big when it comes to automation
http://content.quanton.co.nz/blog/5-steps-to-transform-businesses-through-automation

Quanton Blog Article: When an automation programme fails, this is usually why.... 
http://content.quanton.co.nz/blog/when-an-automation-programme-fails-this-usually-why

Government algorithm transparency and accountability

https://data.govt.nz/use-data/analyse-data/government-algorithm-transparency-and-accountability

Driving transparency, ethics and accountability in government use of algorithms
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/driving-transparency-ethics-and-accountability-government-use-algorithms