I’m currently reading Dr. Carol S. Dweck’s bestseller Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfill your potential.  Full of fascinating insights into success and achievement, Dweck lays bare what differentiates those with a growth mindset who attain their goals versus those, with a fixed mindset, who aspire to but never quite reach their objectives.

We’ve all heard the shocking statistics – one Oxford report suggested that 47% of jobs in the U.S. are under threat of automation in the next two decades. A 2017 McKinsey Global Institute report estimates that automation and other technology could result in between 400 and 800 million people losing their jobs to machines and that globally, up to 375 million workers may need to switch job titles.

Have you ever wondered why Alexa was the name chosen by Amazon?

Why not a genderless name like Alex or Ali?

All four of the major AI assistants—Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google Assistant, and Microsoft’s Cortana—speak by default with a female voice.

Setting the scene

Before I talk about my recent trip to Infosecurity Europe (Infosec), Europe’s largest and most comprehensive conference with over 400 exhibitors and attended by more than 19,500 information security professionals, I want to first take a little trip down memory lane.