Saving Lives and Livelihoods: How AI is changing the game for natural disasters and urban resilience Since 1970, the number of disasters worldwide has more than quadrupled to around 400 per year. In the last 40 years, natural disasters have…
Digital mastery. We are at a critical inflection point for the future of business. Digital is reshaping every sector, and industrials know they need to own the productivity of their assets in order to succeed. This is especially true in…
Inclusive Intelligence: The digital economy can fix the problems it creates. As folks know in Silicon Valley, the digital economy is great for the one percent, but most Americans can’t keep up. Many here are promoting universal basic income (UBI)…
Making the World of Work Better for People. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the App Store. It is hard to overstate the impact of smartphones and apps. In an astonishingly short time, this personal cloud-based technology platform has…
How business can (and must) help close the hiring gap. Around the globe and here in Silicon Valley, economies are threatened by an ever-widening gap between available jobs and workers with the right skills, especially in tech. Half a million…
The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Liberal Arts. Every trend has a counter trend. U.S. STEM education is certainly not adequate. And coders are needed like rain in the desert: the growth today in software majors doesn’t seem…
Beyond Things: Putting people and experiences first In the cloud era, when there’s nearly limitless capacity to create and deliver technology features, too often companies forget the most important feature of all: the human experience. Now I’m not talking about…
By Peter Leroe-Muñoz, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Silicon Valley Leadership Group What You Should KnowMarch 2018 Action: President imposes tariffs on imported Chinese steel and aluminum Reaction: China responds with tariffs on $3B of U.S. imports June 2018 Action: President…
San Jose city leaders gave final approval to a massive downtown office complex that will bring with it both upgrades and concerns about housing. Construction of the 1 million-square-foot complex will begin soon on the block between Autumn Parkway and…
By Paul Escobar, Director of Policy and Education Programs, Silicon Valley Leadership Group On May 22nd, the Leadership Group was invited to give testimony at the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) all-party meeting regarding Commissioner Randolph’s Proposed Decision on automated…