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Thinking Like a “Cannibal” When it Comes to Innovation and Business

  Earlier this year I had the pleasure of meeting Shawn Kanungo at our InvestorCOM client conference, where he was the keynote speaker.  Shawn is one of the most engaging speakers I have seen in a long time.  He had the entire audience fully focused on his amazing presentation “Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Experimental”, […]

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Artificial Intelligence: “Upping the Ante”

This fascinating article about artificial intelligence by Dwayne Bragonier explains how natural language processing can be combined with technology known as BCI (brain-computer interface technology) to create powerful new capabilities in a revolutionary step forward. Although it sounds like science fiction, the author talks about how cutting-edge universities and technology companies are aggressively developing BCI, to […]

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Dreamers, Builders and Shippers

  The conversation about cultural diversity of workforces continues to be elevated.  High profile technology companies in Silicon Valley have been the target of most recent media attention, but the challenges and benefits of diversity apply equally across the industry spectrum. Typically, the dialogue is focused on gender, ethnic and, to a lesser degree, age diversity.  […]

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Every Innovation Strategy Eventually Fails

Like many organizations, InvestorCOM has been increasingly focused on innovation as technology and the financial services industry in which we provide solutions, both undergo dramatic change. Disruption and Innovation were the topics of our recent conference  and we all came away with some ideas that we might each use to advance our own innovation agendas. […]

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Women & Wealth

  Tremendous strides have been made by women in the most recent generation, as evidenced by several  statistics cited in a recent RBC Perspectives Magazine issue: -Women represent 56% of students enrolled in post-secondary education -The employment rate for women has increased to 57.5% vs 40% in 1976, compared to the rate for men, which […]

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Information Security is like a Layered Cake

  It is hard to deny the taste, texture and presentation of a great cake.  For many of us, cakes are associated with something special, or something to look forward to.  Cakes may take many different forms, from the most simple to the most complex.  You can make a cake from almost anything.  Your recipe can […]

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Is financial services the next music industry?

The embezzlement trial of the former CEO of leading bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, opened this week, reminding us all of the uncertainty associated with this nascent technology. Mt. Gox once handled 80 per cent of the world’s bitcoin trades but filed for bankruptcy in 2014 after losing some 850,000 bitcoins – then worth around half a […]

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The Journey to FinTech 3.0

This roadmap describes the evolution of FinTech from 1.0 to 3.0.  Many startups are starting to look at a B2B pivot and partner rather than compete with the banks and large asset managers who have strong client control.  We are also seeing many large FIs invest in a variety of innovation lab models (FinTech 2.0) […]

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Next Gen Financial Literacy

This recently published article caught my eye.  It outlines the plan for more emphasis on financial literacy in the Ontario high school curriculum.  There are 28 high schools (700 students) involved in a pilot, with a re-designed course to be in place in fall 2018.  Raising the level of financial literacy of the next generation […]

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Humans not Robots

A recent study by HSBC indicates that almost 90% of Canadians trust human advisor advice more than robo advice. This number is substantially higher in Canada than in other countries such as China and India. What I find interesting about the “human vs. robo” debate is that many people look at technology as an either/or. […]

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