Penny Carballo-Smith is the executive director of the social enterprise Future Think (www.futurethink.info) which equips marginalised communities for new job opportunities emerging in our rapidly digitising world of work. Penny is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (LLB) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LLM), and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce - a London based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges.
Many of us are busily learning everything we can about technology, and making the most of the wonderful FREE and low cost online learning resources out there (some favourites include Tech City UK’s Digital Business Academy, Google Digital Garage, Coursera and Udemy.) And this is necessary. But the truly tech savvy amongst us have a keen sense of when technology […]
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, did not mince words during last week’s Canada Growth Summit. He intimated that artificial intelligence, big data and high tech machines could lead to mass unemployment, stagnant wages and political instability. “If you substitute platforms for textile mills, machine learning for steam engines, Twitter for the telegraph, […]
Have you heard? Have you applied? Or do you know someone who should apply? The Mayor of London has launched a £7 million scheme providing FREE industry–approved digital skills training to more than 1,000 young Londoners between the ages of 16 and 24. This is a not-to-be missed opportunity for many. Tech is the fastest growing industry […]
The link between learning and earning used to be quite simple: get as much formal education as you can, as early as you can, and more likely than not, a good career and a comfortable lifestyle would be yours. Or so we thought. But it’s not quite so simple nowadays. Our rapidly emerging digital economy […]
Professor Uri Triesman of the University of California, Berkeley was truly alarmed. 60% of African American students were failing calculus. For them, this meant dropping out of university altogether. He noticed that the university’s African American students tended to work on Maths alone, as a solitary endeavour. When they struggled, they were quick to conclude […]
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds”. Redemption Song, Bob Marley,1979. Linkedin’s most in-demand skills in 2018 were unheard of a few years ago. In another few years, many of us are likely to be doing jobs that do not yet exist. We must all keep learning and relearning to […]
Those amongst us with what Professor Carol Dweck of Stanford University calls a “growth mindset” are likely to be the winners in our rapidly digitising and constantly changing world of work. They fundamentally believe that with the right learning strategies and some good old-fashioned hard work, they could learn anything. They have few qualms about learning […]
A LinkedIn 2015 survey revealed that liberal arts graduates are entering the technology industry at a faster rate than computer science and engineering graduates. Indeed, graduates in English, history, music, anthropology, philosophy, law and many other disciplines are transitioning to a wide range of roles in the tech industry, including sales, digital marketing, software development […]
It has not yet hit the headlines but it should. Apprenticeships have changed – indeed very radically – opening up new opportunities to university graduates and mid-career workers alike. We used to think of apprenticeships as an alternative to university for school leavers; a way to gain valuable work experience and qualifications without racking […]
Insights by the Caribbean Diaspora for the Caribbean Diaspora It’s all over the news nowadays: digitization, automation and artificial intelligence are sweeping through our economy and all industry sectors, and reshaping our world of work at breakneck speed. How we work, where we work and the work we do are all changing. There is much […]
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Food and Folklore in African Guyanese Culture
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Sports Star Marlon Samuels Issues Cease And Desist order
Sports Star Marlon Samuels Issues Official Statement Regarding Social Media Controversy “It has been brought to my attention that there are allegations in social media circles, that a female television personality who goes by the moniker Yanique Curvy Diva has made several derogatory posts on social media about me. I am therefore informing the public […]
Jamaica participates in World Squash Championship
A four-member Jamaican team enters the Men’s WSF World Team Squash Championship this week with hopes of breaking out of the initial rounds. Chris Hind, President of the Jamaica Squash Association, said this was the first time Jamaica has qualified for the championship, pointing out that the team is ranked 21 on the global level, […]
Brianna Scurry Elected to Natl. Soccer Hall of Fame
Briana Scurry’s soccer career began in Dayton, Minnesota. The 12-year-old was the only African-American and only girl on the team. Thirty-two years later, Scurry became the only African-American woman in the National Soccer Hall of Fame after she was elected recently in her fourth year of eligibility. The starting goaltender for the U.S. women’s national team that […]
USA to play T20s against CPL franchises
Two Caribbean Premier League squads will play warm-up fixtures against the USA men’s team in the build-up to this year’s pair of CPL double-headers in Florida on August 5 and 6. The first fixture will involve USA and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on August 2 while Jamaica Tallawahs will play USA on August 3. […]
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