Sparkathon is Coming: Stay Tuned
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Sparkathon is Coming: Stay Tuned
#22 2023 | Sparkmate
This week, Sparkmate is proud to announce the launch of the first ever Sparkathon. Our chance to give back to the community by helping change makers build their ideas.
Here’s a list of what we’ll cover in this edition of the weekly Spark News:
Future of Work: High performance
Entrepreneur’s Spotlight: Titus Rahiri
Sparkathon: Building our community’s ideas
The Jobs That Remain Impervious to Automation
Multi-Billion Euro Battery Plant in Germany
XPRIZE Unveils Challenge to Create Human-Controlled Robot Avatars
FUTURE OF WORKThe 4 pillars of high performing teams
Smaller companies are inherently innovative: less people, less friction, more room to solve challenges and to find creative solutions to the current problem. Here’s our take on what larger companies are getting wrong regarding innovation and agility.
Learn how to elevate performance and foster agility, while conquering the challenges of scale. Change the game with us!
ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHTTransforming the Legal Ecosystem
Meet Titus Rahiri, a former commercial lawyer for renowned companies, made a bold move from the traditional legal world to entrepreneurship. Fuelled by his frustration with the lack of value exchange and innovation, Titus founded KorumLegal in 2016, aiming to transform the legal industry and provide cost-effective solutions for clients.
Discover the early challenges faced by Titus and his team, and how they tackled them head-on to bring their vision to life.
Click the link to read the article and learn more about their inspiring journey ➡️
#Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Legaladvice #KorumLegal
SPARKATHON #1: JUNE 2ND, PARISBuilding our community’s ideas
Over the past month, we’ve received submissions from people with interesting ideas, from carbon emission reduction to sport’s nutrition and women’s health.
We’ve contacted the people with the selected ideas and will be building their prototypes with them this week.
Stay tuned to learn more about what we’ll be building!
AI'S LIMITATIONS EXPOSED
The Jobs That Remain Impervious to Automation
Goldman Sachs released a report in March 2023 that estimated a quarter of all work currently done by humans could be done by AI capable of content generation. The report also states that 300 million jobs could be lost to automation across the European Union and US.
Martin Ford, author of Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything, warns that this could have dire consequences not just for individuals, but for the whole economy.
Experts caution that AI still lacks distinctly human qualities such as emotional intelligence and creativity.
HOW TO POWER THE FUTURE?
Northvolt's Plan to Construct a Multi-Billion Euro Battery Plant in Germany
Two electric vehicle battery makers, Northvolt and another unnamed company, plan to spend around $11 billion on factories in Europe starting production in 2026, and employ thousands of people to supply batteries to European car makers.
Europe loosened state aid rules for green industry projects to win the subsidy race with the U.S.
Sweden's Northvolt is set to pick Heide in northern Germany for its factory, pending approval of over 600 million euros in subsidies.
SCIENCE FICTION BECOMES A REALITY
XPRIZE Unveils Shocking Challenge to Create Human-Controlled Robot Avatars
Embarking on an unprecedented venture, the XPRIZE Foundation has set its sights on a realm where science fiction blends seamlessly with reality: the creation of robot avatars.
In a remarkable quest to push the boundaries of human-machine interaction, the foundation has announced a multi-million-dollar competition to develop robotic systems that can successfully operate and be controlled remotely through a human-operated avatar.
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