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Three Hot Takes: Yemen, Venezuela–Guyana and Israel – Gaza[ Three Hot Takes: Yemen, Venezuela–Guyana and Israel – Gaza Three Hot Takes: Yemen, Venezuela–Guyana and Israel – Gaza DCDR Analysis for March 5 2024 Andrew Sheves Good morning. **Welcome to the SITREP for March 5th, 2024. ** As promised, I’m going to try to add some more analysis in addition to the country stability reports. So here are three hot takes on Yemen, Venezuela —Guyana, and Israel — Gaza. ...

Three Flashpoints to Watch 🔥[ Three Flashpoints to Watch 🔥 Three Flashpoints to Watch 🔥 Sometimes, things get worse… before they get worse. Andrew Sheves Good morning. Welcome to a very late DCDR Research report for February 22, 2024 Why so late? The DCDR analysis engine is working very well (honestly, it’s way better out of the box than I had anticipated). So, I’ll normally let the model do most of the work and I don’t need to add any commentary. ...

Deep Dive: Shipping & Supply Chain Disruptions[ A deep dive into how to track and prepare for supply chain interruptions Andrew Sheves Welcome to this week’s PRO Research report. These are long-form analyses of something that’s important to decision-makers, giving them the background and context on the issue along with some insight into how things might develop. This week’s report focuses on maritime supply chains, what can interrupt these, and how you can make your supply chain more resilient. ...

Essential Rare Earth Minerals and Base Metals: Supply and Stability[ DCDR Deep Dive Report Andrew Sheves Welcome to the first of the DCDR PRO Research reports: long-form analysis of something that’s important to decision-makers, giving them the background and context on the issue along with some insight into how things might develop. These reports will be part of the upcoming PRO subscription that starts soon. Where possible, these reports also include applicable mitigation measures where there are across-the-board steps that every organization can implement. That way, you’ll understand the issue, can start determining what it means for your organization, and start taking action as quickly as possible. ...

Why the Industry is in Trouble Despite being the inventor of the first digital camera in the late 1970s, Kodak famously ignored the switch to digital photography, losing the company its commanding market lead and significantly hurting the business. Risk and crisis consulting is currently facing its own Kodak moment. AI and machine learning tools reduce the effort, time, and cost of routine risk and crisis tasks by well over 90%. Consultancies believe they can harness these efficiencies to improve their profit margins and assume that only the largest firms will want, or be able, to develop their own tools. ...

Why, and How, To Build Custom Chatbots 🤖[ Why, and How, To Build Custom Chatbots 🤖 Why, and How, To Build Custom Chatbots 🤖 I’ve been building custom knowledge agents (AKA chatbots) for a few weeks, and my friend Greg suggested I share some background on how you build these tools and why. The ‘how’ is covered in a short demo video towards the end of the piece, but before you start building nodes, it’s worth thinking about what these new chatbots are and what they can do for you. ...

I’ve been building custom knowledge agents (AKA chatbots) for a few weeks, and my friend Greg suggested I share some background on how you build these tools and why. The ‘how’ is covered in a short demo video towards the end of the piece, but before you start building nodes, it’s worth thinking about what these new chatbots are and what they can do for you. First, we should ask what chatbots are and why they weren’t so helpful before. ...

Lots of businesses are wondering what AI means for them, and it’s essential that companies have an AI strategy, even if that strategy is to do nothing. But even if the answer is ‘do nothing,’ you can only get there by asking the ‘what if’ questions first. But what are those questions? We’ll get to those in a moment, but here’s a quick recap of why this is such a difficult discussion. ...

Risk and Security Managers Positive on AI Last week, I had a great session with ASIS at the AI for Risk and Security Managers webinar. As part of the session, I outlined the three questions organizations should ask themselves concerning AI and how it affects their business. How could AI give us an advantage? How could AI challenge our business? How could AI threaten or kill our business? (Read the full article here to give you the context of the questions and some additional considerations.) ...

AI isn’t finally here – it’s been here for a while in everything from the autocorrect on your phone and the recommendations you get on Netflix – but it’s now in the mainstream. And thankfully, we’re having some of the hard conversations we failed to have when other technologies like social media were emerging. These will be long, complicated, and potentially inconclusive discussions, but at least they’re happening. Clearly, a significant element of the discussion is around what AI means for work, and, as with most things, the answer is a variation of ‘it depends’ because every business and industry will be affected differently. ...