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With more than two decades of experience in human resources, Colin McDonald has helped influence business strategy and talent development across multiple organizations. His work has contributed to building high-performing teams and strengthening competitive advantage, making him a respected voice in the HR field. Colin serves on the executive leadership team and holds the role of diversity and inclusion officer. He is an active member of the NAACP of Broward County and belongs to Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the nation’s oldest historically Black fraternities. Within his organization, he launched the Spirit Squad to elevate employee engagement and championed the…
In many developing countries—including India—education is still viewed primarily through an academic lens, measured mostly by test scores and grade-level performance. Dr. Anjlee Prakash, Founder and Chairperson of Learning Links Foundation, established the organisation with the belief that learning can enrich lives far beyond the classroom. Guided throughout her career by the principle of Educate, Innovate, and Transform, her work has shaped both public and private education systems in meaningful, measurable ways. As a techno-pedagogue, Dr. Anjlee has helped build some of India’s most influential charitable initiatives centered on technology-enabled learning. Alongside leading Learning Links Foundation, she has served in…
Natalie Foster, Co-Founder of Inspire Legal Group, began her career in business management at Barclays Bank before moving into business development within the legal field. Over the years, she has launched several ventures under the Inspire umbrella, including Inspire Legal Academy, which prepares lawyers for emerging fields such as blockchain, smart contracts, and legal engineering, and Inspire Crypto, which focuses on creating blockchain-based solutions to streamline property transactions. Her aim is to encourage lawyers to explore fresh possibilities in practice and rethink how legal services can be delivered. She explains that the group operates as a collective in which every…
Dr. Markie Idowu has spent much of her professional life championing gender equality and broadening opportunities for women, especially within the Fintech space. She serves on the advisory board of Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), a group committed to helping girls pursue careers in science and technology. Her belief is simple but firm: empowering women is vital, particularly across Africa where many still face entrenched barriers. As the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Xpress Payment Solutions Ltd., Dr. Idowu has translated this belief into action. Through the company’s Agency Banking network, she has led initiatives that bring…
With a strong track record in the medical device field, Jaimie Augustine serves as Vice President of Sales at COPAN Diagnostics, a company known for its leadership in microbiology and virology sample collection and transport solutions. In her current role, Jaimie oversees a team of six sales managers responsible for driving growth across COPAN’s sample collection, transport products, and laboratory automation systems used in hospitals. She also manages key commercial partnerships with distributors and assay developers. Much of her day involves working directly with end users, helping them navigate COPAN’s portfolio to find the most suitable tools for their testing…
Artificial Intelligence has stealthily emerged among the most transformative forces of our time. What was the stuff of science fiction a while ago has now entered the nook and cranny of enterprise, changing industries and the ways in which companies function. Today, AI is no longer in the exclusive domain of tech giants. Even small and mid-sized enterprises increasingly use AI to make operations easier, predict trends, and enhance the customer experience. This revolution is happening so seamlessly that it has largely gone unseen by most of society. AI powers the product recommendations we see online, smart assistants answer our…
The Internet of Things is everywhere now. Thermostats, cars, factory robots, even streetlights report what they see and hear. For years that was enough. Devices connected, data moved, and people made decisions later. In 2025, that feels slow. The real leap happens when connected things start thinking together. Artificial intelligence is turning raw signals into judgments, predictions, and actions that happen in the moment. From Connected to Intelligent Early IoT felt like a newsroom. Sensors gathered numbers, shipped them off, and waited. Today, AI reads those signals and acts. A wind turbine flags bearing wear before a failure. Traffic systems…
Leadership is moving on to the next phase, one defined by the combination of human intelligence and artificial intelligence. The basic qualities of effective leadership, intuition, communication, and decisiveness, have not disappeared; they simply now coexist with data-oriented thinking, a technological toolkit, and an emotional perspective. That is the new order of leadership in which leaders who learn, convert, and lead with technology, and not necessarily with experience, can succeed. With the use of AI, leaders are able to see farther and act quickly. AI tools take in data and compare gigantic data sets in real time to create insights…
The work has evolved more in the past five years than it did in the last fifty. As technology has changed where, when, and how people work, it continues to reshape what work means. Automation, AI, and digital collaboration tools are changing job descriptions and rapidly transforming the relationship between humans and work. In an era of disruptive innovation, one thing is clear: the future of work will be dependent on how flexible our capacity for adaptability is. Remote work, once a perk, has become a staple of modern business. Digital platforms allow teams to work together seamlessly, even when…
With technological advancements in cybersecurity – such as AI-based threat detection or quantum-resistant encryption augmentation – a fact that does not change is that people are both the weakest link and the strongest asset. Every data breach, phishing attack, or ransomware incident began, at least in part, with human behavior. This fact is leading organizations to reconsider the balance of importance: less technical and more human, or human-centered. Cybersecurity is as much a psychological exercise as it is a technology exercise. Attackers are usually able to effectively exploit people into taking actions that result in the disclosure or compromised access…