Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are much more than just a simple buzzword. DEI includes everyone and fully encompasses important traits such as gender, background, disability, and any other characteristic that may help uniquely represent an individual’s identity. This means that DEI create an optimal environment for relationships to flourish and productive work to be done. The benefits of promoting diversity and inclusion (DEI) within a company are many. According to a 2019 McKinsey study, “companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25 percent more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile.” In addition to the benefits of creating a more equitable workplace, there is a strong business case for promoting DEI within a company.
Read more ...IFM has installed their products in more than 110 warehouses across Canada, with plans to expand into the U.S. and Europe. Their software helps warehouse managers detect and prevent accidents by detecting violations of safe driving, truck management and cell phone use rules. The devices aren’t always a clear-eyed cop, but it’s an eye nonetheless. At the same time, Sridhar says that AI is building on existing strengths. What’s driving it is more and more data being generated as people interact with each other, and increasingly so in different ways. He points to sensors—like digital cameras and microphones—that are becoming less expensive and more powerful, as well as software that’s able to process images faster and better than ever before. Marc Gyongyosi and the small but growing crew of IFM/Onetrack.AI have one principle that rules them all: think simple. The words are written in simple font on a sheet of paper that’s stuck to a rear upstairs wall of their industrial two-story workspace, where they’ve been working out of since September 2018. What they’re doing here with artificial intelligence, however, isn’t simple at all.
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