Digital spaces are where young people can explore what it means to be digital citizens online as well as being engaged and responsible citizens.

We know this: navigating the recovery is tough for everyone involved. It’s a juggling act of public health considerations with the need to revive the economy. We must not abuse the freedoms we have all worked hard for when we flattened the curve.

Artificial Intelligence is providing some guidance: take a look at this COVID-19 Risk, Readiness and Recovery Dashboard from Wunderman Thompson.

US based, the AI powered Predictive Recovery Index uses Machine Learning to see, understand and predict county level economic recovery based on consumer spending velocity gleaned from our view into consumer purchase behaviour across 41 categories.

Understanding people and connecting that understanding to business strategy and solutions must become part of every company’s DNA instead of shuffling in the dark worrying about the cash flow position. We must look forward. We must roar!

We must also eliminate data silos. In the UK, the COVID19 response was hampered by data silos across all of the public health and social care organisations. We blame infections in care homes on unsafe discharges from hospitals, yet we cannot say how many patients went through the unfortunately called ‘Integrated Discharge Hubs’ on route from hospitals to care homes!

And it isn’t only health… There are huge challenges around the decarbonisation of transport.

We all believe that investment in a green economy should be the post COVID future.

If we have the technology to decarbonise transport, why has more transport not been decarbonised?

There have been 12 hydrogen buses running in London for 12 years!

It’s taken a decade to have usable electric vehicle charging stations. How can we overcome the infrastructure hurdle to roll out hydrogen cell fuel charging?

There are several areas where AI can make huge advances.

One category includes things that cannot be done by a human: cyber security.

A second one is transport: Traffic problems managed by an all-seeing AI.

A third is around repetitive tasks: Some parts of the legal profession & urban planning & valuation where the ability to take the vast flow of information and surface what humans need to know is important. Can also include diagnosis in the medical profession & invoicing.

What else can YOU think of?

Next week, I’ll look at the Great Reset from our friends at the World Economic Forum. Stay Safe!